Wyoming, MI Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Sec. 10-3(1)(d) defines a "short-term rental" as "the rental or subletting of any dwelling, for a term of 27 days or less," excluding campgrounds, hotel rooms, nonprofit transitional housing, group homes, hospitals, and certain health-care housing. Sec. " Unlike Wyoming's standard rental-registration scheme under WPMC Sec. 4, which lets any residential unit be registered and rented after an application, fee, and inspection, Sec. 10-3 creates no comparable application, fee, or inspection path for short-term rentals; the only relief is the four categorical exceptions in Sec.

10-3(3): unpaid family occupancy, temporary house sitting without remuneration, up to 90 days of occupancy by a prior owner after a home sale, and occupancy by a personal representative, trustee, or guardian of an estate. None of those exceptions require an application to the code official; they simply define conduct that falls outside the short-term-rental prohibition altogether. Whether a parcel sits in a "residentially zoned district" is determined by the districts established in Chapter 90, the Wyoming Zoning Ordinance. The Department of Community and Economic Development, as WPMC code official, is positioned to enforce the ban through its inspectional-services authority under Sec. 10-31.