Wyoming, MI Short-Term Rentals: Permit Requirements (2026)

Wyoming's regulation of short-term rentals stacks three legal layers. (1) Local: the City of Wyoming has not adopted a stand-alone STR ordinance. Instead, every rental dwelling is captured by the city's Rental Property Registration program housed under Community & Economic Development - Building Inspections (contact 616-530-7226), which requires registration, inspection, and a certificate of compliance before any non-owner occupancy. The Wyoming Zoning Ordinance controls whether transient rental is a permitted use in the underlying district; most R-1 and R-2 residential districts do not list 'tourist home' or 'transient lodging' as a permitted use, so STR operation in those districts can require a special-land-use approval. The Wyoming Code of Ordinances is hosted at library.municode.com/mi/wyoming. (2) State: Michigan Public Act 247 of 2014 (MCL 125.526) authorizes Michigan cities to require registration and inspection of rental dwellings, and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3101 et seq.) controls whether STR is a permitted use in a given zoning district. Michigan HB 4722 (2024) was a proposed statewide STR preemption that would have classified short-term rentals as residential use by right and constrained municipal STR restrictions; the bill did not become law before session adjournment. Hosts should confirm current legislative status through the Michigan Legislature website. (3) Tax: every stay of less than 30 consecutive days is subject to the Michigan 6% Use Tax on accommodations under MCL 205.93a (Michigan Department of Treasury) and the Kent County 8% accommodations excise tax authorized by the Hotel-Motel Tax Act, MCL 141.861 et seq. (Public Act 263 of 1974), administered locally.