Kent County imposes no primary-residence rule for STRs. Some cities do. Grand Rapids allows short-term rentals only as owner-occupied home occupations, effectively requiring the host to live in the home being rented.
Michigan has no statewide primary-residence mandate for short-term rentals, and Kent County adds none. Whether a host may rent a non-owner-occupied property is decided by the city or township. Grand Rapids permits short-term rentals only as a Home Occupation, which by definition is incidental to a residence the operator occupies, so an owner-occupancy expectation applies there. Other Kent County municipalities may permit non-owner-occupied STRs or restrict them by zoning district. Because proposed statewide legislation (e.g., HB 5438) preserved local control rather than preempting it, the governing answer is always the city's or township's ordinance where the property sits.
Enforced municipally; in cities requiring owner occupancy, operating a non-owner-occupied STR can result in license denial or revocation and civil-infraction penalties.
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