West Bloomfield, MI

West Bloomfield Township does not issue short-term rental permits because it does not permit short-term rentals at all. Sec. 8-410(d) states the article "is not intended, and does not…

Every STR booking of less than 30 days in Oakland County is subject to Michigan's 6% Use Tax under the Use Tax Act (MCL 205.93a). Oakland County does not impose a separate…

In West Bloomfield Township, building an inground swimming pool triggers a grading and drainage permit before any earth change begins. Township Code Sec. 8-310(a)(13) lists inground…

Michigan's Public Health Code Part 125 sets uniform safety, lifeguard, and water quality standards for public and semi-public pools. State rules apply statewide regardless of local…

West Bloomfield Township requires an engineer's calculations for any retaining wall thirty inches or taller, and a safety railing on walls of forty-two inches or more next to…

Oakland County has no county-wide fence height ordinance; rules are set by each city, village, or township. Suburban municipalities typically cap residential fences at six feet in…

Oakland County municipalities universally prohibit barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fences in residential zones. Front-yard fences must commonly be 'ornamental' (wrought iron…

West Bloomfield Township has no general pet-microchipping mandate. The only ID requirement sits in Sec. 7-22(f)(1): a district court may order the owner of a dog adjudicated dangerous…

West Bloomfield Township does not ban or restrict any dog breed. Instead, Sec. 7-16 defines a 'dangerous dog' by what it does, biting or attacking with serious injury or being rabid…

In West Bloomfield Township, Code Sec. 7-20 requires every dog owner to keep the dog confined on the owner's own premises or under reasonable control at all times. Off that property…

West Bloomfield Township requires owners of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, poultry and other domestic animals, aside from dogs and cats, to keep those animals confined on their own…

Michigan's Large Carnivore Act (MCL 287.1101 et seq.) bans private ownership of lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, jaguars, and bears statewide: directly enforceable…

Michigan sets no statewide beekeeper license or registration. Under the Apiary Law, 1976 PA 412, MDARD runs voluntary hive inspections and holds standby authority to quarantine bee…

Michigan's animal cruelty law universally applies to hoarding situations involving inadequate care. Penalties escalate with the number of animals, and the state's anti-cruelty…

Michigan DNR prohibits baiting and feeding of free-ranging deer and elk in the Lower Peninsula due to chronic wasting disease. State wildlife law preempts local rules permitting such…

West Bloomfield Township bans keeping or harboring a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling seriously annoys the neighborhood or people passing on the street…

West Bloomfield Township limits construction noise to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends under Code Section 15-141(d)(1). Builders and excavators who need…

West Bloomfield Township caps ambient sound from any parcel or building unit at 85 decibels (dBA) between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., dropping to 75 dBA overnight, under Code Section…

West Bloomfield Township restricts when lawn services and homeowners can run leaf blowers and other gas or electric lawn equipment under Code Section 15-141(d)(4)-(5). Paid lawn…

In West Bloomfield Township's community parks, Section 16-29 caps musical instruments, radios, loudspeakers and other sound amplifying equipment at 75 decibels measured 15 feet from…

West Bloomfield Township requires every motorcycle operated in the township to run an efficient muffler that keeps noise comparable to a passenger car, under Sec. 22-73. Removing…

Oakland County, Michigan does not enforce a single county-wide noise ordinance. Quiet hours are set by each of the county's 61 cities, villages, and townships. Common nighttime windows…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft noise to state and federal authorities under MCL 259.1 et seq.

West Bloomfield Township prohibits parking or storing an unlicensed or inoperative vehicle on residential property unless it is housed entirely inside an enclosed structure, such as a…

West Bloomfield Township bars parking or storing non-passenger commercial trucks, such as delivery, dump, tow, garbage and cube trucks, semi-tractors, buses and limousines, on…

West Bloomfield Township prohibits parking or storing a motor vehicle or recreational unit directly on a residential lawn. Vehicles belong on a driveway, garage, or other approved…

West Bloomfield Township confines unenclosed RV, trailer and recreational-unit storage on residential lots to a screened rear yard, and it allows one licensed boat or watercraft to sit…

West Bloomfield Township does not police loading zones on public streets directly; instead, Sec. 22-31(7) lets the township board issue a traffic-control order designating loading…

West Bloomfield Township regulates electric vehicle charging spaces under Sec. 22-34: use is capped at the time posted on the space's sign, gas-powered vehicles may not park there, an…

Oakland County has no county-level street parking ordinance. State law MCL 257.674 (Michigan Vehicle Code) sets baseline prohibitions on all Oakland streets: no parking within 15 feet…

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or lessor of private real property post a sign at every vehicular…

West Bloomfield Township's fire code amendments cap liquefied petroleum gas storage within NFPA-designated protection areas and bar large propane containers near multifamily buildings…

West Bloomfield Township only allows consumer fireworks after 11 a.m. on a short list of holiday windows, including New Year's Eve, the weekends before Memorial Day and Labor Day, and…

West Bloomfield Township bans open and outdoor burning on private property except for the specific appliances Sec. 11-79 allows. Sec. 11-78 separately outlaws burning refuse or yard…

West Bloomfield Township lets residents burn charcoal or clean dry wood in a lined outdoor fire pit under Sec. 11-79(b), but the pit must sit twenty-five feet from the nearest…

Smoke alarms in Oakland County are required under Michigan state law MCL 125.1504c and the Michigan Residential Code R314. Owners of homes built before November 6, 1974 must install at…

West Bloomfield Township caps residential compost bins at 160 cubic feet and five feet tall, limits a lot to two bins, and sets setbacks from lot lines, streets and wetlands under Code…

West Bloomfield Township can impose odd/even-day lawn watering hours once Detroit's water system triggers an emergency notice, but no standing every-day schedule applies otherwise…

West Bloomfield Township caps lawn grass and weeds at eight inches on any residential or commercial property under Sec. 23-15(b)-(c). Owners must cut by May 1 each year and keep mowing…

Oakland County does not issue a county-wide tree-removal permit for private property. Tree-removal regulation is delegated to each of the 62 cities, villages, and townships under the…

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Oakland County. The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's RainSmart Rebates program pays homeowners in southeast Oakland County…

Oakland County actively promotes native Michigan plants through the RainSmart Rebates program. Qualifying rain gardens must be at least 75 square feet and consist of at least 75%…

Oakland County home bakers, jam makers, and other cottage food operators are governed by Michigan's Cottage Food Law (MCL 289.4102), administered by MDARD. Sales are capped at…

Michigan law (MCL 125.3206) requires every Oakland County township and county zoning ordinance to treat a state-licensed family child care home (1-6 children) as a permitted…

Michigan has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word "microenterprise" returns zero results in a full-text search of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the only…

Michigan's Residential Code (adopted statewide) requires a building permit for any detached accessory structure larger than 200 square feet. Sheds 200 sq ft or smaller are exempt from…

Anyone canvassing door to door in West Bloomfield Township to sell goods or take orders needs a peddler, solicitor or vendor permit from the township clerk under Code § 17-3. Employees…

West Bloomfield Township lets residents block canvassers by posting a "No Soliciting" sign or by joining a written no-solicitation list kept by the Township Clerk under Code § 17-19…

West Bloomfield Township has banned every marihuana business the state licenses. Under Sec. 13.5-7 the Township Board prohibits medical marihuana facilities such as growers…

Adults 21+ in Oakland County may cultivate up to 12 marihuana plants per household for personal use under Michigan MCL 333.27955, provided plants are not visible from public places and…

Anyone operating a massage establishment in West Bloomfield Township needs an annual license from the township clerk under Sec. 14-5. Michigan-licensed massage therapists must be filed…

West Bloomfield Township requires anyone regularly buying gold, silver, platinum, jewelry or gems from the public to hold a certificate of registration from the Township Clerk under…

West Bloomfield Township requires an annual business license, on top of a state smoking exemption, before anyone runs a smoking lounge, tobacco specialty retail store, hookah lounge or…

West Bloomfield Township requires a separate license before anyone operates a sexually oriented business or works as one of its employees. Sec. 6-130 makes both licenses mandatory…

Selling food, drinks or frozen treats from a truck, trailer or cart in West Bloomfield Township requires an annual mobile food vending license from the Township Clerk under Code §…

West Bloomfield Township restricts mobile food vending to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. standard time (10:00 p.m. during daylight saving) under Code § 17-39, and bans sales within 500 feet of…

West Bloomfield Township caps garage sales at two per address per calendar year and seventy-two hours each under Code § 19-19, and every sale needs a Township Clerk permit first under…

West Bloomfield Township only allows township-issued garage sale signs, capped at five per sale township-wide, under Code § 19-19(c). Signs must sit at least twenty feet off the road…

Michigan election law universally prohibits political signs and electioneering within 100 feet of any polling place entrance on Election Day, applying uniformly across all…

Anyone who wants to use a West Bloomfield Township right-of-way for a private improvement, such as a driveway feature or structure encroaching into the road right-of-way, needs a use…

West Bloomfield Township makes it unlawful to obstruct free passage in any public place after a police officer orders a person to move on, under Code Section 15-143(b). The same…

West Bloomfield Township runs a scheduled rental inspection program under Sec. 8-418: registered residential rental units are inspected every three years, and vacant rental units are…

A West Bloomfield Township tenant can trigger an inspection outside the regular three-year cycle by reporting a problem. Sec. 8-418(c) allows a residential rental unit to "be inspected…

Every rental home in West Bloomfield Township must be registered with the code enforcement department before it is rented. Sec. 8-413 requires owners to file the owner's name, address…

West Bloomfield Township holds rental housing to the International Property Maintenance Code as its habitability standard. Sec. 8-420(b) requires every residential rental unit and its…

Oakland County has no rent control or rent stabilization. Michigan law (MCL 123.411) explicitly bars every county, city, township, and village in the state from enacting or enforcing…

Oakland County has no county-wide just-cause eviction ordinance. Landlord-tenant disputes in Royal Oak, Troy, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Pontiac, and every other Oakland County…

Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…

Michigan has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rented unit. A tenant's protection comes instead from the lease terms and from MCL 600.2918, which…

Either party may end a Michigan estate at will or month-to-month tenancy by giving one month's notice. When rent is payable at intervals shorter than three months, the notice need only…

Michigan's Landlord-Tenant Act caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half months' rent. A landlord who keeps any of the deposit for damages must mail the tenant an…

Michigan requires 15 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim title to land. Under MCL 600.5801 the owner's action to recover land is barred after 15 years in most…

West Bloomfield Township requires a license before anyone runs a carnival, street fair or similar amusement open to the public. The Township Board created the license under Sec. 6-56…

West Bloomfield Township requires a license for any outdoor assembly expected to draw more than 300 people in 24 hours, including festivals, exhibitions and similar events. Sec. 6-112…

West Bloomfield Township requires a permit before holding an organized picnic, field day, carnival, concert, rally or similar gathering of more than 50 people in any community park…

West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-1(a) makes the township responsible for administering and enforcing Michigan's Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act and the full…

West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-8(a) bars anyone required to hold a state electrical contractor or electrician license from performing electrical work on a building in the township…

Sec. 8-2 designates the township building department, its officials, inspectors, and plan-review staff, along with engineering, planning, environmental, and code enforcement personnel…

West Bloomfield Township enforces the Michigan Plumbing Code as part of the state construction code, and no one may perform plumbing work in the township without a current Michigan…

West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-236 defines a dangerous or unsafe building by eleven listed defects, from leaning walls to being unfit for human habitation, and Sec. 8-237 requires…

Owners of vacant, unimproved lots along an improved West Bloomfield street must cut grass and weeds along the property's street-facing perimeter to a depth of 20 feet so growth never…

Michigan's natural accumulation doctrine generally protects property owners from slip-and-fall liability for snow on adjacent sidewalks, while leaving local snow-clearing ordinances…

West Bloomfield Township's Sec. 8-376 makes it unlawful to conduct an earth change without a Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control (SESC) permit from the development services…

West Bloomfield Township bans new assembly buildings, non-code-compliant residential dwellings, and mobile homes in flood hazard areas under Sec. 12-72, and any obstruction placed in a…

West Bloomfield Township lets a single-family riparian owner install a seasonal dock on an inland lake without a permit, but only if it goes in on or after April 1, comes out by…

West Bloomfield Township requires every stormwater detention basin built for new development to hold a one-foot freeboard above the design 100-year high water elevation. The township…

West Bloomfield Township requires an approved stormwater management plan or engineered site grading plan before most new development or redevelopment can break ground. Plans must show…

Michigan's Part 323 NREPA preempts local coastal rules in designated high-risk erosion, flood-risk, and environmental areas along the Great Lakes.

A West Bloomfield film activity permit application must describe any proposed street closures for the shoot, and Sec. 6-259 makes clear that closing a street or disrupting the…

West Bloomfield Township requires a film activity permit before anyone films, records or produces a motion picture, documentary, television, radio or other production on any public…

Film productions in Oakland County must comply with the host municipality's noise ordinance: there is no countywide noise standard. Charter Township of Oakland (Ch. 274) prohibits any…

West Bloomfield Township outlaws camping or overnight parking on any public property under Code Section 15-86(b). The Township defines 'camp' broadly: constructing or occupying any…

West Bloomfield Township allows delivery and unloading noise, including motorized equipment, hand trucks and conveyors, to exceed its baseline decibel limits only between 7 a.m. and 8…

West Bloomfield Township exempts emergency power generators from its 85/75 decibel noise limits during actual power outages, but caps routine maintenance testing at just fifteen…

West Bloomfield Township lets ordinary furnaces, hot water heaters, air conditioners, exhaust fans, pool pumps and similar customary equipment run without regard to its 85 dBA daytime…

West Bloomfield Township requires exterior lighting at oil and gas activity sites to be shielded, aimed downward, and directed inward so it does not glare onto public roads or…

In West Bloomfield Township, Section 15-143 makes it unlawful to obstruct free passage in a public place after a police officer orders a person to move on, and bars six specific…

Section 15-149 of the West Bloomfield Township Code makes it unlawful for an adult who controls a residence to allow an open house party where a minor possesses or drinks alcohol or…

West Bloomfield Township Code Section 15-221(a)(1)e bars consuming or smoking marihuana in a public place, unless it happens in an area a municipality has specifically designated and…

West Bloomfield Township bans alcohol entirely inside its community parks: Section 16-25 makes it unlawful to sell or furnish any alcoholic liquor there, and separately unlawful for…

West Bloomfield Township's curfew, Section 15-148, bars minors under 12 from loitering in public places between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and minors under 16 from doing so between…

West Bloomfield Township's community parks, including Bloomer Park, Sylvan Manor Park, Bloomfield Knolls Park and Marshbank Park, close at sunset and reopen at 8:00 a.m. under Section…

West Bloomfield Township requires a building permit before installing an outdoor fireplace or outdoor stove, and Township Code Sec. 11-79(a) sets fixed setbacks: twenty-five feet from…

West Bloomfield Township's designated waste hauler is contractually required to collect bulk items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses under Sec. 13-35, and Sec. 13-17 defines a…

West Bloomfield Township requires weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste, recyclables, and yard clippings by one designated hauler under Sec. 13-28, with pickup…

West Bloomfield Township collects yard clippings, leaves, grass, and brush under four feet long and two inches thick, curbside through its designated hauler, but Sec. 11-78(c) makes it…

In West Bloomfield Township, residential trash, recycling and yard-clipping carts cannot go to the curb before 6:00 p.m. the evening before your scheduled pickup, and empty containers…

West Bloomfield Township requires every single-family and multi-family home with curbside service to use the Township Board's one contracted waste hauler for weekly trash, recycling…

West Bloomfield Township Code Sec. 13-92 establishes a mandatory curbside recycling and composting program covering every residential property, run by whichever refuse hauler operates…

Before recyclables reach a West Bloomfield Township curb, Code Sec. 13-94 requires metal, glass and plastic to be rinsed clean, and newspapers or paper products to go in paper bags or…

West Bloomfield Township requires compostables set out for curbside pickup, twigs, shrub clippings and household food scraps, to be bundled or bagged and marked 'YARD WASTE' under Code…

West Bloomfield Township bars dumping refuse, oil or other waste into any lake, street, drain or public place under Code Sec. 13-2, and separately bars dumping landscape or yard waste…

West Bloomfield Township requires developers to plant at least three trees on every lot in a new subdivision, positioned within 20 feet of the abutting curb or pavement edge. Township…

New subdivisions in West Bloomfield Township may not plant Tree of Heaven, an invasive, foul-smelling species, as part of the street trees required under Township Code Sec. 21-67(a)…

West Bloomfield Township leaves invasive-plant classification to Michigan law but still regulates it locally: Sec. 23-15(e) bars treating invasive species as 'noxious weeds,' requires…

HOA and condo assessments in Oakland County are levied under the association's bylaws and (for condos) the Michigan Condominium Act. Unpaid assessments, together with interest, late…

Architectural review in Oakland County HOAs (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Northville, Novi, Rochester Hills, etc.) is driven by the association's recorded declaration of CC&Rs and any…

CC&Rs in Oakland County subdivisions and condominium projects (recorded at the Oakland County Register of Deeds, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac) run with the land and bind successive…

Oakland County HOA and condo disputes are resolved in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac) for amounts above the small-claims and district-court…

Michigan's Condominium Act gives co-owners a records right and almost nothing else on meeting mechanics. MCL 559.157(1) makes the books, records, contracts and financial statements…

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Michigan protects home EV charging through the Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, which took effect April 2, 2025. MCL 559.303(c)(ix) counts "electric vehicle supply equipment"…

Michigan's flag protection is one sentence long and narrower than most. MCL 559.156a bars a developer or association of co-owners from prohibiting a co-owner from displaying a single…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

A Michigan condominium association can foreclose its assessment lien by advertisement, meaning it never has to file a lawsuit, but MCL 559.208(3) bars it from starting until it records…

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Recreational drone use in Oakland County is governed by federal law (49 USC 44809 and FAA Part 107 where applicable). Michigan state law (MCL 259.305) preempts every Oakland County…

Commercial drone work in Oakland County, real estate photography in Bloomfield Hills, roof inspections in Troy, construction progress shoots in Auburn Hills, wedding video in…

Michigan minimum wage is set by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (PA 337 of 2018). The Local Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (PA 105 of 2015, MCL §123.1381+) preempts local…

Michigan preempts local paid leave ordinances; statewide paid sick leave is governed by the Earned Sick Time Act under MCL 408.961.

Michigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.

Michigan issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) under MCL 28.425 series, with statewide rules that local governments cannot override or supplement.

Michigan firearms preemption (MCL §123.1101–123.1104) prohibits local units of government from imposing any ordinance, regulation, or policy on the purchase, registration, ownership…

Michigan law under MCL 750.227 makes it a felony to carry a concealed pistol in a vehicle without a valid Concealed Pistol License or other statutory exemption.

Michigan's Gaming Control and Revenue Act reserves commercial casino gaming to cities whose local legislative body passes an ordinance approving it and signs a certified development…

Michigan bars bingo, raffles, charity games, numeral games, and millionaire parties unless a licensed 'qualified organization' runs them under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman Bingo…

Michigan's penal code makes no exception for private, social, or "friendly" gambling. MCL 750.301 criminalizes accepting money contingent on an uncertain event's outcome: full stop…

Michigan legalized internet sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act, but the Michigan Gaming Control Board can license only two kinds of operators: existing commercial…

Michigan does not run sobriety checkpoints, and the reason is unusual. Michigan's own checkpoint programme was the one the United States Supreme Court upheld under the Fourth Amendment…

Michigan has no statute granting an express right to film police, and no statute forbidding it either. What governs is the 1966 eavesdropping chapter of the Michigan Penal Code, and…

Michigan has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in the Michigan Compiled Laws makes it an offence to stand on a sidewalk and decline to give a police officer…

Michigan is one of the few states where the answer to a roadside search question is written into a statute rather than left to case law. Section 5 of the Michigan Regulation and…

Michigan does not legalise golf carts on public streets statewide, and it does not leave the question to every council either. MCL 257.657a switches street use on only where the local…

The Michigan Right to Farm Act (Act 93 of 1981, MCL §286.471 et seq.) provides nuisance protection for qualifying commercial farms following Generally Accepted Agricultural and…

Michigan PA 389 of 2016 (MCL 445.572b) prohibits local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating plastic bags and other auxiliary containers.

Since April 2, 2025, Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act (2024 PA 68, MCL 559.301 to 559.317) makes any provision of a homeowners' association agreement that prohibits or has the…

Michigan set the minimum age to buy, possess, or use tobacco and vapor products at 21 through PA 167 of 2022, which amended the Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641), aligning with federal…

Michigan currently has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products; an attempted 2019 emergency ban was struck down in court.

Michigan runs a closed list rather than a list of banned colors. MCL 257.698(4) provides that unless a lamp is both covered and unlit, a vehicle on Michigan highways must not carry a…

Michigan sets no measured windshield zone for a camera and no sticker size limit. What it regulates is the screen. MCL 257.708b(1) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with a television…

Michigan bans lane splitting in plain words. MCL 257.660(5) says a person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device or electric…

Michigan does not regulate license plate covers by naming them. It regulates the result. MCL 257.225(2) requires that the plate be maintained free from foreign materials that obscure…

Radar detectors are legal in a private vehicle in Michigan, and the state says so in the statute rather than by silence. MCL 750.508 restricts carrying a police-frequency radio…

Michigan does not run a studded tire season the way its neighbours do. MCL 257.710(b) forbids operating on a highway any tire carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other…

Michigan does not set a visible light transmission percentage for any window. MCL 257.709(1)(a) instead bans film outright on the front windshield and on the side windows and sidewings…