A multi-year legal saga notched another milestone this week as a county judge said the Zoning Board of Appeals in Park Township properly interpreted the township’s ban on short-term rentals when it denied an appeal by more than 100 property owners.
Judge Jon Hulsing in Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court ruled in favor of the township, leaving the ban against short-term rentals in place.
Back in 2022, Park Township amended its zoning rules to explicitly define and ban short-term renting of residential properties often made available through services like Airbnb and Vrbo. However that amendment and ones made in 2023 were ruled to be made improperly…