Following an extended closed session with township attorney Bryan Graham, the Elmwood Township Board voted Monday to rescind a December motion directing the planning commission to remove short-term rentals (STRs) from Greilickville neighborhoods “using an overlay district or amendment to the zoning ordinances” at their Monday meeting.
The board decision to rescind this motion is certain to face some backlash from Greilickville residents. Former township supervisor Jack Kelly, an active opponent of STRs, had repeatedly called on the township board to make this motion since October until he was permitted up to 10 minutes to present on the subject at the Dec. 11 board meeting.
According to Kelly, the township board directed the planning commission to “remove STRs from subdivisions in Greilickville neighborhoods using an overlay district or amendment to the zoning district” back in September 2021. Kelly said that action was postponed, however, as the township board waited on the Michigan House’s decision on a bill prohibiting such regulations.
