Yes- City Code/Ordinance requires that all rental dwelling units be registered, inspected and certified with the City of Marquette. Any structure or dwelling unit that is occupied by persons other than the property owner, pursuant to any oral or written rental or lease agreement or other valuable compensation, is considered a rental dwelling unit.

Failure to register within the required timeframes or failure to comply with fire, life safety, or property maintenance codes make the property owner or local operator subject to Civil Infraction Citations and may result in the eviction of tenants.

Yes- The previous owner’s rental certificate is no longer valid once the property is transacted to a different owner. Long-term rentals that have existing tenants must be registered by the new owner within 30 days of purchase. New long-term rentals must be registered prior to tenants residing at the property. Short-term rentals registration is subject to availability and properties may not be advertised or rented until registered, approved through all departments, inspected and certified. Short-term rental certification does not transfer when ownership changes.

A long-term rental means a residential dwelling unit which is rented for periods of 30 days or more. A short-term rental means a residential dwelling unit rented for less than 30 days. The two types of allowed short-term rentals in the City of Marquette are: Short-term vacation rental and Short-term homestay rental. A short-term rental homestay is an owner-occupied single-family home, dwelling unit in a duplex or multifamily dwelling structure, or any other dwelling unit, in which as many as three single bedrooms with bathroom access for overnight accommodations may be rented for periods as short as one overnight stay. Meals are not provided with rental, but kitchen and/or dining facilities may be available for guests to prepare their own meals. Only properties that have received approval of a rental registration application are recognized as a Homestay for purposes of complying with City of Marquette ordinances. A short-term vacation home rental is a single-family home, or a dwelling unit in a duplex or multi-family dwelling structure, or any other dwelling unit, in which up to four bedrooms are rented by a single lessee or renter for overnight accommodations, for periods as short as one overnight stay. Meals are not provided with rental, but kitchen and/or dining facilities are available for guests to prepare their own meals. The property owner may or may not live in the dwelling unit for part of the year. Only properties that have received approval of a rental registration application are recognized as a Vacation Home Rental for purposes of complying with City of Marquette ordinances.

Yes- If the owner wishes to change the rental category to short-term rental from long-term rental, a new registration application and fee is required. Short-term registration is subject to availability.

a. Complete a rental registration application and parking diagram and submit it to the Marquette City Fire Department with a copy of the owner or local operator’s driver’s license and applicable registration payment. b. The application must meet all finance department and zoning department requirements to be approved. c. Once the application has been approved, a mandatory compliance inspection will be scheduled. Fees for compliance inspections will be billed out at an hourly rate after the inspection is completed. Passing of the compliance inspection will result in the issuance of a compliance certificate in the name of the owner. The certificates must be posted in either the common area of multi-family dwellings or in the private entrances to dwelling units. (No short-term advertising or use is allowed until the short-term application is received and approved and the property meets inspection compliance and is certified. Short-term registration is subject to availability and eligibility requirements.)

Renewal inspections will be completed on a three-year cyclical period. A mandatory compliance inspection must be performed and the property must pass the compliance inspection before a rental compliance certificate will be issued. The certificate must be posted in either the common area of multi-family dwellings or in the private entrances to dwelling units.