For Shar Clark, a Saturday morning cup of coffee should have been calm. Sitting on her deck with short-term rentals surrounding all but one side of her Park Township home, she got chaos.
The weekend cottage rental on the shore of Lake Michigan could become a vacation of days past in Park Township, with a partial ban on short-term rentals (STRs) set to take effect on Oct. 1.
While the Park Township Planning Commission is scheduled to meet again Thursday, the months-long work of the municipality could soon be undercut by legislation working its way through the Michigan Se…