March 2019

An informative e-newsletter for the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Hemp: The New “Plastics”?

Hemp: The New "Plastics"?

By Gregory Gamalski, Bodman, PLC

In early 2017, the RPLS eNewsletter included an article about the new Michigan medical marijuana law and its possible implications for real estate attorneys and their clients. Over the past twelve months, other articles have highlighted specific medical marijuana issues facing these same groups. With the passage of Proposal 1 of 2018, MCL 333.27951, which legalized recreational marijuana, real estate attorneys and clients are beginning to sort through the implications. Much remains to be learned as local ordinances and state regulations are gradually adopted and refined and as the new industry develops.

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Restrictive Covenants Limiting Use of Private Park Land

By John F. Calvin, Hirzel Law, PLC

In Boyle v. Huron Dunes Ass’n, COA No. 323051 (November 2015), the Michigan Court of Appeals issued its opinion affirming a lower court’s ruling in a case regarding use of private park land owned by the Huron Dunes Association, and over which each of the homeowners in the Huron Dunes Subdivision held an easement. A homeowner requested and received the Association’s permission to construct a private deck on the private park land. Boyle, another homeowner in the subdivision, filed a lawsuit for a declaratory judgment that the Association lacked authority to grant exclusive use to a homeowner of private park land over which all homeowners held an easement.

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