Marina & boatyard check
Before you buy, build, or change a marina or boatyard
Tell us what touches the water, what happens to boats, where rain and wash water go, and which records you have. You’ll get a dated call sheet: who to call, what to ask, what to gather, and what still needs a written answer.
Prefer to read first? See a worked example · See a finished sample call sheet
Built from current official Michigan starting points
This is a starting map. The agency or local office makes the final call.
Dealing with a spill, sheen, sewage release, wastewater discharge, stop-work order, or another immediate danger? Use Michigan’s environmental emergency route.
There is no single Michigan marina license that settles the whole site.
This check keeps waterfront work, property records, runoff, wash water, fuel, buildings, repair work, and side businesses separate.
It goes deep on a fixed Michigan site used as a marina, boating club, dry stack, boat storage yard, or boatyard. A private home dock, public launch, commercial port, or stand-alone charter gets a clear handoff.
A short call sheet, in the right order.
Why it showed up
Every task points back to something you told us.
What to ask
Use the question on the phone or in an email.
What remains unknown
The call sheet names what the agency or local office still needs to decide.
Made for fixed marina sites
Useful before a purchase, lease, takeover, expansion, or repair-yard change.
This route keeps the site’s official drawings, docks and dredging, Great Lakes bottomland questions, rain runoff, wash water, pumpout, fuel, repair work, property history, and side businesses in separate lanes. It hands residential docks, public launches, commercial ports, charter work, food, and camping to better-fitting paths without pretending one approval settles everything.