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Cascade Township adopts hotel licensing changes despite Drury Hotels objection

Cascade Charter Township Board · January 29, 2026
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Summary

Cascade Charter Township board approved amendments to its hotel licensing ordinance (Ordinance No. 001 of 2026) that include expanded camera requirements; Drury Hotels’ counsel asked for a hallway-camera carve-out or conditional license, citing low call volume at its property.

Cascade Charter Township’s board voted to adopt amendments to the township’s hotel licensing ordinance, including provisions on video cameras, after hearing objections from representatives of one local hotel.

John Galluli, corporate counsel for Drury Hotels, told the board the proposed requirement for cameras in “interior hallways” is “far too broad” and asked the township to remove the hallway requirement or at least issue a conditional license to Drury’s Cascade property. Galluli said Drury’s local statistics show “the calls to Drury hotels are few and far between,” and that the proposed ordinance groups his client with other properties the staff described…

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