HOUSE BILL No. 5944


     September 26, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.


        A bill to amend 1943 PA 183, entitled

   "County zoning act,"

   by amending sections 9 and 14 (MCL 125.209 and 125.214).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 9.  (1) Before submitting its recommendations of a ten-

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      tative zoning  plan  ORDINANCE to the county board of commission-

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      ers, the county zoning commission shall hold at least 1 public

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      hearing  , notice of which hearing shall be given  ON THE TENTA-

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      TIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.  THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL GIVE

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      NOTICE OF THE HEARING by 2 publications in a newspaper published

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      in the county  , and  OR, if a newspaper is not published in the

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      county, then in a newspaper published in an adjacent county.  ,

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      the first to be printed  THE FIRST PUBLICATION SHALL BE not more

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      than  30  40 days and not less than  20  30 days, and the
   second

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      not more than 8 days, before the date of the hearing.  Not 


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           (2) THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL ALSO GIVE NOT less

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      than 20 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing  shall

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      also be given  by mail to each electric, gas, pipeline, and tele-

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      phone public utility company  ,  that registers its name and

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      mailing address with the county zoning commission for the purpose

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      of receiving the notice  of public hearing,  and to each railroad

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      within the district or zone affected.

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           (3) The notices UNDER THIS SECTION shall include the places

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      and times at which the tentative text and maps of the zoning

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      ordinance may be examined.

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           (4) The county zoning commission shall  maintain a file of

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      each  MAKE AN affidavit of mailing for each mailing  made 
   under

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      this section.  If an individual property, or several adjacent

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      properties are proposed for rezoning, notice of the proposed

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      rezoning and hearing shall be given to the owners of the property

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      in question at least 20 days prior to the hearing. 

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           Sec. 14.  (1) Amendments or supplements to the zoning ordi-

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      nance may be made from time to time in the same manner provided

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      in this act for the enactment of the original ordinance.

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      AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO A ZONING ORDINANCE SHALL BE ADOPTED

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      IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.  HOWEVER, IF AN

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      INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OR SEVERAL ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE PROPOSED

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      FOR REZONING, THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL GIVE A NOTICE OF

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      THE PROPOSED REZONING TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION,

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      TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM ANY REAL PROPERTY WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE

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      PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS ASSESSED, AND TO THE OCCUPANTS OF ALL

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      SINGLE AND 2-FAMILY DWELLINGS WITHIN 300 FEET.



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           (2) THE NOTICE SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE RESPECTIVE OWNERS

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      AND TENANTS AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN THE LAST ASSESSMENT ROLL.  IF

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      THE TENANT'S NAME IS NOT KNOWN, THE TERM NOTICE MAY BE ADDRESSED

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      TO "OCCUPANT".  IF THE NOTICE IS DELIVERED BY MAIL, AN AFFIDAVIT

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      OF MAILING SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION

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      BEFORE THE HEARING.  THE NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED OR PERSONALLY

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      DELIVERED NOT LESS THAN 15 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING PROVIDED BY

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      SECTION 9 AND SHALL STATE THE TIME, PLACE, DATE, AND PURPOSE OF

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      THE HEARING.






































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