HOUSE BILL No. 4973

 

July 16, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, Tobocman, Rivet, Minore, Jamnick, Bieda, Gieleghem and Lipsey and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1943 PA 184, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Township zoning act,"                                                      

                                                                                

    by amending section 1 (MCL 125.271), as amended by 1996 PA 47.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1.  (1) The township board of  an organized township in                

                                                                                

2   this state may provide by zoning ordinance for the regulation of            

                                                                                

3   land development and the establishment of districts in the                  

                                                                                

4   portions of the township outside the limits of cities and                   

                                                                                

5   villages which regulate  a township may adopt a zoning ordinance            

                                                                                

6   regulating the use of land and structures  ; to  for 1 or more of           

                                                                                

7   the following purposes:                                                     

                                                                                

8       (a) To meet the needs of the state's citizens for food,                     

                                                                                

9   fiber, energy, and other natural resources, places of residence,            

                                                                                

10  recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of land.  ;            

                                                                                

11  to insure that use of the land shall be                                     

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (b) To ensure that uses of the land are situated in                         

                                                                                

2   appropriate locations and relationships.  ; to                              

                                                                                

3       (c) To limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and                     

                                                                                

4   congestion of population, transportation systems, and other                 

                                                                                

5   public facilities.  ; to                                                    

                                                                                

6       (d) To facilitate adequate and efficient  provision for                     

                                                                                

7   transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy,                     

                                                                                

8   education, recreation, and other public  service and facility               

                                                                                

9   requirements; and to  services and facilities.                              

                                                                                

10      (e) To promote public health, safety, and welfare.   For                    

                                                                                

11  these purposes, the township board may divide the township into             

                                                                                

12  districts of such number, shape, and area as it considers best              

                                                                                

13  suited to carry out this act.                                               

                                                                                

14      (2) The township board  of an organized township may use                    

                                                                                

15  this act to  may also provide by a zoning ordinance for the                 

                                                                                

16  regulation of land development and the establishment of districts           

                                                                                

17  which  that apply only to land areas and activities  which are             

                                                                                

18  involved in a special program to achieve specific land management           

                                                                                

19  objectives and avert or solve specific land use problems,                   

                                                                                

20  including  the regulation of land development and the                       

                                                                                

21  establishment of districts in areas subject to  damage from                 

                                                                                

22  flooding or beach erosion.  , and for that purpose                          

                                                                                

23      (3) A zoning ordinance may divide the township into                         

                                                                                

24  districts of a number, shape, and area considered by the township           

                                                                                

25  board to be best suited to accomplish  those objectives  the                

                                                                                

26  purposes set forth in subsection (1) or (2) Ordinances                   

                                                                                

27  regulating land development may also be adopted designating or              


                                                                                

1   limiting  A zoning ordinance may also designate or limit the                

                                                                                

2   location, the height, number of stories, and size of dwellings,             

                                                                                

3   buildings, and other structures that may be erected or altered,             

                                                                                

4   including tents and trailer coaches, and the specific uses for              

                                                                                

5   which dwellings, buildings, and other structures, including tents           

                                                                                

6   and trailer coaches, may be erected or altered; the area of                 

                                                                                

7   yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the sanitary, safety,             

                                                                                

8   and protective measures that shall be required for the dwellings,           

                                                                                

9   buildings, and other structures, including tents and trailer                

                                                                                

10  coaches; and the maximum number of families which may be housed             

                                                                                

11  in buildings, dwellings, and other structures, including tents              

                                                                                

12  and trailer coaches, erected or altered.  The provisions shall be           

                                                                                

13  uniform for each class of land or buildings, dwellings, and other           

                                                                                

14  structures, including tents and trailer coaches, throughout each            

                                                                                

15  district, but the provisions  in  applicable to 1 district may              

                                                                                

16  differ from those  in  applicable to other districts.  The zoning           

                                                                                

17  ordinance may provide for a mix of land uses and activities in a            

                                                                                

18  district or may provide for the separation of different land uses           

                                                                                

19  and activities in different districts, or both.                             

                                                                                

20      (4) A township board shall not regulate or control the                      

                                                                                

21  drilling, completion, or operation of oil or gas wells, or other            

                                                                                

22  wells drilled for oil or gas exploration purposes and shall not             

                                                                                

23  have jurisdiction  with reference to  over the issuance of                  

                                                                                

24  permits for the location, drilling, completion, operation, or               

                                                                                

25  abandonment of those wells.   The jurisdiction relative to                  

                                                                                

26  Jurisdiction over those wells shall be vested exclusively in the            

                                                                                

27  supervisor of wells of this state, as provided in part 615                  


                                                                                

1   (supervisor of wells)  of the natural resources and                        

                                                                                

2   environmental protection act,  Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of            

                                                                                

3   1994, being sections 324.61501 to 324.61527 of the Michigan                 

                                                                                

4   Compiled Laws  1994 PA 451, MCL 324.61501 to 324.61527.                     

                                                                                

5       (5)  (2)  An ordinance adopted pursuant to this act is                      

                                                                                

6   subject to the electric transmission line certification act, 1995           

                                                                                

7   PA 30, MCL 460.561 to 460.575.