June 24, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Ward and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment.
A bill to amend 2003 PA 226, entitled
"Joint municipal planning act,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 125.135).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 5. Subject to section 9, the legislative bodies of 2
2 or more municipalities may each adopt an ordinance approving an
3 agreement establishing a joint planning commission. The
4 agreement shall specify at least all of the following:
5 (a) The composition of the joint planning commission,
6 including any alternate members.
7 (b) The qualifications, the selection by election or
8 appointment, and the terms of office of members of the joint
9 planning commission.
10 (c) Conditions and procedures for removal from office of
11 members of the joint planning commission and for filling
1 vacancies in the joint planning commission.
2 (d) How the operating budget of the joint planning commission
3 will be shared by the participating municipalities.
4 (e) The jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission,
5 which may consist of all or part of the combined territory of the
6 participating municipalities.
7 (f) Procedures by which a municipality may join or withdraw
8 from the joint planning commission.
9 (g) The planning act whose procedure will be followed by the
10 joint planning commission in adopting a plan or exercising any
11 other power or performing any other duty of a planning
12 commission. The planning act shall be a planning act that would
13 otherwise be applicable to at least 1 participating
14 municipality.
15 (h) The zoning act whose procedure will be followed by the
16 joint planning commission in exercising the powers and performing
17 the duties of a zoning board or zoning commission. The zoning
18 act shall be a zoning act that would otherwise be applicable to
19 at least 1 participating municipality.
20 (i) A provision that not every municipality that adopts an
21 ordinance approving the agreement is required to provide every
22 use provided for in a joint plan adopted by the joint planning
23 commission as long as the use is provided for overall in the
24 joint plan.
25 (j) (i) Any
additional provision concerning the powers or
26 duties of a zoning board or zoning commission that the zoning act
27 specified pursuant to subdivision (h) authorizes to be set forth
1 in a zoning ordinance and that is agreed to by the participating
2 municipalities.