HOUSE BILL No. 4972

 

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 1921 PA 207, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "City and village zoning act,"                                              

                                                                                

    by amending section 1 (MCL 125.581), as amended by 1995 PA 36.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1.  (1) The legislative body of a city or village may                  

                                                                                

2   adopt a zoning ordinance to regulate and restrict the use of land           

                                                                                

3   and structures  ; to  for 1 or more of the following purposes:              

                                                                                

4       (a) To meet the needs of the state's residents for food,                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   to insure that uses of the land shall be situated in appropriate            

                                                                                

8   locations and relationships; to                                             

                                                                                

9       (b) To ensure that the locations of and relationships between               

                                                                                

10  land uses are appropriate.                                                  

                                                                                

11      (c) To limit the inappropriate  overcrowding  crowding of                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   land uses and congestion of population and transportation systems           

                                                                                

2   and other public facilities.  ; to                                          

                                                                                

3       (d) To facilitate adequate and efficient provision for                      

                                                                                

4   transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy,                     

                                                                                

5   education, recreation, and other public service and facility                

                                                                                

6   needs.  ; and to                                                            

                                                                                

7       (e) To promote public health, safety, and welfare.  , and for               

                                                                                

8   those purposes                                                              

                                                                                

9       (2) For the purposes set forth in subsection (1), a zoning                  

                                                                                

10  ordinance may divide a city or village into districts of the                

                                                                                

11  number, shape, and area considered by the legislative body to be            

                                                                                

12  best suited to carry out this section.  For each of those                   

                                                                                

13  districts regulations may be imposed designating the uses for               

                                                                                

14  which buildings or structures shall or shall not be erected or              

                                                                                

15  altered, and designating the trades, industries, and other land             

                                                                                

16  uses or activities that shall be permitted or excluded or                   

                                                                                

17  subjected to special regulations.  The zoning ordinance may                 

                                                                                

18  provide for a mix of land uses and activities in a district or              

                                                                                

19  may provide for the separation of different land uses and                   

                                                                                

20  activities in different districts, or both.                                 

                                                                                

21      (3)  (2)  The land development regulations and districts                    

                                                                                

22  authorized by this act shall be made in accordance with a plan              

                                                                                

23  designed to promote and accomplish the objectives of this act.              

                                                                                

24      (4)  (3)  An ordinance adopted pursuant to this act is                      

                                                                                

25  subject to the electric transmission line certification act, 1995           

                                                                                

26  PA 30, MCL 460.561 to 460.575.