HOUSE BILL No. 4181

 

January 30, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Coulouris, Meadows, Miller, Warren, Kathleen Law, Alma Smith, Opsommer and Griffin and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 2006 PA 110, entitled

 

"Michigan zoning enabling act,"

 

(MCL 125.3101 to 125.3702) by adding section 513.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 513. Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section, each zoning ordinance shall

 

require that runoff from new development not exceed the

 

predevelopment runoff characteristics during a 2-year, 24-hour

 

storm event. The ordinance shall allow developers to achieve that

 

standard by using, among other means, nonstructural low-impact

 

development practices.