HOUSE BILL No. 4134


     January 28, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Dobb and referred to the Committee on Public Utilities.


        A bill to amend 1943 PA 184, entitled

   "The township rural 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 por-

 4    tions of the township outside the limits of cities and villages

 5    which regulate the use of land and structures; to meet the needs

 6    of the state's citizens for food, fiber, energy, and other natu-

 7    ral resources, places of residence, recreation, industry, trade,

 8    service, and other uses of land; to insure that use of the land

 9    shall be situated in appropriate locations and relationships; to

10    limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and congestion of

11    population, transportation systems, and other public facilities;


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 1    to facilitate adequate and efficient provision for transportation

 2    systems, sewage disposal, water, energy, education, recreation,

 3    and other public service and facility requirements; and to pro-

 4    mote public health, safety, and welfare.  For these purposes, the

 5    township board may divide the township into districts of such

 6    number, shape, and area as it considers best suited to carry out

 7    this act.  The township board of an organized township may use

 8    this act to provide by ordinance for the regulation of land

 9    development and the establishment of districts which apply only

10    to land areas and activities which are involved in a special pro-

11    gram to achieve specific land management objectives and avert or

12    solve specific land use problems, including the regulation of

13    land development and the establishment of districts in areas

14    subject to damage from flooding or beach erosion, and for that

15    purpose may divide the township into districts of a number,

16    shape, and area considered best suited to accomplish those

17    objectives.  Ordinances regulating land development may also be

18    adopted designating or limiting the location, the height, number

19    of stories, and size of dwellings, buildings, and structures that

20    may be erected or altered, including tents and trailer coaches,

21    and the specific uses for which dwellings, buildings, and struc-

22    tures, including tents and trailer coaches, may be erected or

23    altered; the area of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and

24    the sanitary, safety, and protective measures that shall be

25    required for the dwellings, buildings, and structures, including

26    tents and trailer coaches; and the maximum number of families

27    which may be housed in buildings, dwellings, and structures,



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 1    including tents and trailer coaches, erected or altered.  The

 2    provisions shall be uniform for each class of land or buildings,

 3    dwellings, and structures, including tents and trailer coaches,

 4    throughout each district, but the provisions in 1 district may

 5    differ from those in other districts.  A township board shall not

 6    regulate or control the drilling, completion, or operation of oil

 7    or gas wells, or other wells drilled for oil or gas exploration

 8    purposes and shall not have jurisdiction with reference to the

 9    issuance of permits for the location, drilling, completion, oper-

10    ation, or abandonment of those wells.  The jurisdiction relative

11    to wells shall be vested exclusively in the supervisor of wells

12    of this state, as provided in part 615 (supervisor of wells) of

13    the natural resources and environmental protection act,  Act

14     No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.61501 to

15     324.61527 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1994 PA 451, MCL

16    324.61501 TO 324.61527.

17         (2) An ordinance adopted  pursuant to  UNDER this act is

18    subject to  the electric transmission line certification act 

19    PART 43 OF THE MICHIGAN UTILITY CODE, MCL 460.4301 TO 460.4313.

20         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

21    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill

22    No. _______________ (request no. 00135'97) of the 89th

23    Legislature is enacted into law.











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