HOUSE BILL No. 4188


     January 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Cassis, Dobb, Goschka, Martinez, Hammerstrom, Crissman, McManus, Galloway and Perricone and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        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  A township

 2     in this state  may provide by zoning ordinance for the regula-

 3    tion of land development and the establishment of districts in

 4    the portions of the township outside the limits of cities and

 5    villages  which  THAT regulate the use of land and structures  ; 

 6    to meet the needs of the state's citizens for food, fiber,

 7    energy, and other natural resources, places of residence, recre-

 8    ation, industry, trade, AND service, and other uses of land; to

 9     insure that use  ENSURE THAT USES of the land shall be situated

10    in appropriate locations and relationships; to limit the

11    inappropriate overcrowding of land and congestion of population


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 1     ,  AND OF transportation systems  ,  and other public

 2    facilities; to facilitate adequate and efficient provision for

 3    transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy, educa-

 4    tion, recreation, and other public service and facility require-

 5    ments; and to promote public health, safety, and welfare.  For

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

 7    districts of  such  A number, shape, and area  as  THAT it con-

 8    siders best suited to carry out this act.  The township board of

 9     an organized  A township may  use this act to  provide by ordi-

10    nance for the regulation of land development and the establish-

11    ment of districts  which  THAT apply only to land areas and

12    activities  which  THAT are involved in a special program to

13    achieve specific land management objectives and avert or solve

14    specific land use problems, including the regulation of land

15    development and the establishment of districts in areas subject

16    to damage from flooding or beach erosion, and for that purpose

17    may divide the township into districts of a number, shape, and

18    area considered best suited to accomplish those objectives.

19    Ordinances regulating land development may also be adopted desig-

20    nating or limiting the location,  the  height, number of stories,

21     and size of dwellings, buildings, and structures that may be

22     erected or altered, including tents and trailer coaches, and the

23     specific uses for which  SIZE, AND SPECIFIC USES OF dwellings,

24    buildings, and structures, including tents and trailer coaches,

25    THAT may be erected or altered; the area of yards, courts, and

26    other open spaces, and the sanitary, safety, and protective

27    measures that shall be required for the dwellings, buildings, and



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 1    structures;  , including tents and trailer coaches;  and the

 2    maximum number of families  which  THAT may be housed in

 3     buildings,  THE dwellings, BUILDINGS, and structures.  ,

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

 5    provisions shall be uniform for each class of land or

 6     buildings,  dwellings, BUILDINGS, and structures  , including

 7     tents and trailer coaches,  throughout each district, but the

 8    provisions in 1 district may differ from those in other

 9    districts.  A township board shall not regulate or control the

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

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

12     have jurisdiction with reference to the issuance of permits for

13     the location, drilling, completion, operation, or abandonment of

14     those wells.  The jurisdiction relative to wells shall be vested

15     exclusively in the supervisor of wells of this state, as provided

16     in part 615 (supervisor of wells) of the natural resources and

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

18     1994, being sections 324.61501 to 324.61527 of the Michigan

19     Compiled Laws. 

20         (2) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this act is subject to

21    the electric transmission line certification act 1995 PA 30, MCL

22    460.561 TO 460.575.













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