HOUSE BILL No. 6125


     November 9, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Richner,  Jellema,  Lockwood, Scranton, Godchaux, Birkholz, LaForge, Byl, Rivet,
Hart and LaSata and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.



        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:

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

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      ADOPT A ZONING ORDINANCE TO regulate and restrict the use of land

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      and structures; to meet the needs of the state's residents for

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      food, fiber, energy and other natural resources, places of resi-

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      dence, recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of

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      land; to  insure  ENSURE that uses of the land shall be situated

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      in appropriate locations and relationships; to limit the inappro-

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      priate overcrowding of land and congestion of population and

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      transportation systems and other public facilities; to facilitate

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      adequate and efficient provision for transportation systems,

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      sewage disposal, water, energy, education, recreation, and other


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      public service and facility needs; and to promote public health,

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      safety, and welfare.  , and for  FOR those purposes, THE LEGISLA-

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      TIVE BODY may divide  a  THE city or village into districts of

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      the number, shape, and area considered best suited to carry out

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      this section.  For each of those districts regulations may be

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      imposed designating the uses for which buildings or structures

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      shall or shall not be erected or altered, and designating the

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      trades, industries, and other land uses or activities that shall

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      be permitted or excluded or subjected to special regulations.

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           (2)  The land development regulations and districts autho-

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      rized by this act shall be made in accordance with a plan

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

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      ZONING ORDINANCE SHALL BE BASED ON 1 OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (A) A MUNICIPAL PLAN OR JOINT MUNICIPAL PLAN THAT HAS BEEN

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      CONSENTED TO BY ALL REVIEWING ENTITIES AND ADOPTED UNDER THE

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      COORDINATED PLANNING ACT.

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           (B) UNTIL 7 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COORDI-

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      NATED PLANNING ACT, A PLAN ADOPTED UNDER 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31

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      TO 125.45.

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           (C) UNTIL 7 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COORDI-

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      NATED PLANNING ACT, ANY OTHER PLAN ADOPTED TO PROMOTE AND ACCOM-

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      PLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.

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           (3) IF A ZONING ORDINANCE DOES NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS

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      OF SUBSECTION (2), THE ZONING ORDINANCE SHALL NOT BE PRESUMED TO

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      BE VALID.







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

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      subject to the electric transmission line certification act, 1995

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      PA 30, MCL 460.561 TO 460.575.

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6124

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      (request no. 06472'00) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into

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      law.










































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