SENATE BILL NO. 395


   March 2, 1999, Introduced by Senators STILLE and MC MANUS and
        referred to the Committee on Farming, Agribusiness and 
        Food Systems.



        A bill to amend 1943 PA 184, entitled

   "Township zoning act,"

   (MCL 125.271 to 125.310) by adding section 1b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1B.  A ZONING ORDINANCE ADOPTED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL

 2    NOT PROHIBIT THE KEEPING OF FARM ANIMALS ON A PARCEL OF 40 ACRES

 3    OR MORE BUT MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FARM ANIMALS AS APPROPRIATE

 4    FOR THE SIZE OF THE PARCEL.
















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