SENATE BILL NO. 434


   March 11, 1999, Introduced by Senators BULLARD, BENNETT, 
        HAMMERSTROM and STILLE and referred to the Committee on 
        Local, Urban and State Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1943 PA 184, entitled

   "Township 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  FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

 7         (A) TO meet the needs of the state's citizens for food,

 8    fiber, energy, and other natural resources  ,  AND
             FOR places of

 9    residence, recreation, industry, trade, service, and other 
             uses

10     of land; to insure that use of the land shall be 
                       LAND USES.




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 1         (B) TO ENSURE THAT LAND USES ARE situated in appropriate

 2    locations and relationships.  ; to 

 3         (C) TO limit the  inappropriate  overcrowding
             of land and

 4    congestion of population  ,  AND OF transportation
             systems  , 

 5    and other public facilities.  ; to 

 6         (D) TO facilitate adequate and efficient provision for

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

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

 9     ments; and to  SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

10         (E) TO promote public health, safety, and welfare.  For

11     these purposes, the township board may divide 

12         (2) FOR THE PURPOSES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (1), A ZONING

13    ORDINANCE MAY DO 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

14         (A) DIVIDE the township into districts of  such
              A number,

15    shape, and area  as it  THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD
             considers best.

16     suited to carry out this act.  The township board of an
             orga-

17     nized township may use this act to provide by ordinance
                       

18         (B) PROVIDE for the regulation of land development and the

19    establishment of districts  which  THAT apply only
             to land areas

20    and activities  which  THAT are involved in a
             special program to

21    achieve specific land management objectives and avert or solve

22    specific land use problems, including the regulation of land

23    development and the establishment of districts in areas subject

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

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

26    area  considered  THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD CONSIDERS
             best suited





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 1    to accomplish those objectives.  Ordinances regulating land

 2     development may also be adopted designating or limiting the
                       

 3         (C) REGULATE 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 4         (i) THE location,  the  height, number
             of stories,  and size

 5     of dwellings, buildings, and structures that may be erected
                       or

 6     altered, including tents and trailer coaches, and the
                       specific

 7     uses for which  SIZE, AND SPECIFIC USES OF
                       dwellings, buildings,

 8    and structures, including tents and trailer coaches, THAT may be

 9    erected or altered.  ; the 

10         (ii) THE area of yards, courts, and other open spaces,
             and

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

12    required for the dwellings, buildings, and structures.  ,
             includ-

13     ing tents and trailer coaches; and the 

14         (iii) THE maximum number of families  which
              THAT may be

15    housed in  buildings,  THE dwellings, BUILDINGS,
             and structures.

16     , including tents and trailer coaches, erected or altered.
             

17         (3) The provisions OF A ZONING ORDINANCE shall be uniform

18    for each class of land or buildings, dwellings, and structures
              ,

19     including tents and trailer coaches,  throughout
                       each district,

20    but the provisions in 1 district may differ from those in other

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

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

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

24     have jurisdiction with reference to the issuance of permits
                       for

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

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

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



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

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

 3     1994, being sections 324.61501 to 324.61527 of the Michigan

 4     Compiled Laws. 

 5         (4)  (2)  An ordinance adopted 
             pursuant to  UNDER this act

 6    is subject to the electric transmission line certification act,

 7    1995 PA 30, MCL 460.561 TO 460.575.










































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