HOUSE BILL No. 6117


     May 23, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Koetje, Richardville, Kuipers and Vander Veen and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to provide for the regulation, construction, and

   operation of manufactured housing parks.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the

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        "Michigan manufactured housing control act".

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             Sec. 3.  As used in this act:

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             (a) "Local unit of government" means a county or

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        municipality.

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             (b) "Manufactured housing unit" or "mobile home" means a

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        structure, transportable in 1 or more sections, that is built on

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        a chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without

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        permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities,

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        and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and

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        electrical systems contained in the structure.




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             (c) "Manufactured housing park" or "mobile home park" means

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        a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person upon

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        which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrec-

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        reational basis and that is offered to the public for that pur-

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        pose regardless of whether a charge is made for that purpose,

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        together with a building, structure, enclosure, street, equip-

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        ment, or facility used or intended for use incident to the occu-

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        pancy of a mobile home.

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             (d) "Municipality" means a city, village, or township.

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             (e) "Parcel" means that portion of a property that has con-

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        tiguity and unity of ownership use.

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             (f) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association,

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        trust, or corporation or other legal entity or combination of

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        legal entities.

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             (g) "Seasonal manufactured housing park" or "seasonal mobile

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        home park" means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a

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        person upon which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a contin-

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        ual or temporary basis but occupied on a temporary basis and that

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        is offered to the public for that purpose regardless of whether a

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        charge is made for that purpose, together with a building, enclo-

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        sure, street, equipment, or facility used or intended for use

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        incident to the occupancy of a mobile home.  Seasonal manufac-

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        tured housing park or seasonal mobile home park does not include

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        a campground licensed under sections 12501 to 12516 of the public

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        health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12501 to 333.12516.







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             Sec. 5.  (1) Unless otherwise provided by a local zoning

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        ordinance, no more than 4 manufactured housing units per acre

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        shall be located in a manufactured housing park.

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             (2) Unless otherwise provided by a local zoning ordinance,

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        no more than 250 manufactured housing units shall be located on

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        any contiguous 100-acre parcel of land.

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             (3) Unless otherwise provided by a local zoning ordinance,

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        no less than 1/2 mile shall exist between any two 100-acre par-

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        cels of land used as manufactured housing parks.

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             Enacting section 1.  This act is retroactive and effective

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        beginning March 1, 2002.


































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