HOUSE BILL No. 6198


     June 13, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Jelinek, Kolb, Minore and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Land Use and
Environment.


        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:

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             Sec. 1.  (1) The township board of  an organized township in

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        this state  A TOWNSHIP may provide by zoning ordinance for  the

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        regulation of land development and  the establishment of

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        REGULATIONS AND districts, in the portions of the township out-

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        side the limits of cities and villages, which regulate the use of

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        land and structures  ; to  FOR 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING

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        PURPOSES:

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

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        fiber, energy, and other natural resources, places of residence,

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        recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of land.  ;

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        to insure that use of the land shall be


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             (B) TO ENSURE THAT USES OF THE LAND ARE situated in

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        appropriate locations and relationships.  ; to

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             (C) TO limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and con-

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        gestion of population, transportation systems, and other public

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        facilities.  ; to

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             (D) TO facilitate adequate and efficient  provision for

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

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

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        ments; and to  SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

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

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        these purposes, the township board

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             (2) FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (1), A ZONING

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        ORDINANCE may divide the township into districts of  such  A

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        number, shape, and area  as it considers  CONSIDERED BY THE TOWN-

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        SHIP BOARD TO BE best suited to carry out this act.  The township

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        board of  an organized township may use this act to  A TOWNSHIP

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        MAY ALSO provide by ordinance for the regulation of land develop-

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        ment and the establishment of districts  which  THAT apply only

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        to land areas and activities  which are  involved in a special

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        program to achieve specific land management objectives and avert

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        or solve specific land use problems, including  the regulation of

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        land development and the establishment of districts in areas

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        subject to  damage from flooding or beach erosion, and for that

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        purpose may divide the township into districts of a number,

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        shape, and area considered BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TO BE best

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        suited to accomplish those objectives.   Ordinances regulating

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        land development may also be adopted designating or limiting  A



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        ZONING ORDINANCE MAY ALSO DESIGNATE OR LIMIT the location, the

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        height, number of stories, and size of dwellings, buildings, and

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        OTHER structures that may be erected or altered, including tents

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        and trailer coaches, and the specific uses for which dwellings,

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        buildings, and OTHER structures, including tents and trailer

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        coaches, may be erected or altered; the area of yards, courts,

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

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

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        OTHER structures, including tents and trailer coaches; and the

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        maximum number of families which may be housed in buildings,

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        dwellings, and OTHER structures, including tents and trailer

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        coaches, erected or altered.  The provisions shall be uniform for

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        each class of land or buildings, dwellings, and OTHER structures,

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        including tents and trailer coaches, throughout each district,

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        but the provisions  in  APPLICABLE TO 1 district may differ from

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        those  in  APPLICABLE TO other districts.  THE ZONING ORDINANCE

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        MAY PROVIDE FOR A MIX OF LAND USES AND ACTIVITIES IN A DISTRICT

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        OR MAY PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATION OF DIFFERENT LAND USES AND

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        ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, OR BOTH.

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             (3) A township board shall not regulate or control the

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

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        wells drilled for oil or gas exploration purposes and shall not

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        have jurisdiction  with reference to  OVER the issuance of per-

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        mits for the location, drilling, completion, operation, or aban-

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        donment of those wells.   The jurisdiction relative to

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        JURISDICTION OVER THOSE wells shall be vested exclusively in the

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        supervisor of wells of this state, as provided in part 615



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         (supervisor of wells)  of the natural resources and

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

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        1994, being sections 324.61501 to 324.61527 of the Michigan

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        Compiled Laws  1994 PA 451, MCL 324.61501 TO 324.61527.

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             (4)  (2)  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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