HOUSE BILL No. 4281

 

February 15, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Shaffer and Hune and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled

 

"The mobile home commission act,"

 

by amending section 12 (MCL 125.2312).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 12. (1) When all preliminary approvals are made, the

 

developer shall submit the legal documents and the final plans

 

draft to the department.

 

     (2) Beginning January 1, 2006, the final plans draft submittal

 

shall include plans for a single structure or multiple structures

 

designed to provide mobile home park residents with safe shelter in

 

times of severe weather including tornadoes and high winds. The

 

size of the structure or structures shall be at least 7 square feet

 

for each mobile home space in the park. The plans shall also be


 

submitted to the appropriate municipality for approval. The

 

municipality may approve the structure or structures if they are

 

not otherwise in conflict with local laws and ordinances and if

 

they meet or exceed specifications approved by a licensed

 

professional engineer.

 

     (3) Subsection (2) applies to any existing mobile home park

 

that increases the number of mobile home spaces in its park after

 

January 1, 2005. An existing mobile home park owner or developer

 

that increases the number of mobile home spaces in its park after

 

January 1, 2005 shall submit plans for a structure or structures

 

described in subsection (2) to the appropriate municipality and the

 

department. The municipality may approve the plans if the plans

 

conform to the requirements in subsection (2). If the plans are not

 

approved by the municipality and the department, the existing

 

mobile home park owner or developer shall not proceed with a

 

capacity expansion.

 

     (4)   (2)  The department shall review the filing and within

 

90 days after filing issue its approval or disapproval. Upon the

 

approval of all the reviewing agencies, the department shall issue

 

a permit to construct the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home

 

park.