January 19, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, Alma Smith, Tobocman and Gleason and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
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:
Sec.
1. (1) The township board of an organized township in
this
state may provide by zoning ordinance for the regulation of
land
development and the establishment of districts a township may
adopt a zoning ordinance regulating the use of land and structures
in the portions of the township outside the limits of cities and
villages which
regulate the use of land and structures; to for 1
or more of the following purposes:
(a) To meet the needs of the state's citizens for food, fiber,
energy, and other natural resources, places of residence,
recreation,
industry, trade, service, and other uses of land. ; to
insure
that use of the land shall be
(b) To ensure that uses of the land are situated in
appropriate
locations and relationships. ; to
(c) To limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and
congestion of population, transportation systems, and other public
facilities. ;
to
(d) To facilitate
adequate and efficient provision for
transportation systems, sewage disposal, and water, energy,
education,
recreation, and other public service and facility
requirements;
and to services and facilities.
(e)
To promote public health, safety, and
welfare. For these
purposes,
the township board may divide the township into districts
of
such number, shape, and area as it considers best suited to
carry
out this act.
(2) The
township board of an organized township may use this
act
to may also provide by a zoning
ordinance for the regulation
of
land development and the establishment of districts which that
apply
only to land areas and activities which are involved in a
special program to achieve specific land management objectives and
avert
or solve specific land use problems, including the
regulation
of land development and the establishment of districts
in
areas subject to damage from
flooding or beach erosion. , and
for
that purpose
(3) A zoning ordinance may divide the township into districts
of a number, shape, and area considered by the township board to be
best
suited to accomplish those objectives. Ordinances regulating
land
development may also be adopted designating or limiting the
purposes set forth in subsection (1) or (2). A zoning ordinance may
also designate or limit the location, the height, number of
stories, and size of dwellings, buildings, and other structures
that may be erected or altered, including tents and trailer
coaches, and the specific uses for which dwellings, buildings, and
other structures, including tents and trailer coaches, may be
erected or altered; the area of yards, courts, and other open
spaces, and the sanitary, safety, and protective measures that
shall be required for the dwellings, buildings, and other
structures, including tents and trailer coaches; and the maximum
number
of families which that
may be housed in buildings,
dwellings, and other structures, including tents and trailer
coaches, erected or altered. The provisions shall be uniform for
each class of land or buildings, dwellings, and other structures,
including tents and trailer coaches, throughout each district, but
the
provisions in applicable
to 1 district may differ from those
in
applicable to other
districts. The zoning ordinance
may provide
for a mix of land uses and activities in a district or may provide
for the separation of different land uses and activities in
different districts, or both.
(4) A township board shall not regulate or control the
drilling,
completion, or operation of an oil or gas
wells, well
or
any other wells well
drilled for oil or gas exploration
purposes
and shall does
not have jurisdiction with reference
to
over the issuance of permits for the location, drilling,
completion,
operation, or abandonment of those wells. The
jurisdiction
relative to Jurisdiction
over those wells shall
be
is vested exclusively in the supervisor of wells of this state, as
provided
in part 615 (supervisor of wells) of the natural
resources
and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the
Public
Acts of 1994, being sections 324.61501 to 324.61527 of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.61501 to 324.61527.
(5) (2)
An ordinance adopted pursuant to
this act is subject
to the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30,
MCL 460.561 to 460.575.