HOUSE BILL No. 5567

 

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 1921 PA 207, entitled

 

"City and village zoning act,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 125.581), as amended by 1995 PA 36.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The legislative body of a city or village may

 

adopt a zoning ordinance to regulate and restrict the use of land

 

and structures  ; to  for 1 or more of the following purposes:

 

     (a) To meet the needs of the state's residents for food,

 

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

 

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

 

land.  ; to insure that uses of the land shall be situated in

 


appropriate locations and relationships; to

 

     (b) To ensure that the locations of and relationships between

 

land uses are appropriate.

 

     (c) To limit the inappropriate  overcrowding  crowding of land

 

uses and congestion of population and transportation systems and

 

other public facilities.  ; to

 

     (d) To facilitate adequate and efficient provision for

 

transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy, education,

 

recreation, and other public service and facility needs.  ; and to

 

     (e) To promote public health, safety, and welfare.  , and for

 

those purposes

 

     (2) For the purposes set forth in subsection (1), a zoning

 

ordinance may divide a city or village into districts of the

 

number, shape, and area considered by the legislative body to be

 

best suited to carry out this section. For each of those districts

 

regulations may be imposed designating the uses for which buildings

 

or structures shall or shall not be erected or altered, and

 

designating the trades, industries, and other land uses or

 

activities that shall be permitted or excluded or subjected to

 

special regulations. 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.

 

     (3)   (2)  The land development regulations and districts

 

authorized by this act shall be made in accordance with a plan

 

designed to promote and accomplish the objectives of this act.

 

     (4)   (3)  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.