HOUSE BILL No. 4015

 

January 22, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Shaffer and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled

 

"The mobile home commission act,"

 

by amending section 12 (MCL 125.2312), as amended by 2006 PA 328.

 

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, 2008, 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, 2008. An existing mobile home park owner or developer

 

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

 

January 1, 2008 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 nonrefundable fee for an application for plans

 

approval and a permit for new mobile home park construction or for

 

the expansion of an existing licensed mobile home park is $185.00

 

plus an additional $4.00 for each home site over 25 home sites, to

 

a maximum of $1,000.00. The nonrefundable fee for an application

 

for an extension of a permit to construct is $185.00.

 

     (5) (3) The nonrefundable fee for the construction of a new

 

home condominium or the expansion of an existing home condominium

 

is $505.00, plus an additional $4.00 for each home condominium home

 

site over 25 home sites that is to be constructed.


 

     (6) (4) The nonrefundable fee for an existing licensed mobile

 

home park that converts to a home condominium with an increase in

 

the number of home sites is $505.00, plus an additional $4.00 for

 

each home condominium home site over 25 home sites, to a maximum of

 

$1,480.00.

 

     (7) (5) The nonrefundable fee for an application for a permit

 

to construct for an alteration to an existing mobile home park is

 

$50.00.

 

     (8) (6) 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.