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.