HOUSE BILL No. 6196


     June 13, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kolb, Jamnick, Minore and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Land Use and
Environment.


        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:

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

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        ADOPT A ZONING ORDINANCE TO regulate and restrict the use of land

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        and structures  ; to  FOR 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

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             (A) TO meet the needs of the state's residents for food,

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

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        recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of land.  ;

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        to insure

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             (B) TO ENSURE that uses of the land  shall  WILL be situated

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        in appropriate locations and relationships.  ; to






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             (C) TO limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and

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        congestion of population and transportation systems and other

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        public facilities.  ; to

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             (D) TO facilitate adequate and efficient provision for

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        transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy, educa-

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

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        and to

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             (E) TO promote public health, safety, and welfare.  , and

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        for those purposes

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             (2) FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (1), A ZONING

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        ORDINANCE may divide a city or village into districts of the

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        number, shape, and area considered BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY TO BE

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

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        tricts regulations may be imposed designating the uses for which

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

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        and designating the trades, industries, and other land uses or

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        activities that shall be permitted or excluded or subjected to

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        special regulations.  THE ZONING ORDINANCE MAY PROVIDE FOR A MIX

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        OF LAND USES AND ACTIVITIES IN A DISTRICT OR MAY PROVIDE FOR THE

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        SEPARATION OF DIFFERENT LAND USES AND ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT

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        DISTRICTS, OR BOTH.

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

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

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        designed to promote and accomplish the objectives of this act.

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             (4)  (3)  An ordinance adopted pursuant to this act is

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        subject to the electric transmission line certification act, 1995

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        PA 30, MCL 460.561 TO 460.575.



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