HB-6166, As Passed House, September 29, 2004                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 6166                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1943 PA 183, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "County zoning act,"                                                        

                                                                                

    (MCL 125.201 to 125.240) by adding section 16i.                             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 16i.  (1) An owner of land may voluntarily offer in                    

                                                                                

2   writing, and the county may approve, certain use and development            

                                                                                

3   of the land as a condition to a rezoning of the land or an                  

                                                                                

4   amendment to a zoning map.                                                  

                                                                                

5       (2) In approving the conditions under subsection (1), the                   

                                                                                

6   county may establish a time period during which the conditions              

                                                                                

7   apply to the land.  Except for an extension under subsection (4),           

                                                                                

8   if the conditions are not satisfied within the time specified               

                                                                                

9   under this subsection, the land shall revert to its former zoning           

                                                                                

10  classification.                                                             

                                                                                

11      (3) The county shall not add to or alter the conditions                     

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   approved under subsection (1) during the time period specified              

                                                                                

2   under subsection (2).                                                       

                                                                                

3       (4) The time period specified under subsection (2) may be                   

                                                                                

4   extended upon the application of the landowner and approval of              

                                                                                

5   the county.                                                                 

                                                                                

6       (5) A county shall not require a landowner to offer                         

                                                                                

7   conditions as a requirement for rezoning.  The lack of an offer             

                                                                                

8   under subsection (1) shall not otherwise affect a landowner's               

                                                                                

9   rights under this act, the ordinances of the county, or any other           

                                                                                

10  laws of this state.