HOUSE BILL No. 4441


     March 8, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.


        A bill to amend 1943 PA 184, entitled

   "Township zoning act,"

   by amending sections 9 and 14 (MCL 125.279 and 125.284), section

   9 as amended by 2000 PA 384.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 9.  (1) Before submitting its recommendations of a ten-

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      tative zoning ordinance to the township BOARD, the township

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      zoning board shall hold at least 1 public hearing ON THE TENTA-

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      TIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.  Notice of the hearing shall be given 

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      THE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE HEARING by 2

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      publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the

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      township.  The first publication shall be  printed  not more than

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       30  40 days and not less than  20  30 days and the second
   not

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      more than 8 days before the date of the hearing.




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           (2)  Not  THE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD SHALL ALSO GIVE NOT less

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      than 20 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing  shall

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      also be given  by mail to each electric, gas, pipeline, and tele-

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      phone public utility company, each railroad operating within the

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      district or zone affected, and the airport manager of each air-

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      port, that registers its name and mailing address with the town-

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      ship zoning  commission  BOARD for the purpose of receiving the

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      notice.

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           (3)  An affidavit of mailing shall be maintained.  The

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      notices UNDER SUBSECTIONS (1) AND (2) shall include the places

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      and times at which the tentative text and any maps of the zoning

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      ordinance may be examined.

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           (4) THE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN AN AFFIDAVIT OF

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      MAILING FOR NOTICES MAILED UNDER SUBSECTION (2).

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           Sec. 14.  (1) Amendments or supplements to  the  A zoning

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      ordinance  may be made  SHALL BE ADOPTED in the same manner as

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       provided in this act for the enactment of  the original ZONING

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      ordinance.  If  HOWEVER, IF an individual property or several

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      adjacent properties are proposed for rezoning, the township

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      zoning board shall ALSO give a notice of the proposed rezoning to

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      the owner of the property  in question  PROPOSED FOR REZONING, to

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      all persons to whom IS ASSESSED any real property within 300 feet

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      of the  premises in question is assessed  PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR

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      REZONING, and to the occupants of all single and 2-family dwell-

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      ings within 300 feet OF THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR REZONING.

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           (2) The notice shall be delivered  personally or by mail  to

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      the respective owners and tenants at the address given in the



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      last assessment roll.  If the tenant's name is not known, the

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       term "occupant" may be used  NOTICE MAY BE ADDRESSED TO

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      "OCCUPANT".  If the notice is delivered by mail, an affidavit of

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      mailing shall be filed with the zoning board before the hearing.

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      The notice shall be  made  MAILED OR PERSONALLY DELIVERED not

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      less than  8  15 days before the hearing provided by section 9

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       stating  AND SHALL STATE the time, place, date, and purpose of

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      the hearing.

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           (3) An amendment  for the purpose of conforming  TO MAKE a

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      provision of the zoning ordinance CONFORM to the decree of a

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      court  of competent jurisdiction  as to any specific lands may be

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      adopted by the township board and the notice of the adopted

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      amendment published without referring the amendment to any other

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      board or agency provided for in this act.





























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