HOUSE BILL No. 4442


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


        A bill to amend 1943 PA 183, entitled

   "County zoning act,"

   by amending sections 9 and 14 (MCL 125.209 and 125.214), section

   9 as amended by 2000 PA 385.

               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  plan  ORDINANCE to the county board of commission-

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      ers, the county zoning commission shall hold at least 1 public

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      hearing ON THE TENTATIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.  Notice of the hearing

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      shall be given  THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF

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      THE HEARING by 2 publications in a newspaper published in the

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      county or, if a newspaper is not published in the county, then in

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      a newspaper published in an adjacent county.  The first

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      publication shall be  printed  not more than  30  40 days
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      less than  20  30 days, and the second not more than 8 days

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      before the date of the hearing.

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           (2)  Not  THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL ALSO GIVE NOT

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

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       shall also be given  by mail to each of the following:

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           (a) Each electric, gas, pipeline, and telephone public util-

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      ity company, and the airport manager of each airport, that regis-

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      ters the name and mailing address of the company or airport with

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      the county zoning commission for the purpose of receiving the

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      notice.  of public hearing. 

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           (b) Each railroad within the district or zone affected.

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           (3) The notices under  this section  SUBSECTIONS (1) AND (2)

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      shall include the places and times at which the tentative text

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      and maps of the zoning ordinance may be examined.

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           (4) The county zoning commission shall maintain  a file of

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      each  AN affidavit of mailing for  each mailing made under this

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      section  NOTICES MAILED UNDER SUBSECTION (2).  If an individual

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      property or several adjacent properties are proposed for rezon-

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      ing, notice of the proposed rezoning and hearing shall be given

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      to the owners of the property in question at least 20 days before

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      the hearing. 

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

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      nance may be made from time to time in the same manner provided

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      in this act for the enactment of the original ordinance. 

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      AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO A ZONING ORDINANCE SHALL BE ADOPTED

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      IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.  HOWEVER, IF AN

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      FOR REZONING, THE COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION SHALL ALSO GIVE A

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      NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED REZONING TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY PRO-

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      POSED FOR REZONING, TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM IS ASSESSED ANY REAL

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      PROPERTY WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOR REZONING,

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      and to the occupants of all single and 2-family dwellings within

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      300 feet of the property proposed for rezoning.

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           (2) The notice shall be delivered to the respective owners

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      and tenants at the address given in the last assessment roll.  If

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      the tenant's name is not known, the term notice may be addressed

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      to "occupant".  If the notice is delivered by mail, an affidavit

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      of mailing shall be filed with the county zoning commission

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      before the hearing.  The notice shall be mailed or personally

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      delivered not less than 15 days before the hearing provided by

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      section 9 and shall state the time, place, date, and purpose of

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      the hearing.



























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