HOUSE BILL No. 6197


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


        A bill to amend 1943 PA 183, entitled

   "County zoning act,"

   by amending section 1 (MCL 125.201), as amended by 1996 PA 46.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 1.  (1) The county board of commissioners of a county

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        in this state may provide by zoning ordinance for the establish-

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        ment of land USE AND development regulations and districts, in

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        the portions of the county outside the limits of cities and vil-

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        lages  which regulate the use of land; to  FOR 1 OR MORE OF THE

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        FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

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             (A) TO meet the needs of the state's citizens 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 be situated in

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        appropriate locations and relationships.  ; to

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             (C) TO limit the inappropriate congestion of population and

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        the overcrowding of land, transportation systems, and other

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        public facilities.  ; to

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             (D) TO facilitate adequate and efficient transportation sys-

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        tems, sewage disposal, and water, energy, education, recreation,

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        and other public  service and facility needs; and to  SERVICES

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        AND FACILITIES.

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

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        those purposes the county board of commissioners

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

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        ORDINANCE may divide the county into districts of a number,

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        shape, and area  as is  considered BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMIS-

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        SIONERS TO BE best suited to carry out this act.  The county

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        board of commissioners of a county may  use this act to  ALSO

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        provide by ordinance for the establishment of land development

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        regulations and districts in the portions of the county outside

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        the limits of cities and villages  which  THAT apply only to land

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        areas and activities  which are  involved in a special program to

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        achieve specific land management objectives and avert or solve

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        specific land use problems, including  the establishment of land

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        development regulations and districts in areas subject to  damage

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        from flooding or beach erosion, and for those purposes may divide

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        the county into districts of a number, shape, and area  as is

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        considered BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO BE best suited

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        to accomplish those objectives.   Land development regulations



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        may also be adopted designating or limiting  A ZONING ORDINANCE

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        MAY ALSO DESIGNATE OR LIMIT the location, size of, and the spe-

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        cific uses for which a dwelling, building, or structure may be

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        erected or altered; the minimum open spaces, sanitary, safety,

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        and protective measures that shall be required for those dwell-

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        ings, buildings, and structures; and the maximum number of fami-

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        lies which may be housed in a building or dwelling erected or

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        altered.  The  regulations  PROVISIONS shall be uniform for each

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        class of land or buildings throughout each district, but the

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         regulations in  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO 1 district may differ

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        from those  in  APPLICABLE TO other districts.  THE ZONING ORDI-

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        NANCE MAY PROVIDE FOR A MIX OF LAND USES AND ACTIVITIES IN A DIS-

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        TRICT OR MAY PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATION OF DIFFERENT LAND USES

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        AND ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, OR BOTH.

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             (3) A county board of commissioners may not under this act,

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        or under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act, regulate or

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        control the drilling, completion, or operation of an oil or gas

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        well, or any other well drilled for oil or gas exploration pur-

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        poses and shall not have jurisdiction  with reference to  OVER

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        the issuance of permits for the location, drilling, completion,

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        operation, or abandonment of those wells.  Jurisdiction over

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        those wells shall be vested exclusively in the supervisor of

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        wells of the state, as provided in part 615  (supervisor of

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        wells)  of the natural resources and environmental protection

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        act,  Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections

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        324.61501 to 324.61527 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1994

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        PA 451, MCL 324.61501 TO 324.61527.



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             (4)  (2)  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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