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2006 Michigan Zoning Enabling Act |
 Planning & Zoning Center at MSU (New) |
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"Thirty
seven million acres is all the Michigan we will ever have"
--former governor William G. Milliken |
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| The Michigan Legislature adopted P.A. 110 of 2006 (being the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, M.C.L. 125.3101 et seq.). Governor Jennifer Granholm signed it into law on April 7, 2006. The statute takes effect July 1, 2006. | |
| This bill codifies the zoning enabling acts for cities, villages, townships,
and counties. It repeals the existing acts: 1921 PA 207 (M.C.L. 125.581
- 125.600), 1943 PA 183 (M.C.L. 125.201 - 125.240) & 1943 PA 184 (M.C.L.
125.271 - 125.310). This is a major change for zoning in Michigan. The codification
of the three acts into one act resulted process and procedure changes that
every member of a zoning board, planning commission, zoning commission,
zoning board of appeals, and zoning administrator will need to know. |
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| The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act will take effect July 1,
2006. Starting July 1, 2006 planning commissions, zoning boards/commissions,
and zoning boards of appeals will have to follow the procedures as required
in the new act. By July 1, 2007 local zoning will need to be amended to
conform to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. |
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| Some of the major changes include: • Reorganization of all elements and the addition of new definitions • New public hearing notice requirements for all zoning activities • Phasing out zoning boards (not zoning boards of appeals) • Changes to use variance authority, standards and procedures • Elimination of state review of county zoning ordinances and amendments. |
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A series of 15 training programs are scheduled to begin
May 8 and finish June 13th to explain the new act, its implications and
to present the new Michigan Zoning Guidebook. The guidebook was
written by Mark Wyckoff, FAICP, director of the new Planning & Zoning
Center at MSU. Wyckoff will also conduct the training programs. |
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| The dates and locations of the training programs are listed below. | |
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