Zoning Acts
Amendments
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2001
Planning and Zoning Acts Amendments |
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| Land Use Area of Expertise (AoE) Team | "Thirty
seven million acres is all the Michigan we will ever have" --former governor William G. Milliken |
| Modern Planning Procedure; The Wexford County Example |
Training
on the 2000 and 2001 Amendments
Handouts used in the program |
Other source material
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To download Adobe Acrobat | Other links |
HOW TO: The process of making and receiving submission on propsoed plans: (NEW)
How Governments
Make Submissions on a Neighbor's or County's Proposed Plan. |
In 2002 Michigan Planning Commissions received a new duty, to review the plans of neighboring governments and their county's plans. This publication reviews the duty to conducting those reviews, how long you have to do the review, what the review is for, examples of submissions made in review of a plan, what the county planning commission reviews for, as well as other tips. |
| How a Planning
Commission Should Respond to Submissions. December 14, 2004 (7p $1.40) |
In 2002 Michigan Planning Commissions had another series of steps added to the process of adopting a plan. One of those steps is to solicit comments from neighboring governments on one's own proposed plan. After those submissions are received each should be assessed and action taken. This publication reviews the duty of looking at each submission received and responding to those submissions, how long one waits for submissions, what to do with the comments on one's plan, examples of submissions and responses, as well as other tips. |
Modern Planning Procedure; The Wexford County Example
| Pamphlet
: Planning Under Michigan Planning Enabling Acts: The Wexford County Example February, 2002 (16p. $3.20) |
Education
Program: Modern Planning Procedure: How Planning is done under the recently amended Planning Enabling Statutes |
This
pamphlet and education
program were developed to provide more detail for planning under the
2001 Planning Act amendments. In 2001, for the first time in decades,
major amendments were made to Michigan's Planning Enabling Acts. The program
and bulletin summarizes the new process, and provides additional suggestions
for communities to do planning with a high degree of coordination and
public involvement. The new statutory requirements can be made into
a major advantage for a community doing planning.
Wexford County was one of the first counties to prepare a new plan
under the new statute requirements. MSU Extension and
Extension Victor Institute for Land Use and Development , with a grant
from the United States Forest Service, used the Wexford Planning process
for research and to assist the county in working with the new procedures
to the county's advantage. This
program and
pamphlet also shares that experience and research to help others learn
what worked well. Instructors for this program include Kurt H. Schindler, Alice Dieble, Phil Davis, and Michael Thomas . |
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Recent Amendments to Michigan’s Planning & Zoning Laws (by Gary D. Taylor, Kurt H. Schindler, Rod Cortright) reviews the amendments to the state's three zoning enabling acts (effective December 16, 2001) and three of the state's planning enabling acts (effective January 9, 2002). |
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covers: A. Overview of 2001 Legislation B. Voter Referendum Petitions C. Coordinated Planning amendments to Planning Enabling Acts D. Open Space/Cluster amendments to Zoning Enabling Acts |
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Knowing
about these amendments is important, as many communities with zoning will
have to incorporate changes to their zoning before December 16, 2002.
The process and philosophy for planning also changes. Any plan that
is adopted after January 9, 2003 will need to be done using the new process
and philosophy and any plan over five years old needs to be reviewed during
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Handouts
The following are the handouts used for the Michigan
State University Extension program on the 2001 Planning and Zoning Amendments.
They can be downloaded as Portable Document Format (PDF) files here.
Please go near the bottom of the page if you need to download Adobe
Acrobat Reader to be able to read the PDF files.
| Title (date and number of pages, cost for hard copy) |
Pamphlet is about. |
| Overhead slides of program | This is a copy of the presentation projections on the screen, printed three slides to a page. |
| Outline of presentation | This is a detailed outline of what is presented. |
| A. Township Planning Act
(being P.A. 168 of 1959, as amended, M.C.L. 125.321 et. seq.) |
The Township Planning Act is the enabling statute for creation of township planning commissions. This version includes the 2001 amendments for coordinated planning procedure. |
| B. Municipal Planning
Act (being P.A. 285 of 1931, as amended, M.C.L. 125.31 et. seq.) |
The Municipal Planning Act is the enabling statute for creation of city and village planning commissions. (In some cases prior to 1959 townships used this act also, but after 1959 townships should be using the Township Planning Act). This version includes the 2001 amendments for coordinated planning procedure. |
| C. County Planning Act
(being P.A. 282 of 1945, as amended, M.C.L. 125.101 et. seq.) |
The County Planning Act is the enabling statute for creation of county planning commissions. This version includes the 2001 amendments for coordinated planning procedure. |
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F. Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (being P.A. 110 of 2006, as amended, M.C.L. 125.3101 et seq.) |
The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act is the enabling statute for creation of township, city, village, or county zoning ordinance. |
| G. Check List #T1;
For Adoption of a Township Plan |
This series of pamphlets present a chronological step-by-step checklist
to walk a county, village and city, or township through the process of
adopting a plan or amending a plan. The checklist follows Michigan
statutory requirements for plan adoption or amendment. The checklist
also indicates what documentation should be kept on file. |
| J. County Planning;
Its Legal Authority, and Coordinated Planning |
Plans adopted by a county have a unique position, and function in Michigan – used for coordination between townships, villages, cities and other government agencies. This is done with review of township, village and city plans and township zoning ordinances; review of capital improvement projects undertaken by several different government agencies. This bulletin presents a brief overview of the unique aspects of a county plan. This pamphlet reflects the 2001 amendments to the three planning enabling acts. |
| K. Better Designs for Development
in Michigan; Putting Conservation into Local Land Use Regulations |
This reviews conservation design principals for development in Michigan. Development approaches such as clustering, open space preservation, through use of use of Planned Unit Development and Michigan Land Division Act tools are explained. This pamphlet introduces the conservation planning/design concept, the need for a community to envision its future, identification of conservation lands, conservation zoning, and a four step process for conservation design. |
| L. Sample Open Space zoning amendments | The sample offered here, is just one of many. It should not be viewed as the best, or the only sample to use. |
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The Michigan Society of Planning Law Committee has propsoed
draft guidelines to provide some consistancy in interpreation of the
coordinated planning amendments. Those guidelines are available
by clicking on the logo to the left. Direct PDF links are below.
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The Michigan Townships Association has developed several sample
ordinances, and an "Open Space Decision Tree." Visit their web
site by clicking on the logo to the left. Direct PDF links are
below. * Township Planning Act Amendements Packet pdf format P.A. 168 of 1959 * Open Space Preservation Packet pdf format P.A. 177 of 2001 |
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Michigan Attorney General Opinion
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If referendum petitions are filed
with a township clerk within 30 days after publication of an open space preservation
ordinance adopted by a township board pursuant to section 16h of the Township
Zoning Act, the ordinance does not take effect until the township clerk determines
that the petitions are inadequate or until the registered electors of the
township approve the open space preservation ordinance by majority vote at
a referendum election. If an open space preservation ordinance is rejected
at a referendum election authorized under section 12 of the Township Zoning
Act, the township board may, but is not required to, subsequently adopt an
open space preservation ordinance, but that subsequent ordinance is also subject
to the referendum petition and election provisions of section 12 of the Township
Zoning Act. AG Opinion 7143, October 17, 2003. |
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