125.3201 Regulation of land development and establishment of districts; provisions; uniformity of regulations; designations; limitations. Sec. 201. (1) A local unit of government may provide by zoning ordinance for the regulation of land development and the establishment of 1 or more districts within its zoning jurisdiction which regulate the use of land and structures to […]
125.3202 Zoning ordinance; determination by local legislative body; amendments or supplements; notice of proposed rezoning. Sec. 202. (1) The legislative body of a local unit of government may provide by ordinance for the manner in which the regulations and boundaries of districts or zones shall be determined and enforced or amended or supplemented. Amendments or […]
125.3203 Zoning ordinance; plan; incorporation of airport layout plan or airport approach plan; zoning ordinance adopted before or after March 28, 2001; applicability of public transportation facilities. Sec. 203. (1) A zoning ordinance shall be based upon a plan designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, to encourage the use of lands […]
125.3204 Single-family residence; instruction in craft or fine art as home occupation. Sec. 204. A zoning ordinance adopted under this act shall provide for the use of a single-family residence by an occupant of that residence for a home occupation to give instruction in a craft or fine art within the residence. This section does […]
125.3205 Zoning ordinance subject to certain acts; regulation or control of oil or gas wells; prohibition; extraction of valuable natural resource; challenge to zoning decision; serious consequences resulting from extraction; factors; regulations not limited. Sec. 205. (1) A zoning ordinance is subject to all of the following: (a) The electric transmission line certification act, 1995 […]
125.3205a Amateur radio service station antenna structures. Sec. 205a. (1) 47 CFR 97.15 provides that owners of certain amateur radio service station antenna structures more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) above ground level at the site or located near or at a public use airport must notify the federal aviation administration and register with the […]
125.3205d Zoning ordinance; prohibition or regulation of commemorative signs. Sec. 205d. (1) A zoning ordinance shall not regulate or prohibit a sign that is located on or within a building and that commemorates any of the following: (a) Any of the following who die in the line of duty: (i) Police officers. (ii) Firefighters. (iii) […]
125.3206 Residential use of property; adult foster care facilities; family, group child care homes, or qualified residential treatment programs. Sec. 206. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), each of the following is a residential use of property for the purposes of zoning and a permitted use in all residential zones and is not subject […]
125.3207 Zoning ordinance or decision; effect as prohibiting establishment of land use. Sec. 207. A zoning ordinance or zoning decision shall not have the effect of totally prohibiting the establishment of a land use within a local unit of government in the presence of a demonstrated need for that land use within either that local […]
125.3208 Nonconforming uses or structures. Sec. 208. (1) If the use of a dwelling, building, or structure or of the land is lawful at the time of enactment of a zoning ordinance or an amendment to a zoning ordinance, then that use may be continued although the use does not conform to the zoning ordinance […]
125.3209 Township zoning ordinance not subject to county ordinance, rule, or regulation. Sec. 209. Except as otherwise provided under this act, a township that has enacted a zoning ordinance under this act is not subject to an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by a county under this act. History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, […]
125.3210 Ordinance as controlling. Sec. 210. Except as otherwise provided under this act, an ordinance adopted under this act shall be controlling in the case of any inconsistencies between the ordinance and an ordinance adopted under any other law. History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
125.3211 Appointment of zoning commission by legislative body; purposes; petition; initiation of action to formulate zoning commission and zoning ordinance. Sec. 211. (1) The legislative body may proceed with the adoption of a zoning ordinance containing land development regulations and establishing zoning districts under this act upon appointment of a zoning commission as provided in […]
