2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.37b Submission of proposed plan to municipal legislative body; approval; notice to certain entities; review and comment; advisory statements.

Sec. 7b.

(1) A municipal plan may be adopted as a whole or by successive parts corresponding with major geographical areas of the municipality or with functional subject matter areas of the plan.

(2) After preparing a proposed plan, the municipal planning commission shall submit the proposed plan to the legislative body of the municipality for review and comment. The process of adopting a plan shall not proceed further unless the legislative body of the municipality approves the distribution of the proposed plan.

(3) If the legislative body of the municipality approves the distribution of the proposed plan, it shall notify the secretary of the municipal planning commission and the secretary shall submit a copy of the proposed plan, for review and comment, to all of the following:

(a) The planning commission, or if there is no planning commission, the legislative body, of each city, village, or township located within or contiguous to the municipality.

(b) The regional planning commission, if any, for the region in which the municipality is located, if there is no county planning commission for the county in which the municipality is located. If there is a county planning commission for the county in which the municipality is located, the secretary of the municipal planning commission may submit a copy of the proposed plan to the regional planning commission but is not required to do so.

(c) The county planning commission, or if there is no county planning commission, the county board of commissioners, for the county in which the municipality is located. The secretary of the municipal planning commission shall concurrently submit to the county planning commission or, if there is no county planning commission, the county board of commissioners, a statement, signed by the secretary, that the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) have been met. The statement shall include the name and address of each planning commission or legislative body to which a copy of the proposed plan was submitted under subdivision (a) or (b) and the date of submittal.

(d) Each public utility company and railroad company owning or operating a public utility or railroad within the municipality, and any government entity, that registers its name and address for this purpose with the secretary of the municipal planning commission. An entity that, pursuant to this subdivision, receives a copy of a proposed plan, or of a plan as provided in section 8(5), shall reimburse the municipality for any copying and postage costs thereby incurred by the municipality.

(4) An entity described in subsection (3)(a), (b), or (d) may submit comments on the proposed plan to the municipal planning commission within 65 days after the proposed plan was submitted to that entity under subsection (3). A planning commission or legislative body described in subsection (3)(a) or (b) shall concurrently submit a copy of the comments to the county planning commission, or if there is no county planning commission, the county board of commissioners, for the county in which the municipality proposing the plan is located.

(5) Not less than 75 days or more than 95 days after the date the proposed plan was submitted to the county planning commission or the county board of commissioners under subsection (3), the county planning commission or the county board of commissioners, respectively, shall submit to the municipal planning commission its comments on the proposed plan. The comments shall include, but need not be limited to, both of the following, as applicable:

(a) A statement whether the county planning commission or county board of commissioners, after considering any comments received under subsection (4), considers the proposed plan to be inconsistent with the plan of any city, village, township, or region described in subsection (3)(a) or (b).

(b) If the county has a county plan, a statement whether the county planning commission considers the proposed plan to be inconsistent with the county plan.

(6) The statements provided for in subsection (5)(a) and (b) are advisory only.

History: Add. 2001, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2002