2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.326 Basic plan as guide for development of unincorporated portions of township; basis; expert advice and information; technical assistance; adoption of plan for certain geographic area; site plan; authority of planning commission clarified.

Sec. 6.

(1) The township planning commission shall make and approve a basic plan as a guide for the development of unincorporated portions of the township. As a basis for the plan, the township planning commission may do any of the following:

(a) Make inquiries, investigations, and surveys of all the resources of the township.

(b) Assemble and analyze data and formulate plans for the proper conservation and uses of all resources, including a determination of the extent of probable future need for the most advantageous designation of lands having various use potentials and for services, facilities, and utilities required to equip those lands.

(c) Meet with other governmental planning commissions to deliberate.

(2) The township planning commission may make use of expert advice and information which may be furnished by appropriate federal, state, county, and municipal officials, departments, and agencies having information, maps, and data pertinent to township planning. State, regional, county, and municipal officials, departments, and agencies shall make available public information for the use of township planning commissions and may furnish such other technical assistance and advice as they may have for planning purposes.

(3) In addition to the basic plan provided in subsection (1), by a majority vote of the members, the township planning commission may adopt a plan for a geographic area less than the entire unincorporated area of the township if, because of the unique physical characteristics of that area, more intensive planning is necessary for the purposes set forth in section 2. Before adoption of a plan under this subsection, the township planning commission shall hold at least 1 public hearing on the plan after giving notice as provided in section 8(1).

(4) After adoption of a plan under this act, a site plan for a property located in the plan area that is required to be submitted under section 16e of the township zoning act, 1943 PA 184, MCL 125.286e, shall comply with the plan adopted under this act.

(5) The purpose of the 1987 amendments to this section was to clarify the authority of a planning commission, which was implied from the language of this act, but was not specifically set forth in this act.

History: 1959, Act 168, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 73, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 263, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2002