Michigan Compiled Laws
Article II - Zoning Authorization and Initiation (125.3201...125.3211)
Section 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 unit of government or the surrounding area within the state, unless a location within the local unit of government does not exist where the use may be appropriately located or the use is unlawful.
History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning

Act 110 of 2006 - Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (125.3101 - 125.3702)

Article II - Zoning Authorization and Initiation (125.3201...125.3211)

Section 125.3201 - Regulation of Land Development and Establishment of Districts; Provisions; Uniformity of Regulations; Designations; Limitations.

Section 125.3202 - Zoning Ordinance; Determination by Local Legislative Body; Amendments or Supplements; Notice of Proposed Rezoning.

Section 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.

Section 125.3204 - Single-Family Residence; Instruction in Craft or Fine Art as Home Occupation.

Section 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; Regul...

Section 125.3205a - Amateur Radio Service Station Antenna Structures.

Section 125.3205d - Zoning Ordinance; Prohibition or Regulation of Commemorative Signs.

Section 125.3206 - Residential Use of Property; Adult Foster Care Facilities; Family, Group Child Care Homes, or Qualified Residential Treatment Programs.

Section 125.3207 - Zoning Ordinance or Decision; Effect as Prohibiting Establishment of Land Use.

Section 125.3208 - Nonconforming Uses or Structures.

Section 125.3209 - Township Zoning Ordinance Not Subject to County Ordinance, Rule, or Regulation.

Section 125.3210 - Ordinance as Controlling.

Section 125.3211 - Appointment of Zoning Commission by Legislative Body; Purposes; Petition; Initiation of Action to Formulate Zoning Commission and Zoning Ordinance.