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MI HB4266

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Tim Kelly

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows single-family residences to be used for home occupations providing instruction in crafts or fine arts, with existing regulations on noise, advertising, traffic, and hours of operation still permitted.

  • Establishes the "Homestead Subsistence Farming Act" as a lawful use in residential zones where structures are lawfully used as residences.

  • Permits production of farm products (fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and reasonable numbers of poultry, livestock, or other farm animals) on residential property for resident consumption or transfer without requiring special use or conditional use permits.

  • Defines "transfer" to include de minimis value food stand sales, authorized above-minimal value sales under other laws, trading, and sharing of farm products.

Legislative Description

Land use; zoning and growth management; household agriculture; authorize in residential zones. Amends sec. 204 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3204).

Land use: zoning and growth management

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/28/2017

3/1/2017

Committee Referrals

Agriculture2/23/2017

Full Bill Text

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