Title 125, PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING

Sec. 17. Underground tanks located within 10 feet of a basement or pit lower than the top of such tank, shall be completely incased in 6 inches of concrete of a 1, 3 and 5 mixture.

Sec. 18. Measuring devices on tanks beneath buildings and previously described encased tanks, shall be of approved wall gauge type.

Sec. 19. The metal used in all tanks shall be of a minimum gauge, U.S. standard, depending upon the capacity or size as given in the following table: Capacity Thickness (Gallons) of material 1 to 500 14 gauge 501 to 1100 12 gauge 1101 to 4000 7 gauge 4001 to 10500 1/4 inch 10501 …

Sec. 20. All such tanks shall be welded, brazed or riveted and shall be heavily coated outside with asphaltum or other rust-resisting material. All tanks shall be tested for leakage and shall be tight at 5 pounds air pressure. All tanks having a capacity in excess of 275 gallons …

Sec. 21. All oil burners operating by gravity or water pressure, shall be equipped with approved automatic device or devices for the control of the flow of oil in case of failure of the oil to properly ignite. All oil burners of the suction or force feed type shall be equipped wi…

Sec. 22. All fuel oil burners used in connection with hot water and steam heating systems shall be equipped with a pressurestat or some approved automatic device to reduce or extinguish the fire in the event of undue pressure within the boiler.

Sec. 23. The use of acetylene or any other gas possessing a wider range of explosiveness in admixture with air than coal gas, or water gas, is prohibited for use in the gas pilot of any fuel oil burner.

Sec. 24. This act shall not apply in the case of manufacturing plants except for heating buildings or generating steam for power.

Sec. 25. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed 100 dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine…

Sec. 1. The final relocation of residents under urban renewal shall not occur until relocation of the occupants of such property in standard residential dwellings is assured by the condemning unit of government. This assurance shall include the opportunity to purchase or rent ava…

Sec. 2. In case of urban renewal of a substandard residential area with new housing including the relocation of 200 or more occupied dwelling units the unit of government in which the project is located shall assure available land or housing for either rental or purchase in the s…

Sec. 3. The chief executive officer of the city, village or township shall appoint a neighborhood advisory council of citizens representative of and living in the area from which persons are to be displaced because of any urban renewal project. The designated local governmental a…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "economic development corporations act".

Sec. 2. There exists in this state the continuing need for programs to alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment, and the legislature finds that it is accordingly necessary to assist and retain local industrial and commercial enterprises, including employee-owned corporati…

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Corporation" means a corporation organized pursuant to this act. (b) "Employee-owned corporation" means an employee-owned corporation as defined by the employee-owned corporation act. (c) "Governing body" means the body in which the legislative p…

Sec. 4. (1) Application, in writing, may be made by a group of 3 or more persons to the governing body for permission to incorporate the economic development corporation for the municipality. Application shall include proposed articles of incorporation. The governing body shall g…

Sec. 5. After the governing body approves the application to incorporate the economic development corporation and the articles of incorporation by resolution, and the resolution is in effect and is filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of the municipality shall incorporate…

Sec. 6. Not more than 1 corporation shall be organized under this act for a municipality, except for subsidiaries established pursuant to section 6a. If a corporation is organized at the county level, thereafter, a corporation may be organized for a municipality within that count…

Sec. 6a. (1) In order to implement section 3(f)(ii), a corporation incorporated by a city with a population of greater than 750,000 persons may create subsidiary neighborhood development corporations within the city in which the parent corporation may operate. A subsidiary neighb…

Sec. 7. (1) In order to accomplish the public purposes set forth in section 2 the corporation may: (a) Construct, acquire by gift or purchase, reconstruct, improve, maintain, or repair projects and acquire the necessary land, or an interest in land or portions of the land, for th…

Sec. 7a. A pledge made by the corporation shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The money or property pledged and thereafter received by the corporation immediately shall be subject to the lien of the pledge without a physical delivery, filing, or further a…

Sec. 7b. If the board of directors of a corporation created under this act serves as the planning commission under section 2 of Act No. 285 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 125.32 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the board of directors shall include planning commission bus…

Sec. 8. (1) The corporation shall designate the project area to the governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated. The governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated shall certify its approval of the designation of a pr…

Sec. 9. (1) A local public agency shall submit its findings and recommendations concerning a project plan after the project citizens district council is consulted and advised as provided in section 14, if it determines the following from the application: (a) The project plan has …

Sec. 10. (1) The local public agency, if required, shall submit its findings and recommendations for approval or rejection of the project plan, with any recommendations for modification, to the governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated. (2) The …

Sec. 11. The governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated after a public hearing with notice of the public hearing given in accordance with section 17 may consider and approve amendments, by resolution, to the project plan. The corporation shall co…

Sec. 12. (1) The governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated shall, by resolution, do the following: (a) Establish the project district area boundaries. (b) Determine the necessity of establishing a project citizens district council. (2) A project…

Sec. 13. A project citizens district council established pursuant to this act shall act as an advisory body to the corporation, the local public agency, and the governing body.

Sec. 14. Periodically the representative of the corporation responsible for preparation of the project plan within the district area shall consult with and advise the project citizens district council regarding all aspects of the project plan, including the development of new hou…

Sec. 15. (1) Meetings of the project citizens district council shall be open to the public. Notice of the time and place of the meetings shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation not less than 3 days before the dates set for meetings of the project citiz…

Sec. 16. In a project district area where there already exists a citizens district council established according to Act No. 344 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, being sections 125.71 to 125.84 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the governing body may designate it as the projec…

Sec. 17. (1) The governing body of the municipality for which the corporation is incorporated, before adoption of a resolution approving a project plan authorized by this act, shall hold a public hearing. This act shall not be construed to require any other municipality, other th…

Sec. 18. Promptly after the public hearing provided in section 10 (2), the project citizens district council shall notify the governing body, in writing, of its findings and recommendations concerning the proposed project plan.

Sec. 19. The boundaries of a project district area may be revised by the inclusion of additional area or by exclusion of existing area by the governing body by resolution.

Sec. 20. A project citizens district council shall not be required and, if formed, shall be dissolved in any of the following situations: (a) On petition of not less than 20% of the adult resident population of the project district area by the last federal decennial or municipal …

Sec. 21. A municipality may commence an action for an injunction, or any other appropriate remedy at law, against a corporation which has not substantially complied with the time limits established in its approved project plan, reasonable delays caused by unforeseen difficulties …

Sec. 22. A municipality may take private property under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the purpose of transfer to the corporation, and may transfer the property to the corporation for use in a…

Sec. 23. (1) For the purpose of defraying all or part of its project costs, refunding or refunding in advance obligations authorized under this act or obligations authorized under the industrial development revenue bond act of 1963, 1963 PA 62, MCL 125.1251 to 125.1267, by a muni…

Sec. 24. Any net earnings of the corporation beyond that necessary for the retirement of indebtedness or to implement the public purposes or program of the municipality may not inure to the benefit of a person other than the municipality and, upon dissolution of the corporation s…

Sec. 25. The corporation shall be exempt from all taxation on its earnings or property. Instruments of conveyance to or from a corporation shall be exempt from all taxation including taxes imposed by Act No. 134 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended, being sections 207.501 to 20…

Sec. 27. (1) Any municipality and any agency or department thereof, or any other official public body, may do any of the following: (a) Anything necessary or convenient to aid in the planning and execution of a project plan. (b) Lend, grant, transfer, or contribute funds to the c…

Sec. 28. Any number of persons, not less than 3, may incorporate, as provided in this act, an economic development corporation for the purpose of implementing or furthering the public purposes stated in section 2 through the exercise of some or all of the powers created in sectio…

Sec. 29. The incorporation of the corporation shall be accomplished by the approval of articles of incorporation by resolution of the municipality. The articles of incorporation shall set forth the name of the corporation; the purpose for which the corporation is created; the num…

Sec. 30. The articles of incorporation of the corporation may be amended by resolution of the municipality which resolution shall be filed with the secretary of state. The effect of an amendment may include the alteration or changing of the structure, organization, programs, or a…

Sec. 31. (1) The articles of incorporation shall be executed in duplicate and delivered to the county clerk who shall file 1 copy in his or her office and the other with the recording officer of the corporation when a recording officer is selected. The municipality's clerk shall …

Sec. 32. The corporation shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued in any court of this state. The corporation shall possess all the powers necessary to carry out the purpose of its incorporation and those incident thereto. The enumeration of any powers in this act …