(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 been submitted to the project citizens district council for its findings and recommendations, if a project citizens district council is required.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.1609

  • Local public agency: means the official body of a municipality authorized to plan and implement the development and redevelopment of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  • Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  • Project: means land or an interest in land, existing or planned improvements, machinery, furnishings, or equipment suitable for use by any of the following:
  (i) An industrial or commercial enterprise, including agricultural and forestry enterprises and enterprises designed to produce energy from renewable resources. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  • Project area: means that land area or an interest in a land area within the municipality which will be acquired in the implementation of a project or which will be the permanent site of machinery, furnishings, or equipment constituting all or part of a project. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  • Project citizens district council: means a project citizens district council established pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  • Project plan: means that information and those requirements for a project set forth in section 8. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
  •   (b) The project plan meets all the requirements set forth in section 8.
      (c) The land included within the project area to be acquired is reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of the plan and of this act in an efficient and economically satisfactory manner.
      (d) The project plan is in reasonable accord with the master plan of the municipality, if a master plan has been adopted.
      (e) The project plan and size is practicable and in the public interest.
      (f) Public services, such as fire and police protection and utilities, are or shall be adequate to service the project area.
      (g) Changes in zoning, streets, street levels, intersections, and utilities are reasonably necessary for the project and for the municipality.
      (2) A local public agency may publish general standards for project plans within the provisions of this section.
      (3) If the implementation of the project plan does not require a zoning change or the taking of private property pursuant to section 22, the recommendations of the local public agency concerning the project plan shall not be required.