Michigan Laws 324.32313 – Use and management plan; contents; hearings; submission of plan copies to governor and legislature
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(1) By October 1, 1972, the department shall, in compliance with the purposes of this part, prepare a plan for the use and management of shoreland. The plan shall include but not be limited to all of the following:
(a) An inventory and identification of the use and development characteristics of the shoreland; the general physical and man-influenced shoreline features; the existing and proposed municipal and industrial water intakes and sewage and industrial waste outfalls; and high-risk areas and environmental areas.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.32313
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Shoreland: means the land, water, and land beneath the water that is in close proximity to the shoreline of a Great Lake or a connecting waterway. See Michigan Laws 324.32301
- Shoreline: means that area of the shorelands where land and water meet. See Michigan Laws 324.32301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) An inventory of existing federal, state, regional, and local plans for the management of the shorelands.
(c) An identification of problems associated with shoreland use, development, conservation, and protection.
(d) A provision for a continuing inventory of shoreland and estuarine resources.
(e) Provisions for further studies and research pertaining to shoreland management.
(f) Identification of the high-risk and environmental areas that need protection.
(g) Recommendations that do all of the following:
(i) Provide procedures for the resolution of conflicts arising from multiple use.
(ii) Foster the widest variety of beneficial uses.
(iii) Provide for the necessary enforcement powers to assure compliance with plans and to resolve conflicts in uses.
(iv) Provide criteria for the protection of shorelands from erosion or inundation, for aquatic recreation, for shore growth and cover, for low-lying lands, and for fish and game management.
(v) Provide criteria for shoreland layout for residential, industrial, and commercial development, and shoreline alteration control.
(vi) Provide for building setbacks from the water.
(vii) Provide for the prevention of shoreland littering, blight harbor development, and pollution.
(viii) Provide for the regulation of mineral exploration and production.
(ix) Provide the basis for necessary future legislation pertaining to efficient shoreland management.
(2) Upon completion of the plan, the department shall hold regional public hearings on the recommendations of the plan. Copies of the plan shall be submitted with the hearing records to the governor and the legislature.