Terms Used In Michigan Laws 399.212

  • Commission: means a historic district commission created by the legislative body of a local unit under section 4. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Historic district: means an area, or group of areas not necessarily having contiguous boundaries, that contains 1 resource or a group of resources that are related by history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
  • Historic preservation: means the identification, evaluation, establishment, and protection of resources significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. See Michigan Laws 399.201a
   This act does not affect any previously enacted legislation pertaining to historical preservation and does not affect historical commissions appointed by local governing bodies to foster historic preservation. An existing local historical commission organized under Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1957, as amended, being section 399.171 and 399.172 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, may be designated as a historic district commission, if its membership and structure conform, or are revised to conform, to the provisions of section 4.