Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MZEA) — Unified Zoning Authority (MI)
Tracked preemption from the Michigan overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2006-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MI
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | mzea_compliant_procedures | All zoning ordinance adoption, amendment, conditional use, site plan, PUD, and ZBA procedures must comply with MZEA §§125.3301–3606 (notice, hearings, master plan consistency, ZBA process). |
base_districts[*].allowed_uses | add | adult_foster_care_family_home_6_or_fewer | MCL 125.3206(1) — licensed adult foster care family homes serving 6 or fewer adults must be treated as a residential use permitted in any district where single-family homes are permitted; no conditional use / special exception / supermajority approval allowed. |
base_districts[*].allowed_uses | add | manufactured_home_HUD_code | MCL 125.3206(2) — local zoning may not exclude HUD-code manufactured homes from residential districts based solely on method of construction. Generally applicable dimensional / appearance standards permitted only if applied equally to site-built homes. |
Citation
Authority source
Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, 2006 PA 110 — MCL 125.3101 et seq.
Research notes
Marquee MI zoning statute. Replaced three separate zoning enabling acts (city/village, township, county) with a unified statute governing all local units. Ceiling+floor hybrid — establishes procedural floor and substantive ceilings (§§3205–3207). Group-home protection (§3206(1)) and manufactured-housing parity (§3206(2)) are use-class preemptions that apply uniformly across home-rule cities, villages, charter townships, general-law townships, and counties.