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MI SB0023
MI SB0023Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase. Amends sec. 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).
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Introduced
01/22/2025
01/22/2025
In Committee
12/11/2025
12/11/2025
Crossed Over
03/12/2025
03/12/2025
Passed
12/23/2025
12/23/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/23/2025
12/23/2025
Introduced Session
103rd Legislature
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend 1967 PA 288, entitled ?An act to regulate the division of land; to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to further the orderly layout and use of land; to require that the land be suitable for building sites and public improvements and that there be adequate drainage of the land; to provide for proper ingress and egress to lots and parcels; to promote proper surveying and monumenting of land subdivided and conveyed by accurate legal descriptions; to provide for the approvals to be obtained prior to the recording and filing of plats and other land divisions; to provide for the establishment of special assessment districts and for the imposition of special assessments to defray the cost of the operation and maintenance of retention basins for land within a final plat; to establish the procedure for vacating, correcting, and revising plats; to control residential building development within floodplain areas; to provide for reserving easements for utilities in vacated streets and alleys; to provide for the filing of amended plats; to provide for the making of assessors plats; to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,? by amending section 108 (MCL 560.108), as added by 1996 PA 591.
AI Summary
This bill amends Michigan's land division law to provide more flexibility for counties and municipalities in how land can be subdivided. Specifically, the bill allows local governments to create their own standards for land divisions that may permit more parcels to be created from a single parent parcel than the previous statewide limits. Under the existing law, landowners were restricted in the number of parcels they could create based on the size of their original land tract - typically 4 parcels for the first 10 acres, with additional parcels allowed for larger tracts. The new bill enables local municipalities to set their own rules through ordinances that could allow more divisions, while maintaining some baseline protections to prevent excessive fragmentation of land. The bill also includes provisions that allow for additional parcels under certain conditions, such as when new roads are established or when a large portion of the original parcel remains intact. Importantly, the bill preserves restrictions on further subdividing newly created parcels and ensures that any new divisions still must comply with local land use regulations and requirements for proper access and development.
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Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Assigned Pa 0058'25 (on 12/23/2025)
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