Sec. 207. A zoning ordinance or zoning decision shall not have the effect of totally prohibiting the establishment of a land use within a local unit of government in the presence of a demonstrated need for that land use within either that local unit of government or the surrounding area within the state, unless a location within the local unit of government does not exist where the use may be appropriately located or the use is unlawful.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3207
Zoning ordinance or decision; effect as prohibiting establishment of land use
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Ter Beek v. City of Wyoming (2014)
Most recently applied in Peterson v. City of Grand Rapids (April 2016)
2006, Act 110, Eff
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