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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.131 - Short Title.

125.131 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "joint municipal planning act".
History:
2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.133 - Definitions.

125.133 Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Municipality" means a city, village, or township.
(b) "Participating" means, with respect to a municipality, that the municipality is a member of a joint planning commission.
(c) "Registered elector of the municipality" means a registered elector residing in the municipality or, if the municipality is a township, a registered elector residing in the portion of the township outside the limits of any village.
History:
2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 21, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.137 - Transfer of Powers and Duties.

125.137 Transfer of powers and duties.
Sec. 7.
(1) Subject to section 5(1)(g) and (2), all the powers and duties of a planning commission under the Michigan planning enabling act, 2008 PA 33, MCL 125.3801 to 125.3885, are, with respect to the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission, transferred to the joint planning commission.
(2) Subject to section 5(2), all the powers and duties of a zoning board or zoning commission under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125.3101 to 125.3702, are, with respect to the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission, transferred to the joint planning commission. In exercising such powers or performing such duties, the joint planning commission shall follow the procedure specified pursuant to section 5(h), when relevant.
(3) If only part of the territory of a participating municipality is in the jurisdictional area of a joint planning commission, the participating municipality, with the joint planning commission acting as the zoning board or zoning commission, may adopt a zoning ordinance that affects only that portion of its territory in the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission.
(4) The participating municipalities, with the joint planning commission acting as the zoning commission, may each adopt a joint zoning ordinance that affects the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission and provides for the joint administration of the joint zoning ordinance, including, but not limited to, a joint zoning board of appeals.
History:
2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 21, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.139 - Adoption of Ordinance by Municipality; Notice of Intent to File Petition; Petition Subject to Certain Laws; Referendum.

125.139 Adoption of ordinance by municipality; notice of intent to file petition; petition subject to certain laws; referendum.
Sec. 9.
(1) Subject to subsection (3), if a municipality adopts an ordinance under section 5, within 7 days after the municipality publishes the ordinance or a synopsis of the ordinance, whichever is required by law, a registered elector of the municipality may file with the clerk of the municipality a notice of intent to file a petition under this section. If a notice of intent is filed, then within 30 days following the publication of the ordinance or synopsis, a petition signed by a number of registered electors of the municipality equal to not less than 15% of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor, at the last preceding general election at which a governor was elected, in the municipality may be filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting the submission of the ordinance to the registered electors of the municipality for their approval. Upon the filing of a notice of intent, the ordinance adopted by the legislative body of the municipality shall not take effect until 1 of the following occurs:
(a) The expiration of 30 days after publication of the ordinance or synopsis, if a petition is not filed within that time.
(b) If a petition is filed within 30 days after publication of the ordinance, the clerk of the municipality determines that the petition is inadequate.
(c) If a petition is filed within 30 days after publication of the ordinance, the clerk of the municipality determines that the petition is adequate and the ordinance is approved by a majority of the registered electors of the municipality voting for the ordinance at the next regular election which supplies reasonable time for proper notices and printing of ballots, or at any special election called for that purpose. The legislative body of the municipality shall provide the manner of submitting the ordinance to the registered electors of the municipality for their approval or rejection, and determining the result of the election.
(2) A petition under subsection (1), including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition under subsection (1) is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.
(3) If a municipality has a charter and the charter provides for a right of referendum on municipal ordinances, then, in that municipality, the charter referendum provisions, instead of subsections (1) and (2), apply to an ordinance adopted under section 5.
History:
2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.141 - Conduct of Business at Public Meeting; Writings Subject to Freedom of Information Act.

125.141 Conduct of business at public meeting; writings subject to freedom of information act.
Sec. 11.
(1) The business that a joint planning commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the joint planning commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a joint planning commission in the performance of an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
History:
2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 226 of 2003 - Joint Municipal Planning Act (125.131 - 125.143) › Section 125.143 - Allocation of Land; Conditions.

125.143 Allocation of land; conditions.
Sec. 13.
(1) If a joint plan allocates land, within the territory of a participating municipality and the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission, for a particular land use, both of the following apply:
(a) The joint plan need not allocate land that is within the territory of any other participating municipality and that is within the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission for that land use.
(b) A plan of a participating municipality under 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333, or 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45, need not allocate land that is within the territory of that participating municipality but that is outside the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission, if any, for that land use.
(2) If a plan of a participating municipality under 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333, or 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45, allocates land that is within the territory of the participating municipality but that is outside of the jurisdictional area of the joint planning commission for a particular land use, the joint plan need not allocate land for that land use.
History:
Add. 2004, Act 405, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Repealed - Act 57 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Surveys, Plans, and Specifications (125.151 - 125.160)

SURVEYS, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS
Act 57 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.)
125.151-125.160 Repealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Repealed - Act 183 of 1943 - County Zoning Act (125.201 - 125.240)

COUNTY ZONING ACT
Act 183 of 1943
125.201-125.240 Repealed. 1960, Act 86, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960;--2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › E.R.O. No. 1973-7 - Executive Reorganization Order (125.241 - 125.241) › Section 125.241 - Transfer of Responsibility for Review and Approval of County Zoning Ordinances.

125.241 Transfer of responsibility for review and approval of county zoning ordinances.
WHEREAS, Act 183, P.A. of 1943, Section 11, requires approval by the Michigan Department of Economic Development, now the Office of Economic Expansion of the Department of Commerce, of all County Zoning Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the focus and importance of zoning has broadened since the inception of the County Zoning Act for achieving effective land use objectives extending to all aspects of a community's development; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the changing role of County Zoning and the importance of centralizing responsibility to strengthen the state's capability in planning and efficient land use development;
THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, Governor of the State of Michigan, by virtue of the power vested in me by Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of 1963, do hereby order the following:
1. The state's responsibility for review and approval of County Zoning Ordinances pursuant to Section 11, Act 183, of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, is hereby transferred from the Office of Economic Expansion, Department of Commerce, to the Department of Natural Resources.
2. All records, files and pending county zoning ordinances are hereby transferred from the Office of Economic Expansion to the Department of Natural Resources.
3. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall assign the responsibilities for administering the County Zoning Enabling Act to the proper division within the Department and the Director's signature shall evidence the state function of approval of the individual county zoning ordinance.
4. In fulfillment of the requirements of Article V, Section 2, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the provision of this Order shall become effective January 1, 1974.
History:
1973, E.R.O. No. 1973-7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1974
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of department of natural resources and environment to department of natural resources, see E.R.O. No. 2011-1, compiled at MCL 324.99921.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Repealed - Act 184 of 1943 - Township Zoning Act (125.271 - 125.310)

TOWNSHIP ZONING ACT
Act 184 of 1943
125.271-125.310 Repealed. 1996, Act 569, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997;--2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 171 of 1958 - Zoning Regulations (125.311 - 125.311) › Section 125.311 - Annexed Property to Village; Continuation of Zoning Regulation.

125.311 Annexed property to village; continuation of zoning regulation.
Sec. 1.
Whenever any portion of any township becomes an incorporated village, or whenever any territory is annexed to any village, the then existing zoning regulations for the territory within the newly incorporated village or within the territory attached to a then existing village shall remain in full force and effect for a period of 2 years after incorporation or annexation unless the legislative body of the village shall lawfully adopt other zoning regulations or ordinances.
History:
1958, Act 171, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 80, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Repealed - Act 168 of 1959 - Township Planning (125.321 - 125.333)

TOWNSHIP PLANNING
Act 168 of 1959
125.321-125.333 Repealed. 2008, Act 33, Eff. Sept. 1, 2008.
Compiler's Notes:
Subsection (2) of MCL 125.3885 of Act 33 of 2008 provides that any plan adopted or amended under an act repealed under subsection (1) of MCL 125.3885 is subject to subsection (1) of MCL 125.3881.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.401 - Short Title; Scope of Act.

125.401 Short title; scope of act.
Sec. 1.
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "housing law of Michigan".
(2) This act applies to each city, village, and township that, according to the last regular or special federal census, has a population of 10,000 or more. However, this act does not apply to private dwellings and 2-family dwellings in any city, village, or township having a population of less than 100,000 unless the legislative body of the local governmental unit adopts the provisions by resolution passed by a majority vote of its members.
(3) This act applies to all dwellings within the classes defined in section 2, except that a reference to 1 or more specific classes of dwellings applies only to those classes to which specific reference is made.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 326, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 2487 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 91, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 125.401 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 137, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1976 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 408, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 14, Eff. May 16, 2016
Compiler's Notes:
The catchlines following the act section numbers of this act were incorporated as a part of the act when enacted.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.402a - Enforcing Agency; Definition.

125.402a Enforcing agency; definition.
Sec. 2a.
As used in this act:
"Enforcing agency" means the designated officer or agency charged with responsibility for administration and enforcement of this act.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 286, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.403-125.406 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.403-125.406 Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to the conversion, alteration, repairing, and moving of dwellings.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.407 - Sewer Connections and Water Supply.

125.407 Sewer connections and water supply.
Sec. 7.
Sewer connections and water supply. The provisions of this act with reference to sewer connections and water supply shall be deemed to apply only where connection with a public sewer and with public water mains is or becomes reasonably accessible. All questions of the practicability of such sewer and water connections shall be decided by the health officer, or by such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2493 ;-- CL 1948, 125.407
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.408 - Minimum Requirements; Law Not to Be Modified.

125.408 Minimum requirements; law not to be modified.
Sec. 8.
Minimum requirements; law not to be modified. The provisions of the act shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the protection of health, welfare and safety of the community. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to invalidate existing ordinances or regulations of any city or organized village or the board of health of any such city or village imposing requirements higher than the minimum requirements laid down in this act relative to light, ventilation, sanitation, fire prevention, egress, occupancy, maintenance and uses for dwellings; nor be deemed to prevent any city or organized village or the board of health of any such city or village from enacting and putting in force from time to time ordinances and regulations imposing requirements higher than the minimum requirements laid down in this act; nor shall anything herein contained be deemed to prevent such cities and organized villages or the board of health of any such city or village from prescribing for the enforcement of such ordinances and regulations, remedies and penalties similar to those prescribed herein. And every such city and organized village or the board of health of any such city or village is empowered to enact such ordinances and regulations and to prescribe for their enforcement. No ordinance, regulation, ruling or decision of any municipal body, officer of authority of the board of health of any such city or village shall repeal, amend, modify or dispense with any of the said minimum requirements laid down in this act; except that, in order that the provisions of this act may be reasonably applied, public health and safety secured, and substantial justice done in instances where practical difficulties are encountered or unnecessary and unreasonable hardship result from the application of the strict letter of the law, the decision of a board of appeals, as hereinafter provided and regulated shall be considered as the reasonable application of the intent of this act.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 371, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2494 ;-- CL 1948, 125.408
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.409 - State Board of Health; Authority.

125.409 State board of health; authority.
Sec. 9.
State board of health. The state board of health shall have the power to examine into the enforcement of this act.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2495 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.409
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.410 - Time for Compliance.

125.410 Time for compliance.
Sec. 10.
Time for compliance. All improvements specifically required by this act upon dwellings erected prior to the date of its passage shall be made within 1 year from said date, or at such earlier period as may be fixed by the health officer or other authorized enforcement official.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2496 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.410
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a) › Section 125.410a - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.410a Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to the construction of asylums, jails, and similar institutions.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article II - Dwellings Hereafter Erected. (125.411...125.450a) › 167-1917-II-I - Title I Light and Ventilation. (125.411...125.429) › Section 125.411-125.429 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.411-125.429 Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article II - Dwellings Hereafter Erected. (125.411...125.450a) › 167-1917-II-II - Title II Sanitation. (125.430...125.437) › Section 125.430-125.437 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.430-125.437 Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article II - Dwellings Hereafter Erected. (125.411...125.450a) › 167-1917-II-III - Title III Fire Protection. (125.438...125.450a) › Section 125.438-125.450a - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.438-125.450a Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article III - Alterations. (125.451...125.464) › Section 125.451-125.464 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

125.451-125.464 Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.465 - Public Halls in Multiple Dwellings; Lighting; Exit Lights.

125.465 Public halls in multiple dwellings; lighting; exit lights.
Sec. 65.
Public halls, lighting at night. In every multiple dwelling all public halls shall be kept adequately lighted at all times by the owner. In every multiple dwelling of class "b", except those of fireproof construction having more than 15 rooms or sleeping accommodations for more than 30 persons, the location of stairways and means of egress shall be designated on each floor by electrically illuminated exit signs having letters at least 4 inches in height. All exit lights shall be on a separate circuit or circuits and wires shall be installed in approved metal raceway.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2553 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.465
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.466 - Water Closets in Cellars.

125.466 Water closets in cellars.
Sec. 66.
Water-closets in cellars. No water-closet shall be maintained in the cellar of any dwelling without a permit in writing from the health officer, who shall have power to make rules and regulations governing the maintenance of such closets. Under no circumstances shall the general water-closet accommodations of any multiple dwelling be permitted in the cellar or basement thereof; this provision, however, shall not be construed so as to prohibit a general toilet room containing several water-closets, provided such water-closets are supplementary to those required by law.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2554 ;-- CL 1948, 125.466
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.467 - Water Closet Accommodations.

125.467 Water closet accommodations.
Sec. 67.
Water-closet accommodations. In every dwelling existing prior to the passage of this act there shall be provided at least 1 water-closet for every 2 apartments, groups or suites of rooms, or fraction thereof, except that in multiple-dwellings of class B there shall be provided at least 1 water-closet for every 15 occupants or fraction thereof.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2555 ;-- CL 1948, 125.467
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.468 - Basement and Cellar Rooms.

125.468 Basement and cellar rooms.
Sec. 68.
Basement and cellar rooms. No room in the cellar of any dwelling erected prior to the passage of this act shall be occupied for living purposes. And no room in the basement of any such dwelling shall be so occupied without a written permit from the health officer, which permit shall be kept readily accessible in the main living room of the apartment containing such room. No such room shall hereafter be occupied unless all the following conditions are complied with:
(1) Such room shall be at least 7 feet high in every part from the floor to the ceiling.
(2) The ceiling of such room shall be in every part at least 3 feet 6 inches above the surface of the street or ground outside of or adjoining the same.
(3) There shall be appurtenant to such room the use of a water-closet.
(4) At least 1 of the rooms of the apartment of which such room is an integral part shall have a window opening directly to the street or yard, of at least 12 square feet in size clear of the sash frame, and which shall open readily for purposes of ventilation.
(5) The lowest floor shall be water-proof and damp-proof.
(6) Such room shall have sufficient light and ventilation, shall be well drained and dry, and shall be fit for human habitation.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2556 ;-- CL 1948, 125.468
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.469 - Joint Use of Kitchen by More Than One Family Prohibited.

125.469 Joint use of kitchen by more than one family prohibited.
Sec. 69.
Use of kitchens. No kitchen or cooking accommodations shall be permitted or maintained in any room or space of any building for the common or joint use of the individual occupants of a 2 family or multiple family dwelling.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2557 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.469
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.470 - Water Closets and Sinks; Floors Under and Around.

125.470 Water closets and sinks; floors under and around.
Sec. 70.
Water-closets and sinks. In all 2 family dwellings and multiple dwellings the floor or other surface beneath and around water-closets and sinks shall be maintained in good order and repair and if of wood shall be kept well painted with light colored paint.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2558 ;-- CL 1948, 125.470
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.471 - Repairs and Drainage.

125.471 Repairs and drainage.
Sec. 71.
Repairs and drainage. Every dwelling and all the parts thereof including plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical wiring shall be kept in good repair by the owner. The roof shall be so maintained as not to leak and the rain water shall be drained and conveyed therefrom through proper conduits into the sewerage system in accordance with plumbing regulations so as to avoid dampness in the walls and ceilings and insanitary conditions.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2559 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.471
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.472 - Water Supply.

125.472 Water supply.
Sec. 72.
Water supply. Every dwelling not exempted in section 7 of this act shall have within each apartment or family unit at least 1 approved sink with running water furnished in sufficient quantity at all times. The owner shall provide proper and suitable tanks, pumps or other appliances to receive and to distribute an adequate and sufficient supply of such water at each floor in the said dwelling at all times of the year, during all hours of the day and night. But a failure in the general supply of city water shall not be construed to be a failure on the part of such owner, provided proper and suitable appliances to receive and distribute such water have been provided in said dwelling.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2560 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.472
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.473 - Catch-Basins.

125.473 Catch-basins.
Sec. 73.
Catch-basins. In the case of dwellings where, because of lack of city water supply or sewers, sinks with running water are not provided inside the dwellings, 1 or more catch-basins or some other approved convenience for the disposal of waste water, as may be necessary in the opinion of the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate, shall be provided in the yard or court, level with the surface thereof and at a point easy of access to the occupants of such dwelling.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2561 ;-- CL 1948, 125.473
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.474 - Cleanliness of Dwellings.

125.474 Cleanliness of dwellings.
Sec. 74.
Cleanliness of dwellings. Every dwelling and every part thereof shall be kept clean and shall also be kept free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage or other matter in or on the same, or in the yards, courts, passages, areas or alleys connected therewith or belonging to the same. The owner of every dwelling shall be responsible for keeping the entire building free from vermin. The owner shall also be responsible for complying with the provisions of this section except that the tenants shall be responsible for the cleanliness of those parts of the premises that they occupy and control.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2562 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.474
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.475 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls of Courts.

125.475 Multiple dwellings; walls of courts.
Sec. 75.
Walls of courts. In multiple dwellings the walls of all courts, unless built of a light color brick or stone, shall be thoroughly whitewashed by the owner or shall be painted a light color by him, and shall be so maintained. Such whitewash or paint shall be renewed whenever necessary, as may be required by the health officer, or by such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2563 ;-- CL 1948, 125.475
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.476 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls and Ceilings of Rooms.

125.476 Multiple dwellings; walls and ceilings of rooms.
Sec. 76.
Walls and ceilings of rooms. In all multiple dwellings the health officer or such other appropriate official as the mayor may designate, may require the walls and ceiling of every room that does not open directly on the street to be kalsomined white or painted with white paint when necessary to improve the lighting of such room and may require this to be renewed as often as may be necessary.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2564 ;-- CL 1948, 125.476
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.477 - Multiple Dwellings; Wallpaper.

125.477 Multiple dwellings; wallpaper.
Sec. 77.
Wall paper. No wall paper shall be placed upon a wall or ceiling of any multiple-dwelling unless all wall paper shall be first removed therefrom and said wall and ceiling thoroughly cleaned.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2565 ;-- CL 1948, 125.477
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.478 - Receptacles for Ashes, Garbage and Rubbish; Chutes Prohibited.

125.478 Receptacles for ashes, garbage and rubbish; chutes prohibited.
Sec. 78.
Receptacles for ashes, garbage and rubbish. The owner of every multiple dwelling, and in the case of private and 2 family dwellings, the occupant or occupants thereof, shall provide for said dwelling, keep clean and in place, proper covered receptacles of non-absorbent material for holding garbage, refuse, ashes, rubbish and other waste matter. Garbage chutes are prohibited.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2566 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.478
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.479 - Prohibited Uses.

125.479 Prohibited uses.
Sec. 79.
Prohibited uses. No horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat, chickens, geese or ducks shall be kept in any dwelling or part thereof. Nor shall any such animal be kept on the same lot or premises with a dwelling except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the health officer. No such animal, except a horse, shall under any circumstances be kept on the same lot or premises with a multiple dwelling. No dwelling or the lot or premises thereof shall be used for the storage or handling of rags or junk.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2567 ;-- CL 1948, 125.479
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.480 - Storage of Combustible Materials.

125.480 Storage of combustible materials.
Sec. 80.
Combustible materials and storage spaces. No dwelling, nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of any article dangerous or detrimental to life or health; nor of any combustible article, except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the fire commissioner, or the proper official, under authority of a written permit issued by him. No multiple dwelling nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of feed, hay, straw, cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags.
All of the provisions of section 49, except the window requirement, prescribing the protection and construction of spaces used for storage purposes in buildings hereafter erected shall apply to all spaces used for such storage purposes in all existing buildings housing more than 8 apartments if of class "a" or 40 sleeping rooms if of class "b". Where a required window cannot be provided, there shall be a siamese fire department connection.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2568 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.480
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.481 - Storage of Combustible Materials; Openings Between Storage Room and Public Hall.

125.481 Storage of combustible materials; openings between storage room and public hall.
Sec. 81.
Certain dangerous businesses. There shall be no transom, window or door opening into a public hall from any part of a multiple dwelling where paint, oil, or inflammable liquids are stored or kept for the purpose of sale or otherwise.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 281, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 2569 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.481
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.482 - Fire Prevention and Safety Requirements.

125.482 Fire prevention and safety requirements.
Sec. 82.
Supervision and safety provisions. In any multiple dwelling housing more than 8 families, in which the owner thereof does not reside, there shall be a responsible person, or persons, designated as such by the owner. Every multiple dwelling of class "b" containing over 75 sleeping rooms or sleeping accommodations for 150 persons or more above the first floor, which is not of fireproof construction, or not protected with an approved sprinkler system or an approved and self supervised and properly maintained automatic fire alarm system, shall have adequate watch service, reporting each 1 hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on each floor at locations designated by the enforcing official on a suitable recording device.
In addition every multiple dwelling of class "b", not of fireproof construction, or not protected with an approved sprinkler system or an approved and self supervised and properly maintained automatic fire alarm system, having sleeping accommodations for over 50 persons above the first floor, shall have on duty at all times at least 1 employe and more if necessary, so that there shall be 1 employe on duty at all times for each 100 persons, or major fraction thereof, of the normal capacity of the building.
In all multiple dwellings of class "b", not of fireproof construction, having sleeping accommodations for over 25 persons there shall be provided a bell, gong, siren or other approved alarm, of sufficient size and adequacy to be heard in every room or apartment of the building by a person of normal auditory perception, on each floor of the building, such warning device to be manually controlled from locations designated by the enforcing official.
All employes of multiple dwellings shall be regularly instructed and drilled relative to the proper proceeding in case of fire or panic by a person whose qualifications are approved by the enforcing officer. All employes of multiple dwellings shall be instructed as to the location of the fire alarm boxes or other devices for notifying the fire department. In case of fire in the building it shall be the duty of such employes to forthwith and immediately notify the fire department of the existence of such fire through the surest and quickest means of notification available. Such employes shall then proceed to warn or notify the occupants of the building of the existence of such fire and to assist them in the immediate evacuation of the building in the quickest and safest manner possible.
The owners or manager of every multiple dwelling of class "b" shall maintain a register or list of guests and tenants which shall be kept and safeguarded so as to be available at all times.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2570 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.482
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.482a - Class “A” Multiple Dwelling; Smoke Alarm; Requirements; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Definitions.

125.482a Class “A” multiple dwelling; smoke alarm; requirements; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; definitions.
Sec. 82a.
(1) Each dwelling unit contained within a class "A" multiple dwelling shall be equipped with a single-station or multiple-station smoke alarm that complies with the standards set forth in the state construction code promulgated under section 4c of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504c.
(2) A class "A" multiple dwelling constructed before November 6, 1974 has 1 year after the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 4c of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504c, to comply with subsection (1).
(3) An existing building that is converted to a class "A" multiple dwelling shall comply with the requirements that may be imposed by the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.
(4) A person owning a class "A" multiple dwelling shall comply with this section.
(5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for 1 or more persons, including permanent provisions for cooking, living, sanitation, and sleeping.
(b) "Smoke alarm" means a single-station or multiple-station alarm responsive to smoke and not connected to a system.
(c) "Single-station smoke alarm" means an assembly incorporating a detector, the control equipment, and the alarm sounding device into 1 unit, operated from a power supply either in the unit or obtained at the point of installation.
(d) "Multiple-station smoke alarm" means 2 or more single-station alarm devices that are capable of interconnection such that actuation of 1 causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate.
History:
Add. 2004, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.483 - Overcrowding; Minimum Space Requirements.

125.483 Overcrowding; minimum space requirements.
Sec. 83.
Overcrowding. No bedroom or room used as a bedroom in any class "b" multiple dwelling shall be so occupied as to provide less than 500 cubic feet of air space per occupant, exclusive of the cubic air space of bathrooms, toilet rooms and closets. No room, suite or group of rooms, comprising a family dwelling unit, in any single, 2 family or class "a" multiple dwelling shall be so occupied as to provide less than 800 cubic feet of air space per occupant exclusive of the cubic air space of bathrooms, toilet rooms and closets. No bedroom or room used as a bedroom in any single, 2 family or class "a" multiple dwelling shall be so occupied as to provide less than 300 cubic feet of air space per occupant, exclusive of the cubic air space of bathrooms, toilet rooms and closets.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2571 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.483
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.484 - Multiple Dwellings; Regulation; Application; Lodgers Prohibited.

125.484 Multiple dwellings; regulation; application; lodgers prohibited.
Sec. 84.
Lodgers prohibited. The health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate may prohibit in any multiple dwelling the letting of lodgings therein by any of the tenants occupying such multiple dwelling, and may prescribe conditions under which lodgers or boarders may be taken in multiple-dwellings. It shall be the duty of the owner in the case of multiple-dwellings to see that the requirements of the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate in this regard are at all times complied with, and a failure to so comply on the part of any tenant, after due and proper notice from said owner or from the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate shall be deemed sufficient cause for the summary eviction of such tenant and the cancellation of his lease. The provisions of this section may be extended to private dwellings and 2 family dwellings, as may be found necessary by the health officer, or by such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2572 ;-- CL 1948, 125.484
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.485 - Health Order; Infected and Uninhabitable Dwellings to Be Vacated.

125.485 Health order; infected and uninhabitable dwellings to be vacated.
Sec. 85.
Infected and uninhabitable dwellings to be vacated. Whenever it shall be certified by an inspector or officer of the health department that a dwelling is infected with contagious disease or that it is unfit for human habitation, or dangerous to life or health by reason of want of repair, or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation, or the construction of the same, or by reason of the existence on the premises of a nuisance likely to cause sickness among the occupants of said dwelling, or for any cause, the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate, may issue an order requiring all persons therein to vacate such house within not less than 24 hours nor more than 10 days for the reasons to be mentioned in said order. In case such order is not complied with within the time specified, the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate may cause said dwelling to be vacated. The health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate whenever he is satisfied that the danger from said dwelling has ceased to exist, or that it is fit for human habitation may revoke said order or may extend the time within which to comply with the same.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2573 ;-- CL 1948, 125.485
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.486 - Health Order; Repairs to Buildings, Other Structures.

125.486 Health order; repairs to buildings, other structures.
Sec. 86.
Repairs to buildings, etc. Whenever any dwelling or any building, structure, excavation, business pursuit, matter or thing, in or about a dwelling, or the lot on which it is situated, or the plumbing, sewerage, drainage, light or ventilation thereof, is in the opinion of the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate in a condition or in effect dangerous or detrimental to life or health, the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate may declare that the same to the extent he may specify is a public nuisance, and may order the same to be removed, abated, suspended, altered or otherwise improved or purified as the order shall specify.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2574 ;-- CL 1948, 125.486
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning › Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543) › Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488) › Section 125.487 - Fire Escape Maintenance.

125.487 Fire escape maintenance.
Sec. 87.
Maintenance of fire escapes. All fire escapes shall be kept in a safe and sound condition and shall be properly painted and repaired to maintain this condition. No incumbrance or obstruction shall be placed or maintained on any part of any fire escape or in any means of access to a fire escape.
History:
1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2575 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.487