{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.32313","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32313","heading":"Use and management plan; contents; hearings; submission of plan copies to governor and legislature.","body":"Sec. 32313.\n\nBy October 1, 1972, the department shall, in compliance with the purposes of this part, prepare a plan for the use and management of shoreland. The plan shall include but not be limited to all of the following:\n\nAn inventory and identification of the use and development characteristics of the shoreland; the general physical and man-influenced shoreline features; the existing and proposed municipal and industrial water intakes and sewage and industrial waste outfalls; and high-risk areas and environmental areas.\n\nAn inventory of existing federal, state, regional, and local plans for the management of the shorelands.\n\nAn identification of problems associated with shoreland use, development, conservation, and protection.\n\nA provision for a continuing inventory of shoreland and estuarine resources.\n\nProvisions for further studies and research pertaining to shoreland management.\n\nIdentification of the high-risk and environmental areas that need protection.\n\nRecommendations that do all of the following:\n\nProvide procedures for the resolution of conflicts arising from multiple use.\n\nFoster the widest variety of beneficial uses.\n\nProvide for the necessary enforcement powers to assure compliance with plans and to resolve conflicts in uses.\n\nProvide criteria for the protection of shorelands from erosion or inundation, for aquatic recreation, for shore growth and cover, for low-lying lands, and for fish and game management.\n\nProvide criteria for shoreland layout for residential, industrial, and commercial development, and shoreline alteration control.\n\nProvide for building setbacks from the water.\n\nProvide for the prevention of shoreland littering, blight harbor development, and pollution.\n\nProvide for the regulation of mineral exploration and production.\n\nProvide the basis for necessary future legislation pertaining to efficient shoreland management.\n\nUpon completion of the plan, the department shall hold regional public hearings on the recommendations of the plan. Copies of the plan shall be submitted with the hearing records to the governor and the legislature.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-32313","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"eeaa521f62a70cd4f3244601015cfecbdd08ce335f1ceef973bb9def45c01ded","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.32312a","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.32314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}