Section 207.655 - Commercial redevelopment district; establishment; resolution; notice; hearing; finding and determination; applicability of district established by township; exemption of restored facility; commercial property included as part of commercial redevelopment district also part of tax increment district(1) A local governmental unit, by resolution of its legislative body, may establish a commercial redevelopment district, which may consist of 1 or more parcels or tracts of land or a portion thereof, if at the time of adoption of the resolution the property within the district is any of the following: (a) Obsolete commercial property or cleared or vacant land which is part of an existing, developed commercial or industrial zone which has been zoned commercial or industrial for 3 years before June 21, 1978, and the area is or was characterized by obsolete commercial property and a decline in commercial activity.(b) Land which has been cleared or is to be cleared as a result of major fire damage, or cleared or to be cleared as a blighted area under Act No. 344 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, being sections 125.71 to 125.84 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(c) Cleared or vacant land included within a redevelopment plan adopted by a downtown development authority pursuant to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended, being sections 125.1651 to 125.1680 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or adopted by an urban redevelopment corporation pursuant to Act No. 250 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being sections 125.901 to 125.922 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No. 120 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 125.981 to 125.986 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(d) Property which was owned by a local governmental unit on June 21, 1978, and subsequently conveyed to a private owner and zoned commercial.(2) The legislative body of a local governmental unit may establish a commercial redevelopment district on its own initiative or upon a request filed by the owner or owners of 75% of the state equalized value of the commercial property located within a proposed district.(3) Before adopting a resolution establishing a commercial redevelopment district, the legislative body shall give written notice by certified mail to the owners of all real property within the proposed commercial redevelopment district and shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on the establishment of the commercial redevelopment district at which any of those owners and any other resident or taxpayer of the local governmental unit may appear and be heard. The legislative body shall give public notice of the hearing not less than 10 nor more than 30 days before the date of the hearing.(4) The legislative body of the local governmental unit, in its resolution establishing a commercial redevelopment district, shall set forth a finding and determination that the district meets the requirements set forth in subsection (1).(5) A commercial redevelopment district established by a township shall be applicable only within the unincorporated territory of the township and shall not be applicable within a village located in that township.(6) A restored facility included in an area covered by a tax increment financing plan adopted by a downtown development authority created under Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended, shall be exempt from this act in a city with a population of 1,000,000 or more.(7) Commercial property included as part of a commercial redevelopment district may also be part of a tax increment district established under the tax increment finance authority act.1978, Act 255, Imd. Eff. 6/21/1978 ;--Am. 1979, Act 27, Imd. Eff. 6/6/1979 ;--Am. 1980, Act 407, Imd. Eff. 1/8/1981 ;--Am. 1980, Act 448, Imd. Eff. 1/15/1981.