207.656 Application for commercial facilities exemption certificate; filing; contents; notice; hearing; determination of state equalized valuation of property owned by lo
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207.656 Application for commercial facilities exemption certificate; filing; contents; notice; hearing; determination of state equalized valuation of property owned by local governmental unit on June 21, 1978, and subsequently conveyed to private owner and zoned commercial.
Sec. 6.
(1)The owner or lessee of a facility may file an application for a commercial facilities exemption certificate with the clerk of the local governmental unit that established the commercial redevelopment district. The application shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the commission. The application shall contain or be accompanied by a general description of the facility and a general description of the proposed use of the facility, the general nature and extent of the restoration, replacement, or construction to be undertaken, a descriptive list of the fixed building equipment which will be a part of the facility, a time schedule for undertaking and completing the restoration, replacement, or construction of the facility, a statement of the economic advantages expected from the exemption, including the number of jobs retained or created because of the exemption, including expected construction employment, and information relating to the requirements in section 10.
(2)Upon receipt of an application for a commercial facilities exemption certificate, the clerk of the local governmental unit shall notify in writing the assessor of the assessing unit in which the facility is located or to be located, and to the legislative body of each taxing unit which levies ad valorem property taxes in the local governmental unit in which the facility is located or to be located. Before acting upon the application, the legislative body of the local governmental unit shall hold a public hearing on the application and give public notice to the applicant, the assessor, a representative of the affected taxing jurisdictions, and the general public. The hearing on the application shall be held separately from the hearing on the establishment of the commercial redevelopment district.
(3)Upon receipt of an application for a commercial facility exemption certificate for a facility located on property which was owned by a local governmental unit on June 21, 1978, and subsequently conveyed to a private owner and zoned commercial, the clerk of the local governmental unit, in addition to the other requirements of this section, shall request the assessor of the assessing unit in which the facility is located or is to be located to determine the state equalized valuation of the property. This determination shall be made prior to the hearing on the application for a commercial facilities exemption certificate held pursuant to subsection (2).
History: 1978, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 407, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1981