MCL 207.904 — Attainable housing exemption certificate; application requirements; notice and opportunity for hearing

(1) If a district is established under section 3, the owner of a qualified facility may file an application for an attainable housing exemption certificate with the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit that established the district. The application must be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the commission. The application must contain or be accompanied by a general description of the qualified facility, a general description of the proposed use of the qualified facility, the general nature and extent of the new construction or rehabilitation to be undertaken, a time schedule for undertaking and completing the qualified facility, and information relating to the requirements in section 8.
(2) Upon receipt of an application for a certificate, the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit shall notify in writing the assessor of the local tax collecting unit in which the qualified facility is located, and the legislative body of each taxing unit that levies ad valorem property taxes in the qualified local governmental unit in which the qualified facility is located. Before acting upon the application, the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit shall hold a public hearing on the application and give public notice of the time, date, and place of the hearing in the same manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, to the applicant, the assessor, a representative of the affected taxing units, and the general public. The hearing on each application must be held separately from the hearing on the establishment of the district.