Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 207. Taxation § 207.603

Sec. 3. (1) The owner or lessee of a new facility may file an application for a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate with the clerk of the local governmental unit which has established a downtown development 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 new facility, a general description of the proposed use of the new facility, the general nature and extent of the construction to be undertaken, a time schedule for undertaking and completing the construction of the new facility, and information relating to the requirements of section 7.  1

(2) Upon receipt of an application for a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate, the clerk of the local governmental unit shall give written notice to the assessor of the assessing unit in which the new facility is 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 new facility is to be located. Before acting upon the application, the legislative body of the local governmental unit shall afford the applicant, the assessor, and a representative of the affected taxing units an opportunity for a hearing.