Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.36104a

(a) Whether the use adversely affects the productivity of farmland or adversely affects the character of open space land.

(b) Whether the use materially alters or negatively affects the existing conditions or use of the land.

(c) Whether the use substantially alters the agricultural use of farmland subject to a development rights agreement or substantially alters the natural character of open space land subject to an open space easement.

(d) Whether the use results in a material alteration of an existing structure to a nonagricultural use.

(e) Whether the use conforms with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.