For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSIBLE. In reference to a lot or parcel means that the lot or parcel meets one or both of the following requirements:
(1) Has an area where a driveway provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and meets all applicable location standards of the State Transportation Department or the village or has an area where a driveway can provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and can meet all such applicable location standards; and/or
(2) Is served by an existing easement that provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and meets all applicable location standards of the State Transportation Department or the village or can be served by a proposed easement that will provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and that will meet all such applicable location standards.
APPLICANT. An owner of a lot or parcel of land, or his or her designee.
CONVEY. A transfer by an owner of an ownership interest in real property.
DEVELOPMENT SITE. Any parcel or lot on which exists or which is intended for building development other than the following:
(1) Agricultural use involving the production of plants and animals useful to humans, including forages and sod crops; grains, feed crops, and field crops; dairy and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, including breeding and grazing of cattle, swine and similar animals; berries; herbs; flowers; seeds; grasses; nursery stock; fruits; vegetables; Christmas trees; and other similar uses and activities.
(2) Forestry use involving the planting, management or harvesting of timber.
DIVIDE or DIVISION. The partitioning or splitting of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, lease of more than one year, building development that results in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the division standards of § 154.06 of this chapter. DIVIDE or DIVISION does not include a property transfer between two or more adjacent lots or parcels, if the property taken from one lot or parcel is added to an adjacent lot or parcel; and any resulting lot or parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the lot or parcel conforms to the requirement of the Land Division Act, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, and this chapter.
EXEMPT SPLIT. The partitioning or splitting of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns that does not result in one or more lots or parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent. For a property transfer between two or more adjacent lots or parcels, if the property taken from one lot or parcel is added to an adjacent lot or parcel, any resulting lot or parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the lot or parcel conforms to the requirement of the Land Division Act, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, and this chapter.
FORTY ACRES OR THE EQUIVALENT. Forty acres, a quarter-quarter section containing not less than 30 acres, or a government lot containing not less than 30 acres.
LAND. All land areas occupied by real property, except the submerged bottomlands of inland lakes, rivers and streams.
LOT. A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat.
OWNER. A person that holds a legal, equitable, option, or contract interest in a lot or parcel of land whether recorded or not.
PARCEL. A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in the Land Division Act, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended.
PARENT PARCEL. First a tract of land lawfully in existence on March 31, 1997, if one exists in connection with a proposed division, or, if one does not exist, a parcel lawfully in existence on March 31, 1997.
PERSON. An individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, estate, trust, limited liability company, or other legal entity, or any combination of any of them.
PLAT or RECORDED PLAT. A map or chart of a subdivision of land created pursuant to the Land Division Act of 1967, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, or predecessor statutes to that act.
PROPERTY TRANSFER. A transfer of property between two or more adjacent lots or parcels, if the property taken from one lot or parcel is added to an adjacent lot or parcel and if all resulting lots or parcels conform to the requirements of the Land Division Act, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, and this chapter. If the property transferred does not independently conform to the requirements of the Land Division Act, being Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, and this chapter, then it shall not be considered a development site, but may only be used in conjunction with the lot or parcel to which it was transferred.
VILLAGE PRESIDENT. The President of the village.
TRACT OF LAND. Two or more lots or parcels that share a common property line and are under the same ownership.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. The Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Ord. 2 of 2018, passed 2-12-2018)