SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA or DISH ANTENNA. An apparatus capable of receiving communications from a transmitter or a transmitter relay located in planetary orbit.
SETBACK. The minimum required horizontal distance measured from the front, side, or rear lot line, as the case may be, which describes an area termed the setback on a lot or parcel required by this chapter for the district in which it is located.
(1) SETBACK, FRONT. The minimum required horizontal distance measured from the front lot line which describes an area termed the front setback on a lot or parcel required by this chapter for the district in which it is located.
(2) SETBACK, REAR. The minimum required horizontal distance measured from the rear lot line which describes an area termed the rear setback on a lot or parcel required by this chapter for the district in which it is located.
(3) SETBACK, SIDE. The minimum required horizontal distance measured from the side lot lines which describes an area termed the side setback on a lot or parcel required by this chapter for the district in which it is located.
SHADOW FLICKER. Alternating changes in light intensity caused by the moving blade of a WECS casting shadows on the ground and stationary objects. [Amended 3-14-2011]
STATE LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A residential care family or group facility licensed by the State of Michigan under Act 287 of 1972 of the Public Acts of Michigan, as amended, or Act 116 of 1973 of the Public Acts of Michigan, as amended, which provides resident care services under 24 hour supervision or care for persons in need of that supervision or care. This term does not include such facilities licensed by the State of Michigan for care and treatment of persons released from or assigned to adult correctional institutions.
(1) A family facility includes a state licensed residential facility providing resident services to six or fewer persons.
(2) A group facility includes a state licensed residential facility providing resident services to more than six persons.
STOP WORK ORDER. An administrative order which is either posted on the property or mailed to the property owner which directs a person not to continue, or not to allow the continuation of an activity which is in violation of this chapter.
STREET, PRIVATE. A privately owned and maintained thoroughfare including any rights-of-way and traveled surfaces which afford traffic circulation and principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and other thoroughfare. A private street shall include any drive or roadway which is not a dedicated public right-of-way, and which provides or has the potential for providing access to two or more existing parcels and/or main buildings.
STREET, PUBLIC. A public thoroughfare including any rights-of-way and traveled surfaces which afford traffic circulation and principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and other thoroughfare; except an alley.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or in the dimensions or configurations, or of the roof and exterior walls or means of egress.
STRUCTURE. A combination of materials whether fixed or portable, anything constructed, erected, or artificially built-up which requires a location on or below the surface of land or water, including a part or parts thereof and all equipment within the structure.
SUBDIVISION. Subdivision means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than one year, or of building development that results in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of the Land Division Act, Act 288 of 1967 of the Public Acts of Michigan, as amended. "Subdivide" or "subdivision" does not include a property transfer between two or more adjacent parcels, if the property taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel; and any resulting parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the parcel conforms to the requirements of this act or the requirements of the Village of Fowler Land Division Ordinance.
SUBDIVISION PLAT. A map or chart depicting the subdivision of land as regulated by the Subdivision Control Act of 1967, Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started, or if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.
(1) For the purposes of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
(2) The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions, or any compatible alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
SWIMMING OR BATHING POOL. A nonporous container containing water having a depth of greater than 24 inches or having a surface area of greater than 250 square feet, or a pool permanently equipped with a water recirculating system or constructed of structural materials, excepting retention or detention ponds.