(a) Submission of preliminary plat.
(1) Step 1. Action by City Planning Commission.
A. The Planning Commission, established in Chapter 1220,
be the first step in submitting a plat for approval. The Commission shall recommend to Council one of the following:
1. Disapproval;
2. Approval; or
3. Approval upon meeting specific conditions.
B. Every recommendation made by the Commission
be submitted immediately to Council for its approval or disapproval or for the deletion or addition of conditions.
(2) Step 2. Tentative approval by Council.
A. Council
review the Planning Commission’s decision and, pursuant to M.C.L.A. § 560.112, shall, within 90 days:
1. Approve the preliminary plat as presented without any conditions for approval; or
2. Disapprove the preliminary plat and set forth written reasons for such disapproval and requirements for tentative approval.
B. Either decision by Council
be valid for one year from the date of the decision but the plat
be given one-year extensions thereafter upon application to Council.
(3) Step 3. Final Approval by Council.
A. Council
review the tentative approval previously given and shall:
1. Approve the plat if tentative approval requirements and conditions are met;
2. Disapprove the plat if the tentative approval requirements and conditions are not met; or
3. Disapprove the plat pursuant to M.C.L.A. § 560.120.
B. Approval
be valid for two years from the date of decision, but two-year extensions
be granted if timely application is made to Council.
(4) Step 4. Council action re Plat Act. Council, after review of the final approval of the preliminary plat, :
A. Approve the plat; or
B. Disapprove the plat if it does not conform with the specific provisions of the Plat Act, formally titled the Land Division Act, and being Act 288 of 1967, as set forth in M.C.L.A. § 560.167.
(b) Right-of-way requirements.
(1) State or national trunklines
be of the width required by the MDOT.
(2)
section-line roads, quarter section-line roads and existing roads
be a minimum of 100 feet wide, being 50 feet on each side of the centerline or section line.
(3) All other streets and roads
have a minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet, unless additional right-of-way is required for proper construction.
(4) All dead-end streets
be provided with an approved turn-around constructed within the boundaries of the plat, unless otherwise approved by the city. If there is even a remote possibility of the
ever being extended into adjoining
, it shall extend to the plat line. In any event, the maximum length of streets having only one means of ingress and egress shall be subject to the approval of the city. Additional requirements shall be as provided in §§ 1226.04 and 1226.12.
(5) Outlots intended for future
extensions will be permitted if expansion of the
system into adjacent
is contemplated, if it is compatible with the plat layout and if, by circumstances, it is pertinent to the area being platted. Provision
be made, either as a part of the plat dedication or by other means satisfactory to the city, to assure that outlots intended for the future expansion of the
system are reserved and restricted for that purpose, in satisfaction of Plat Act requirements. Also, the arrangement of streets should provide for the continuation of existing streets from adjoining areas into the new subdivision where desirable and required by the city. The minimum outlot width for future streets shall be 60 feet.
(6) The right-of-way on all curves of curvilinear streets
be the same width as the right-of- way on the tangents.
(7) A. Reverse frontage lots
be required in all plat
adjacent to the following types of highways:
1. Statewide arterials;
2. Local arterials; and
3. Major collectors.
B. The concept of fronting on an internal road is encouraged for reasons of safety and public convenience. Therefore, the best interest of the public welfare on the aforementioned highways, plat and condominium design
include the limited access principle so that private driveways from platted lots or condominiums shall be served by marginal access streets, reverse frontages or similar means as a condition of approval of the project. The streets requiring use of the back lot principle are: Perry Road, Reid Road, Center Road, Saginaw (M-54) Road, Holly Road, Genesee Road and Grand Blanc Road.
(c) Miscellaneous geometric requirements.
(1) All newly developed streets which intersect with existing highways, or with proposed platted streets, will do so at 90 degree angles with a minimum straightaway of 150 feet, measured from the centerline of the existing highway. The grade in the 150 foot straightway shall not exceed 4%.
(2) Each horizontal curve on curvilinear streets
have a minimum radius, measured from the centerline, as approved by the city. Curves or other features whose purpose is principally to obtain a particular lot size, shape, appearance or scenic attraction, not in keeping with good engineering design, will not be permitted.
(Res. passed 11-12-1986)