(A) Upon the filing of a petition by the owner or owners of all interest therein with the governing body, platted lots, outlots, or parcels of land in existing recorded plats may be partitioned or divided upon resolution of the governing body into not more than four parts each, each of which shall, in regard to width, depth, and area, conform to the terms and provisions of Ch. 157, as amended; provided, however, that lots, outlots, or parcels of land in the existing recorded plats, not served by public sewer and public water systems, shall not be further partitioned or divided if the resulting lots, outlots, or parcels are less than the minimum width and area provided under Public Acts 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 et seq.; further providing, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the governing body from approving the division of any such lot, outlot, or parcel of land in case where the owner of such divided parcel owns land immediately adjacent thereto, or in a case where there is presented to the governing body an executed agreement to sell and convey such divided parcel to the adjoining owner, and where the newly combined parcel shall become recorded as a single ownership, and where the combined width and area of the divided parcel and the adjacent parcel shall, as a single parcel, conform to the terms and provisions of this section and Ch. 157.
(B) The filed petition shall include a legal description of the proposed partition or division and newly formed lots, and a map prepared and certified by a surveyor, meeting the requirements of Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.143, except § 560.143(d) regarding monuments, and Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.144.
(C) The municipality may require as conditions for approval, the designation of reservation of easements, including non-access easements along roads, highways, and thoroughfares; the dedication of street right-of-way or portions thereof; the installation or guarantee of installation of public improvements; the recordation of protective covenants; and such other actions as would reasonably be required under the provision and scope of this section if the land were being initially platted.
(D) The filed petition shall be accompanied with the fees required under § 153.06, the fee schedule on “partitioning or division of lots”, if improvements are involved.
(1984 Code, § 6-02-07-010) (Ord. 11, passed 8-26-1969)