(A) Conform to zoning. The lot width, depth, building setback line and area may not be less than the particular district requirements of Ch. 157 of this code of ordinances, as amended, except where outlots are provided for some permitted purpose.
(B) Lot lines. Side lot lines shall be as close to right angles to straight streets and radial to curve streets as practical.
(C) Width related to length. The depth of a lot shall not exceed three times the width as measured at the building line.
(D) Corner lots. Corner lots shall have sufficient width so as to permit appropriate building setback from both streets or orientation to both streets is such that the requirements of § 156.036 of this chapter are met. Lots abutting a mid-block pedestrian crosswalk shall be treated as corner lots.
(E) Uninhabitable areas. Lands subject to flooding or otherwise deemed by the Planning Commission to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for residential purposes, or for uses that may, in the judgment of the Planning Commission and Township Board, increase the danger to health, life or property or increase the flood hazard. Such land within a subdivision shall be set aside for other uses such as parks or other open space or may be included in the developable lots provided that such area is not included within the minimum lot area requirements as specified by this chapter or in the zoning ordinance.
(F) Back-up-lots. Lots shall not back into such features as freeways, arterial streets, shopping centers or industrial properties, except where there is a marginal access street, or unless a secondary access is provided. Such lots shall contain a landscaped easement along the rear at least 20 feet wide in addition to the utility easement to restrict access to the arterial street to minimize noise and to protect outdoor living areas.
(G) Double frontage lots. Lots extending through a block and having frontage on two local streets is prohibited.
(H) Lot frontage. All lots shall front upon a publicly dedicated street. Variances may be permitted for approved planned unit developments.
(I) Future arrangements. Where parcels of land are subdivided into unusually large lots (such as when large lots are required for septic tank operations), the parcels shall be configured, where feasible, so as to allow for re-subdividing into smaller parcels in a logical fashion. Lot arrangements shall allow for the ultimate extension of adjacent streets through the middle of wide blocks. Whenever future re-subdividing or lot splitting is to be undertaken, the plan therefor shall first be approved by the Planning Commission prior to submission to the Township Board for approval pursuant to division (J) below.
(J) Division of platted lots.
(1) Prohibition of division. No lot, outlot or other parcel of land located in a recorded plat shall be further partitioned or divided unless such partition or division is first approved by the Township Board, which approval may include actions in the Circuit Court to amend, modify or vacate a plat or portion thereof.
(2) Application for permission. Any proprietor who desires to partition or divide a lot, outlot or other parcel of land located in a recorded plat shall first make application to the Township Board in writing on such application form or forms as shall be provided by the township. Such application shall be filed with the Township Clerk and shall include a detailed statement of the reasons for the requested partition or division, a sketch map or maps prepared in scale showing the proposed division or partition and all adjoining lots, streets, and parcels of land and a statement from the County Health Department indicating the effect of the proposed division or partition upon the safe operation of necessary septic tank and wells.
(3) Building permit. No building permit shall be issued to any proprietor or his or her agent or any other person, firm, association or corporation with reference to the lot, outlot or other parcel of land which is to be divided unless the partition or division shall first have been approved by the Township Board.
(4) Division resulting in smaller area. A division or partition of a lot, outlot or other parcel of land which is not served by public sewer and public water systems and which results in the creation of a parcel or parcels containing a smaller area or width than is required by the Michigan Land Division Act (Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293), as amended, and Ch. 157 of this code of ordinances, may be approved by the Township Board, in its discretion; provided, the parcel or parcels created by such division or partition which are smaller than said area and width requirements are contiguous with other lots or parcels owned by the proprietor which, when added to the parcels created by such division or partition, will comply with the area and width requirements of the Land Division Act (Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293) and Ch. 157 of this code of ordinances, as amended. If approval of any such division or partition is granted pursuant to this section, then the parcel established by the division or partition and the contiguous lot or parcel of land required to meet said area and width requirements shall be considered as one building lot and parcel for all purposes.
(5) Conditions. In granting its approval for any such requested division or partition, the Township Board may condition its approval with such reasonable conditions as shall be deemed desirable by the Township Board and which are in accordance with the purposes of the Land Division Act, as amended, as the same are embodied in its preamble.
(K) Division of unplatted parcel. The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land in to division and splits meeting the requirements of §§ 108 and 109 of the Land Division Act (Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293), as amended, is subject to the procedures and provisions of Ch. 155 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, Ch. XXXIII, § 4.6) (Ord. 2-2004, passed 8-9-2004)