(A) Upon receipt of all required copies of the preliminary plat for final approval, the Village Council shall examine the same with such assistance and review by the Planning Commission, Village Planner, Village Engineer, Village Attorney and advice from other experts as the Village Council may request. Upon completing its review, the Village Council shall determine whether said proposed preliminary plat complies with the requirements imposed by the Village Council at the time of tentative approval and that the proprietor has obtained the required statutory approval of other governmental agencies and in addition, meets the following requirements:
(1) All road grades shall not exceed a 7% grade or be less than a 0.5% grade except upon approval by the Village Engineer.
(2) All grades in excess of 3% shall require installation of curb and gutter. The curb and gutter to be set apart not less than 27 feet as measured from back to back of the opposite curbs and fully paved between the lip of the gutters.
(3) All road rights-of-way within or abutting such plat shall be constructed with a base of not less than six inches of compacted 21AA stone or eight inches of compacted 22A stone. The stone base shall be not less than 24 feet wide and shall be covered with not less than three inches of bituminous aggregate pavement, 20 feet wide. In the event the minimum County Road Commission requirements are greater and will result in a more durable road, the Village may require the proprietor to utilize the
County Road Commission standards rather than the other construction requirements indicated in this paragraph.
(4) All rights-of-way shall be graded to the full width thereof for proper drainage and prospective future widening and improving. Road grading shall be accomplished so as to establish a 0.5 foot higher elevation at the boundary of the right-of-way than at the crown of the traveled roadway. All trees or other obstructions within the right-of-way which interfere with the grading and/or drainage shall be removed. The foregoing 0.5 foot elevation and tree and obstruction removal may be varied or adjusted by the Village Council upon recommendation of the Village Engineer where valuable trees or obstacles are involved and as long as drainage and safety will not be impaired.
(5) Permanent dead-end streets shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having an outside improved roadway diameter of at least 100 feet as measured from the centerline of the gutter or back-of-curb and a street right-of-way diameter of at least 120 feet. Temporary dead-end streets shall be provided at the closed end with a turn-around constructed the full width of the right-of-way.
(6) All surface waters shall be adequately drained within each plat by a separate system of drainage structures or through the connection of such separate system to an adequate adjoining system. Where storm sewers are used, inlet basins must not be spaced further then 600 feet apart. The determination of what is equivalent and sufficient drainage shall be left to the Village Council upon the recommendation of the Village Engineer.
(7) Connection to sanitary sewers and water mains will be required by the Village Council.
(8) In the discretion of the Village Council, the proprietor shall make arrangements for all distribution lines for telephone, electric, television and other similar services distributed by wire or cable to be placed underground entirely through the residential subdivided area. Electric distribution lines shall be defined in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Michigan Public Service Commission. Such conduits or cables shall be placed within private easements provided to such service companies by the proprietor or within dedicated public ways. All such facilities placed in dedicated public ways shall be planned so as not to conflict with other underground utilities. All such facilities shall be constructed in accordance with standards of construction approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission. Private easements for underground utilities shall be shown on the preliminary plat.
(9) Storm water disposal methods proposed for the subdivision must be adequate to insure each building site and the roadway will not be flooded. All necessary easements for storm sewers or open drains that can feasibly be dedicated to the public for such purposes shall be dedicated at the option of the village. Onsite water detention must meet the requirements of the County Drain Commissioner.
(10) No land within the subdivision may be isolated from a public thoroughfare nor may any adjoining land of the proprietor or others be isolated from a public thoroughfare thereby creating land- locked parcels.
(11) Street lighting may be required by the Village Council when the Council determines that street lighting is necessary for public health, safety and welfare.
(12) Pedestrian and bicycle paths may be required by the Village Council when the Village Council determines, in its opinion, that paths are necessary for pedestrian safety, public health, and welfare. When required, paths shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt, five feet in width, four inches in depth, upon a two inch minimum sand base.
(B) The Village Council shall complete the review and consideration of the proposed preliminary plat submitted for final approval at the next regular meeting of the Council or within 20 days after the date of submittal of the proposed preliminary plat. If the Village Council determines that the preliminary plat has obtained the required statutory approval of other governmental agencies and complies with the requirements set forth in §§ 157.01 through 157.12, the Village Council shall grant final approval of the preliminary plat which shall confer upon the proprietor for a period of two years from date of approval the conditional right that the general terms and conditions under which said approval was granted will not be changed. The two-year period may be extended in the discretion of the Village Council upon application by the proprietor.
(Ord. 25.04, passed 11-25-96)