(A) Procedure. The procedure for the preparation and review of a preliminary plat requires tentative and final approval as follows.
(1) Ten copies of a valid and complete preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, together with written application in triplicate and any other information required to be submitted under the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293 shall be filed with the Clerk.
(2) The preliminary plat shall conform substantially to the pre-preliminary plat as approved, and it may constitute only that portion of the approved pre-preliminary plat which the proprietor proposed to record and develop at the time; provided, however, that such portion conforms to this subchapter.
(3) The Clerk shall check the proposed plat for completeness. Should any of the data required in the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293 or § 151.22 be omitted, the Clerk shall be directed to inform the proprietor of the data required, that the application will be delayed until the required data is received.
(4) The Clerk shall transmit a copy of the valid and complete preliminary plat to the City Engineer and City Planner for their technical review and recommendations.
(B) Planning Commission review; tentative approval.
(1) The Clerk shall place the preliminary plat on the agenda of the next regular Planning Commission meeting.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Clerk to send a notice by registered or certified mail to the owners of land immediately adjoining the property to be platted of the presentment of the preliminary plat and the time and place of the meeting of the Commission to consider said preliminary plat. Said notice shall be sent not less than five days before the date fixed therefor.
(3) The preliminary plat shall be reviewed by the City Engineer as to compliance with the approved pre-preliminary plat and plans for utilities and other improvements.
(4) The City Engineer shall notify the Commission of his or her recommendation for either approval or rejection of the preliminary plat.
(5) The preliminary plat documents shall be reviewed by the Commission as to compliance with the approved pre-preliminary plat.
(6) Should the Commission find that the preliminary plat is in close agreement with the pre-preliminary plat, it shall approve same and notify the City Council of this action in its official minutes and forward the same, together with all accompanying data, to the City Council for its review.
(7) Should the Commission find that the preliminary plat does not conform substantially to the previously approved pre-preliminary plat and that it is not acceptable, it shall record the reason in their official minutes and forward same together with all accompanying data to the City Council and recommend that the City Council disapprove the preliminary plat until the objections causing disapproval have been changed to meet with the approval of the Commission.
(C) City Council; tentative approval.
(1) The City Council will not review a preliminary plat until it has received the review and recommendations of the Commission. Following the receipt of such recommendations, the City Council shall consider the preliminary plat at such meeting that the matter is placed on the regularly scheduled agenda. The City Council shall take action on the preliminary plat within approximately 60 days of the date of initial filing of the plat with the Clerk.
(2) Should the City Council tentatively approve the preliminary plat, it shall record its approval on the plat and return one copy to the proprietor.
(3) Tentative approval shall not constitute final approval of the preliminary plat.
(4) Tentative approval of the City Council shall be effective for a period of 12 months. Should the preliminary plat in whole or in part not be submitted for final approval within this time, the preliminary plat must again be submitted to the Commission and City Council for approval unless an extension is applied for by the proprietor and such request is granted in writing by the City Council.
(D) Preliminary plat review by City Council; final approval.
(1) The proprietor shall file a valid preliminary plat with the Clerk together with a certified list of all authorities required for approval in the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.112 to 560.119. The proprietor shall also provide approved copies of plats from each of the required authorities.
(2) The City Council shall take action on the preliminary plat within approximately 60 days of the submission of all necessary approved plats.
(3) If the preliminary plat conforms substantially to the plat tentatively approved by the City Council and meets all conditions laid down for tentative approval, the City Council shall give final approval to the preliminary plat.
(4) The Clerk shall promptly notify the proprietor of approval or rejection in writing; if rejected, reasons shall be given.
(5) (a) Final approval shall be effective for a period of 12 months from the date of final approval.
(b) The 12-month period may be extended if applied for by the proprietor and granted by the City Council in writing. Approval by the City Council of a final plan shall confer upon the applicant the right to a building permit for a period of 12 months from and after approval.
(c) Upon receipt of a building permit, reasonable construction shall be commenced within twelve months and be reasonably continued thereafter or the project plan and the building permit shall be declared invalid unless the applicant requests and obtains a new approval (renewal) from the City Council and Building Inspector.
(d) Prior to the City Council and Building Inspector allowing a renewal, the Planning Commission shall apply as its standards in determining to recommend renewal, the city’s then currently existing standards and requirements for approval.
(1979 Code, § 5.283) (Ord. 45, passed 6-6-1972; Ord. 156, passed 3-18-2003)