For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A dedicated public way affording a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
BLOCK. Property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting streets, or between the nearest such street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, river or live
stream; or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development.
CITY CLERK. The City Clerk of the City of Mount Pleasant.
COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the City of Mount Pleasant.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS The staff engineer of the municipality.
EASEMENT. A specific area of land over which a liberty, privilege, or advantage is granted by the owner to the public, a corporation, or some particular person or part of the public for specific uses and purposes, and which shall be designated a “public” or “private” easement, depending on the nature of the user.
GOVERNING BODY. The Commission of the City of Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
IMPROVEMENTS. Grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, fire hydrants, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, culverts, bridges, and other additions to the natural state of land which increases its value, utility or habitability.
LOT. A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. (M.C.L.A. § 560.102)
MAJOR STREETS or THOROUGHFARE PLAN. The part of the Master Plan which sets forth the location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and thoroughfares.
MASTER PLAN. The comprehensive land use plan for the municipality, including graphic and written proposals indicating the general locations recommended for the streets, parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical developments of the municipality, including any unit or part of such plan separately adopted, and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof adopted by the Planning Commission.
MUNICIPAL PLANNER or PLANNER. The City of Mount Pleasant.
PERSON. Individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association.
PLAT. A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
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PRELIMINARY PLAT (STAGE 1). A map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for review and to meet the requirements and procedures set forth in this chapter.
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PRELIMINARY PLAT (STAGE 2). A map showing all requisite details of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration, prepared in conformance with the Subdivision Act.
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FINAL PLAT. A map of all or part of a subdivision providing substantial conformance to the Preliminary Plat (Stage 2) of the subdivision prepared in conformance with the requirements of the Subdivision Act and this chapter and suitable for recording by the County Register of Deeds.
PARCEL or TRACT. A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in the Subdivision Act.
PROPRIETOR. A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or combination of any of them, which may hold any ownership, or interest in land, whether recorded or not.
PUBLIC RESERVATION. A portion of a subdivision which is set aside for public use and made available for public use and acquisition.
PUBLIC UTILITY. All persons, firms, corporations, copartnerships, or municipal or other public authority providing gas, electricity, water, steam, telephone, sewer, or other services of a similar nature. (M.C.L.A. § 560.102)
PUBLIC WALKWAY. A right-of-way dedicated for the purpose of a pedestrian access through residential acres, and located so as to connect to two or more streets, or a street and a public land parcel.
SECRETARY. The Secretary to the Planning Commission.
STREET. Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway; or, a street or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by official action; or, a street or way on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds. A street includes the land between the street right-of-way lines whether improved, or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas, and lawns.
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MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. An arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large volume traffic way for both the immediate municipality area and region beyond, and may be designated on the city's Major Thoroughfare Plan, as a major thoroughfare, parkway, expressway, or equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
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COLLECTOR STREET (SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE). A street used primarily to carry traffic from minor streets to major thoroughfares.
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MINOR STREET. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
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MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. A minor street paralleling and adjacent to a major thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
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BOULEVARD STREET. A street developed to 2 two-lane, one-way pavements, separated by a median.
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TURN-AROUND. A short boulevard street permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around.
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CUL-DE-SAC STREET. A minor street of short length, having one end open to traffic and being permanently terminated at the other end by a vehicular turn-around.
SUBDIVISION ACT. The Subdivision Control Act, Public Act 238 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 et seq, as amended.
SUBDIVIDE or SUBDIVISION. The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than one year, or of building development, where the act of division creates five or more parcels of land, each of which is ten acres or less in area; or five or more parcels of land, each of which is ten acres or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period of ten years. SUBDIVIDE or SUBDIVISION does not include a property transfer between two or more adjacent parcels, if the property taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel; and any resulting parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the parcel conforms to the requirements of the Subdivision Act or the requirements of an applicable local ordinance. (M.C.L.A. § 560.102)
SURVEYOR. Either a land surveyor who is registered in this state as a registered land surveyor or a civil engineer who is registered in the state as a registered professional engineer.
ZONING ORDINANCES. The City of Mount Pleasant Zoning Ordinances.
(Ord. 492, passed 3-17-75)