For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSIBLE. In reference to a parcel, means that the parcel meets one or both of the following requirements:
(1) Has an area where a driveway provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and meets all applicable location standards of the state’s Transportation Department or County Road Commission under the Public Act 200 of 1969, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 247.321 to 247.329, and standards of the city, or has an area where a driveway can provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and meet all such applicable location standards; and/or
(2) Is served by an existing easement that provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and that meets all applicable location standards of the state’s Transportation Department or County Road Commission under the Public Act 200 of 1969, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 247.321 to 247.329, and standards of the city, or can be served by a proposed easement that will provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and that will meet all such applicable location standards.
APPLICANT. A person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them who or that holds an ownership interest in land, whether recorded or not, and who or that applies for city approval of a proposed land division.
DEVELOPMENT SITE. Any parcel or lot on which exists, or which is intended for, building development.
DIVISION. The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor or by his or her heirs, legal representatives, successors, or assigns, for the purpose of sale or lease of more than one year, or of building development that results in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the requirements of §§ 108 and 109 of the state’s Land Division Act. DIVISION 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 state’s Land Division Act, or the requirements of other applicable city ordinances.
EXEMPT SPLIT. The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor, or by his or her hers legal representatives, successors, or assigns, that does not result in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent. For a property transfer between two or more adjacent parcels, if the property taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, any resulting parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the parcel conforms to the requirements of the State Land Division Act or the requirements of an applicable city ordinance.
FORTY ACRES OR THE EQUIVALENT. Forty acres, a quarter-quarter section containing not less than 30 acres, or a government lot containing not less than 30 acres.
GOVERNING BODY. The City Council.
PROPRIETOR. A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not.
STATE LAND DIVISION ACT. Public Act 288 of 1967, Public Act 591 of 1996, and Public Act 87 of 1997, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 et seq., as amended.
SUBDIVIDE OR SUBDIVISION. The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor or by his or her heirs, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than one year, or of building development that results in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of the state’s Land Division Act and by §§ 108 and 109 of that Act. 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 Act or the requirements of an applicable local ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 1230.03)