(A) General procedure. The proprietor shall submit to the Clerk a certified list showing all authorities to whom a copy of the final preliminary plat was submitted as required by Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293.
(1) The proprietor shall submit all approved copies of the final preliminary plat to the Clerk after all necessary approvals have been secured from the various authorities.
(2) The Clerk shall notify the Commission when all plats and information regarding the final preliminary plat is complete.
(3) The Commission shall consider and review the final preliminary plat its next meeting or within 15 days from the date of submission and recommend approval or rejection to the Board and, if rejected, state the reasons.
(4) Board action: the Board, at its next meeting or within 20 days from the date of submission, shall consider and approve it if the proprietor has met all conditions laid down for approval of the final preliminary plat.
(5) The Clerk shall promptly notify the proprietor of approval or rejection in writing and, if rejected, to give the reasons. The Clerk shall note all proceedings in the minutes of the meeting, which minutes shall be open for inspection.
(6) Final preliminary plats thus approved by the Board permits the proprietor to proceed to make an accurate survey of the property and prepare the final plat.
(B) Approval not acceptance of subdivision. The approval of the final preliminary plat shall not constitute an acceptance of the subdivision.
(C) Time effective. Approval of final preliminary plat under this section 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 approval was granted will not be changed. The two-year period may be extended if applied for by the proprietor and granted by the Board in writing. Written notice of the extension shall be sent by the Board to the other approving authorities.
(D) Construction commencement. No installation or construction of improvements shall be commenced before the final preliminary plat has received final approval nor before the engineering plans have been approved by the township and other governmental agencies having jurisdiction; provided, however, where the Board finds that an undue hardship would otherwise result, it may, by resolution, grant permission to the proprietor to proceed with installation or construction of certain improvements in accordance with approved engineering plans for off-site improvements when the improvements are contained in easements granted to the township.
(Prior Code, § XII-6.15)