For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EXISTING BUILDING or an EXISTING DWELLING UNIT. A building or dwelling unit for which a building permit has been issued by the township as of the effective date of this subchapter.
EXISTING LOT. A lot that, as of the effective date of this subchapter, meets at least one of the following conditions:
(1) The lot consists of a parcel described by metes and bounds for which a deed has been recorded with the county’s Register of Deeds, or of a parcel described by a land contract or memorandum of land contract that has been recorded with the county’s Register of Deeds;
(2) The lot has been assigned its own permanent parcel number by the county’s Property Description and Mapping Department (or successor agency) and is individually assessed and taxed on that basis; or
(3) The lot consists of a “condominium unit” (in other words, a portion of a condominium project designed and intended for separate ownership and use as described in the condominium master deed) located within a “site condominium” development for which a condominium master deed has been recorded with the county’s Register of Deeds in accordance with the requirements of the state’s Condominium Act (Public Act 59 of 1978, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 559.101 et seq.) and other applicable laws and ordinances.
EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD. A private road or a private road system that is used to provide access to existing lots, buildings or dwelling units as of the effective date of this subchapter.
(Ord. passed 7-12-2012, § 4.27)