For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT or PERSON. A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land located in the township whether recorded or not.
ACT. The State Land Division Act (formerly the Subdivision Control Act), Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293, as amended.
DIVIDE or DIVISION.
(1) The partitioning or splitting 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 that results in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the requirements of M.C.L.A. §§ 560.108 and 560.109 of the ACT.
(2) DIVIDE and DIVISION do 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, this chapter and other applicable ordinances.
EXEMPT SPLIT or EXEMPT DIVISION. The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors or assigns, that does not result in one or more parcels of less than 40 acres of the equivalent.
FORTY ACRES OR THE EQUIVALENT. Either 40 acres, a quarter-quarter section containing not less than 30 acres, or a government lot containing not less than 30 acres.
GOVERNING BODY. The Spaulding Township Board.
(Ord. 97-10-20, passed 10-20-1997)