(a) General Applicability.
(1) No structure shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, converted, or enlarged; nor shall any structure or land be used or be designed to be used, except in full compliance with all the provisions of this code and, when required, after the lawful issuance of the certificates or approvals required by this code.
(2) The design and layout of all subdivisions shall conform to the requirements of this code.
(3) Existing lots, buildings, structures and uses of land that do not comply with the regulations of this code are subject to the regulations set forth in Chapter 1131: Nonconformities.
(4) No person shall subdivide or lay out into lots any land within the City or three-mile area except in conformity to this code.
(5) Within three miles of the corporate limits of the City, the Planning Commission shall have authority for preliminary and final review and approval of major subdivisions and any minor subdivisions within this three-mile limit that it may choose to exercise its authority. The Wayne County Planning Department shall submit written comments for the Planning Commission to consider whenever a subdivision within the three-mile limit is to be reviewed and approved. The developer shall insure that all required plans, plats and/or documents are properly submitted to the Wayne County Planning Department prior to submission to the Planning Commission.
(b) Essential Services Exempted.
(1) The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments, boards, or commissions, of overhead, surface or underground gas, electrical steam, or water, distribution or transmission systems, collection, communications (except for wireless telecommunication facilities as regulated in this code), supply or disposal systems, including mains, sanitary sewers, water lines, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, tunnels, wires, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, poles, electrical substation, gas regulator stations and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utility or municipal department, board, or commission or for the public health, safety, or general welfare, shall be exempt from the regulations of this code. Provided, however, that the installation shall conform to Federal Communications Commission and Federal Aviation Agency rules and regulations, and those of other authorities having jurisdiction.
(2) Buildings required in conjunction with an essential service identified in Subsection (1) above shall be subject to the regulations of this code and shall be reviewed in a manner as determined in Chapter 1109: Principal Use Regulations.
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18.)
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18.)