This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Monroe Subdivision Control Ordinance" or the "Subdivision
Regulations" and shall be referred to herein as "these Subdivision
Regulations" or "these regulations."
A.Â
The purpose of these Subdivision Regulations is to
regulate and control the subdivision of land within the City, in order
to promote the safety, public health and general welfare of the community.
B.Â
These regulations are specifically designed to:
(1)Â
Provide for orderly growth and harmonious development
of the community, consistent with orderly growth policies;
(2)Â
Secure adequate traffic circulation through coordinated
street systems with proper relation to major thoroughfares, adjoining
subdivisions and public facilities;
(3)Â
Achieve individual property lots of maximum utility
and livability;
(4)Â
Ensure adequate provisions for water, drainage and
sanitary sewer facilities and other health requirements; and
(5)Â
Plan for the provision of adequate recreational areas,
school sites and other public facilities.
These Subdivision Regulations are enacted pursuant
to the statutory authority granted by the Subdivision Control Act
of 1967, Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 560.101
et seq.
A.Â
These Subdivision Regulations shall not apply to any
lot forming a part of a subdivision created and recorded prior to
July 16, 1970, except for the further division of such lots. These
regulations are not intended to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws, ordinances
or regulations, or with private restrictions placed upon property
by deed, covenant or other private agreements, or with restrictive
covenants running with the land to which the City is a party.
B.Â
Where these regulations impose a greater restriction
upon land than is imposed or required by any other provision of this
Code, the provisions of these regulations shall control.
As used in these Subdivision Regulations, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A public way less than 30 feet in width which affords only
a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended
for general traffic circulation.
Revised construction plans in accordance with all approved
field changes.
The property abutting one side of a street and lying between
the two nearest intersecting streets, or between one intersecting
street and a railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage or a river
or live stream, or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier
to the continuity of development.
The line parallel to a street right-of-way line, the shore
of a lake or the edge of a stream or river bank established on a parcel
of land or on a lot for the purpose of prohibiting construction of
a building between such line and a right-of-way or other public area
or the shore of a lake or the edge of a stream or river bank.
The name by which a plat is legally and commonly known.
A planned commercial center providing building areas, parking
areas, service areas, screen planting and widening, turning movement
and safety lane roadway improvements.
A plan adopted by the City for the physical development of
the City, showing the general location of major streets, parks, schools,
public building sites, land use and other similar information. The
plan may consist of maps, data and other descriptive matter.
The Monroe County Drain Commissioner.
The Monroe County Health Department.
The Monroe County Plat Board.
The Monroe County Road Commission.
A right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which crosses a
block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
The intentional appropriation of land by the owner to public
use.
That area of land adjoining the channel of a river, stream,
watercourse, lake or other similar body of water which will be inundated
by a flood which can reasonably be expected for that region.
The Council of the City of Monroe.
Strips or parcels of land, privately restricted or publicly
dedicated as open space, located between incompatible uses for the
purpose of protecting and enhancing the residential environment.
Any structure incident to servicing or furnishing facilities
for a subdivision, such as grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutters,
driveway approaches, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains and lines,
sanitary sewers, culverts, bridges, utilities, lagoons, slips, waterways,
lakes, bays, canals and other appropriate items with appurtenant construction.
A planned industrial area designed specifically for industrial
use and providing screened buffers, wider streets and turning movement
and safety lane roadway improvements, where necessary.
A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land which is
described and fixed in a recorded plat.
The mean horizontal distance from the front street line to
the rear lot line.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines,
measured at right angles to the side lot line. Where side lot lines
are not parallel, the lot side shall be considered to be the average
of the width between such side lot lines.
When included within the boundary of a recorded plat, means
a lot set aside for purposes other than a building site, park or other
land dedicated to public use or reserved to private use.
A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described
as provided for in the Subdivision Control Act.
A deliberately conceived and intentional design, reduced
to a graphic written plan, of a complex of two or more buildings occupying
an area greater in size than a standard lot, which area is divided
into specific building placement, off-street parking and other specific
use areas, is generally designed for homogeneous or heterogeneous,
but compatible, uses permitted within any specific zoning classification,
and is developed under one owner or organized group.
An area of land controlled by a single landowner and developed
as a single entity for a number of dwellings and other uses, the plan
for which does not necessarily correspond, in lot size, type of dwelling
unit, dwelling or population density, lot coverage, or required open
space, to any other zoning district established in the City.
A map or chart of a subdivision of land. Specifically:
PRE-PRELIMINARY PLATAn informal plan or sketch drawn to scale and in pencil, if desired, showing the existing features of a site and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLATA map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision of land submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration.
FINAL PLATA map of a subdivision of land made up in final form ready for approval and recording.
A natural person, firm, association, partnership or corporation,
or a combination of any of them, which may hold any recorded or unrecorded
ownership interest in land. The proprietor is also commonly referred
to as the "owner."
Land dedicated or reserved for use by the general public.
It includes parks, parkways, recreation areas, school sites, community
or public building sites, streets and highways and public parking
spaces.
All persons, corporations, firms, copartnerships and municipal
or other public authorities providing gas, electricity, water, steam,
telephone, telegraph, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, transportation
or cable television services or other services of a similar nature.
The process of changing, or the map or plat which changes,
the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof. The
legal division of an outlot within a recorded subdivision plat without
changing the exterior boundaries of the outlot is not a replat.
Land reserved, used or to be used for a street, alley, walkway
or other public purpose.
The unobstructed vision on a horizontal plane along a street
center line from a driver-eye height of 3.75 feet and an object height
of six inches.
A pre-preliminary plat.
A right-of-way which provides for vehicular and pedestrian
access to abutting properties. Specifically:
ARTERIAL STREETA street of considerable continuity which is used or may be used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETA street used to carry traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, including principal entrance streets to large residential developments.
CUL-DE-SACA minor street of short length having one end terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
EXPRESSWAYA street designed for high-speed, high-volume traffic, with full or partially controlled access, some grade crossings and no driveway connections.
FREEWAYA street designed for high-speed, high-volume through traffic, with completely controlled access, no grade crossings and no private driveway connections.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street which is parallel and adjacent to arterial streets which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic and which does not carry through traffic.
MINOR STREETA street which is intended primarily for access to abutting properties.
PARKWAYA street designed for noncommercial, pleasure-oriented traffic moving at moderate speeds between and through scenic areas and parks.
STREET WIDTHThe shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way of streets.
The partitioning or dividing 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, where
the act of division creates five or more parcels of land, each of
which is 10 acres or less in area, or five or more parcels of land,
each of which is 10 acres or less in area, which are created by successive
divisions within a period of 10 years.
Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended.[1]
Either a land surveyor who is registered in the state as
a registered land surveyor or a civil engineer who is registered in
the state as a registered professional engineer.
A map showing existing physical characteristics, with contour
lines at sufficient intervals to permit determination of proposed
grades and drainage.
The Water Resources Commission of the Michigan Department
of Natural Resources.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 560.101
et seq.
