[Ord. No. 53, 8-17-1998]
For the purposes of this chapter:
The use involving the production of plants and animals useful
to humans, including forages and sod crops; grains, feed crops and
field crops; dairy and dairy products; poultry and poultry products;
livestock, including breeding and grazing of cattle, swine and similar
animals; berries; herbs; flowers; seeds; grasses; nursery stock; fruits;
vegetables; Christmas trees; and other similar uses and activities.
A dedicated public way of 20 feet or more in width, affording
secondary access to abutting property and not intended for general
traffic circulation.
Property abutting one side of a street and lying between
the two nearest intersecting streets, or between the nearest such
street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, lake, river
or stream, or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to
the continuity of development.
The Chesterfield Township Board.
A line parallel to a street right-of-way line 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, other public area
or the edge of a lake, stream or riverbank.
The name by which the plat is legally and commonly known.
The Chesterfield Township Clerk.
The Chesterfield Township Planning Commission.
The basic plan for the township, including graphic and written
material indicating the general locations recommended for streets,
parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical
developments of the township, including any unit or parts of such
plan separately accepted or adopted and any amendments to such plan
or parts thereof in use by the planning commission.
The register of deeds, who shall act as chairperson; the
county clerk, who shall act as secretary; and the county treasurer.
If the offices of county clerk and register of deeds have been combined,
the chairperson of the board of supervisors shall be a member of the
plat board and shall act as chairperson. In a county where a board
of auditors is authorized by law, such board may elect to serve on
the county plat board by adopting a resolution so ordering. A copy
of the recorded resolution shall be sent to the state treasurer.
Any parcel or lot on which exists or which is intended for
building development other than the following:
Agricultural use involving the production of plants and animals
useful to humans, including forages and sod crops; grains, feed crops
and field crops; dairy and dairy products; poultry and poultry products;
livestock, including breeding and grazing of cattle, swine and similar
animals; berries; herbs; flowers; seeds; grasses; nursery stock; fruits;
vegetables; Christmas trees; and other similar uses and activities.
Forestry use involving the planting, management or harvesting
of timber.
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 sections 108 and 109.[1] Division does not include a property transfer between
two or more adjacent parcels, or property taken from one parcel added
to an adjacent parcel; and any resulting parcel shall not be considered
a building site unless the parcel conforms to the requirements of
this act or the requirements of an applicable local ordinance.
A specific area of land over which a right, privilege or
advantage is granted by the owner to a person, firm, corporation or
the public for specific uses and purposes and which shall be designated
as a public or private easement.
A civil engineer who is a professional engineer licensed
under Article 20 of the Occupational Code, Act No. 299 of the Public
Acts of 1980, being Sections 339.2001 to 339.2014 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws.
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 or the equivalent. For
a property transfer between two or more adjacent parcels, if the property
taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, any resulting
parcel shall not be considered a building site unless the parcel conforms
to the requirements of this act or the requirements of an applicable
local ordinance.
That area of land adjoining the channel of a river, stream,
water course, lake or other similar body of water which will be inundated
by a flood which can reasonably be expected for that region.
Forty acres, a quarter-quarter section containing not less
than 30 acres, or a government lot containing not less than 30 acres.
The Chesterfield Township Board.
As defined in the Chesterfield Township Zoning Ordinance.
Grading, street surfacing, curb and gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks,
water mains and lines, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and drains, fire
hydrants, culverts, bridges, utilities, parks and other additions
to the natural state of the land which increase its value, utility
or habitability.
The State Land Division Act of 1967, being Act 288, P.A.
of 1967, as amended.
A strip or parcel of land, privately restricted or publicly
dedicated as open space, located between incompatible uses for the
purpose of protecting and enhancing the residential environment.
A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is
described and fixed in a recorded plat.
The township right-of-way requirements which set forth the
location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed streets
and thoroughfares.
A township, city or village.
When included within a boundary of a recorded plat, means
a lot set aside for purposes other than a development site, park,
or other land dedicated to public use or reserved to private use.
A continuous area of acreage of land which can be described
as provided for in the State Land Division Act.
A parcel or tract, respectively, lawfully in existence on
the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision.
Any security, including cash, corporate surety bonds, or
irrevocable bank letters of credit or other similar performance guarantees
acceptable to the township board, for required subdivision improvements
that will be installed by the proprietor.
Shall be as defined in the Zoning Ordinance.
A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
PRELIMINARY PLATA map showing all requisite details of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration, in conformance with State Land Division Act, this chapter, and any other applicable township codes, ordinances, rules or regulations.
FINAL PLATA map of all or part of a subdivision providing substantial conformance to the preliminary plat of the subdivision prepared in conformance with the requirements of the township's subdivision regulations and the Subdivision Control Act and suitable for recording by the county register of deeds.
A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation,
or combination of any of them which may hold any ownership interest
in land, whether recorded or not.
Land dedicated or reserved for use by the general public,
including parks, parkways, recreation areas, school sites, or community
building sites.
All persons, firms, corporations, co-partnership, or municipal
or other public authority providing gas, electricity, water, steam,
telephone, sewer, or other services of similar nature.
Right-of-way dedicated to public use, which crosses a block
to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets, open spaces or
properties.
The process of changing, or the map or plat which changes,
the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof. The
legal dividing of an outlot within a recorded subdivision plat without
changing the exterior boundaries of the outlot is not a replat.
The secretary of the township planning commission.
Shall be as described in section 58-13 of this chapter.
Any avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct or other
way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway, or any
road or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law. A
street, as defined above, includes the land between the right-of-way
lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement,
shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and lawns.
MAJOR THOROUGHFAREAn arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large volume trafficway for both the immediate municipal area and region beyond, and may be designated in the township thoroughfare plan as a major thoroughfare, parkway, freeway, or equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
COLLECTOR STREETA street intended to serve as a major means of access from minor streets to major thoroughfares, including principal entrance streets to large-scale developments.
LOCAL STREETA road of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA local street parallel to and adjacent to a major thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from thru-traffic.
BOULEVARD STREETA street developed in two, one-way pavements separated by a median.
TURNAROUNDA short boulevard street permanently terminated by a paved area with sufficient outside radius to permit vehicular turnaround appropriate for this particular type of street.
CUL-DE-SACA short minor street having one end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
LOOP STREETA minor street of short length with two openings to traffic, beginning from the same street, and projecting parallel to each other and connecting at their termination by a loop.
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 is not exempted from the platting requirements of this act by
sections 108 and 109.[2] Subdivide or subdivision does 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 this act or the requirements of an applicable local
ordinance.
A professional surveyor licensed under Article 20 of the
Occupational Code, Act 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being Sections
339.2001 to 339.2014 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
The Charter Township of Chesterfield, Macomb County, Michigan.
The staff engineer or consulting professional engineer employed
by the township.
The staff planner or consulting professional community planner
employed by the township.
Two or more parcels that share a common property line and
are under the same ownership.
The Charter Township of Chesterfield Zoning Ordinance, as
amended.
