The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A public or private right-of-way shown on a plat which provides secondary access to a lot, block or parcel of land.
A structure having one or more stories and a roof, designed primarily for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.
A line beyond which the foundation wall or any enclosed porch, vestibule or other enclosed portion of a building shall not project.
A minor street with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
The act of erecting structures and/or installing site improvements.
A grant by the owner of land for the use of all or a portion of such property for a specific purpose.
Any or all of the following: grading, road, pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer lines and drainage structures, curb returns, sidewalk and driveway entrances in right-of-way, guard rails, retaining walls, sodding and planting.
Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1967, as amended; in 1996, this Act was retitled from "Subdivision Control Act of 1967" to "Land Division Act" (see MCLA § 560.101 et seq.).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land which is described and fixed in a recorded plat.
The average horizontal distance between the front lot line and rear lot line.
The side of an interior or through lot which abuts a street; in a corner lot, the side abutting either street may be considered as the front lot lines, provided that the side selected as the front has the required minimum lot frontage.
A person holding legal title to the land.
A public easement within a block, eight feet or more in width, intended primarily for pedestrians, and from which motor-propelled vehicles are excluded, and which is designed to improve access to adjacent roads or lots.
Includes an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, but does not include a governmental agency.
A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or a combination of any of these, which may hold any ownership interest in land, whether recorded or not.
Open to public use, whether or not public ownership is involved.
A strip of land used or to be used as a road, crosswalk, for a pipe line, drainage channel or other easement.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, alley, parkway, thruway, road, avenue, lane, place or however otherwise designated.
Any portion which is less than the full width of the necessary right-of-way or finished surfacing of a street running parallel to its length.
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 a 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, are created by successive divisions within a period of 10 years. The words "subdivide" or "subdivision" 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 Land Division Act or the requirements of this chapter.
The registered professional engineer appointed by the Village Council.