A building permit shall not be issued by the
Township or any department or official of the Township, unless the
following requirements are met:
A. The structure, building or improvement for which such building permit is required shall be on a lot or parcel of land which meets the requirements of this chapter and the entire lot provides frontage required by Chapter
285, Zoning, along one of the following:
(1) An improved public road that meets the requirements of Subsection
B below;
(2) An approved private road constructed to Wayne County standards for paved streets, that meets the requirements of this chapter is approved by the Township and meets the requirements of Subsection
B below; or
(3) A nonconforming gravel road, as defined in Article
I above.
B. An improved public street or approved private roadway
must be constructed to current Wayne County standards for paved streets
and meet the road standards contained in this chapter. Concrete curb
and gutter shall be provided for the entire length of the lot's frontage.
If the roadway upon which said lot fronts does not meet the requirements
contained herein, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant
to improve the road for the entire length of the lot's frontage to
Wayne County standards for paved streets, and also meet the road standards
contained in this chapter. If all adjacent segments of the road lack
curb and gutter, then the Township Department of Community Development
can allow a gravel shoulder with open ditches.
C. A copy of an approved Wayne County Department of Public
Services driveway permit for access to a public road, or evidence
that the parcel has recorded right to access an easement for a private
road shall be submitted prior to issuance of a land use permit. The
Township Building Inspector shall not issue a certificate of occupancy
unless the driveway and any required drainage culvert are installed
to the standards required by the driveway permit and this chapter.
D. Driveways that access a hard surface roadway shall
be surfaced within the right-of-way with a type of material which
is equal to or better than the surface of the roadway which it joins.
The slope for any portion of the driveway within the road right-of-way
shall meet Wayne County standards.
No land outside of a public street right-of-way
within a residential district shall be used for vehicular access to
any nonresidential land use located in a nonresidential district,
except for an access to an essential service.