For the purpose of this article, certain words, terms
and phrases shall be defined as follows:
BLOCK
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, river or live stream; or between any of
the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development.
CLERK
The Clerk of the Charter Township of East China.
COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of the Charter Township of East China.
EASEMENT
A grant by the owner of the use of a strip of land by the public,
a corporation, or persons, for specific uses and purposes, to be designated
as a “public” or “private” easement depending on the
nature of the use.
FILING DATE
For the purpose of these regulations, the filing date shall be the
initial meeting date at which the plan for preliminary plat, tentative or
final, and final plat review appears on the Planning Commission or Township
Board's regular meeting agenda.
IMPROVEMENTS
Grading, street surfacing, curb and gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks,
water mains and lines, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, culverts, bridges, utilities,
and other additions to the natural state of land which increases its value,
utility, or habitability.
LAND DIVISION ACT
The Land Division Act, Michigan Public Act 288 of the Public Acts
of 1967, as amended (MCLA § 560.101 et seq.).
LOT
A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described
or fixed in a recorded plat.
MAJOR STREETS OR THOROUGHFARE PLAN
The part of the Master Plan which sets forth the location, alignment
and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and thoroughfares.
MASTER PLAN
The Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Township, including graphic
and written proposals indicating the general locations recommended for streets,
parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical developments
of the Township, and included any unit or part of such plan separately adopted,
and any amendments to such plan or parts thereof duly adopted by the Planning
Commission.
PARCEL or TRACT
A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided
for in the Land Division Act (MCLA § 560.101 et seq.).
[Amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 285]
PLAT
A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
(1)
PRELIMINARY PLAT- A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration prepared in conformance with the Land Division Act (MCLA § 560.101 et seq.).
[Amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 285]
(2)
FINAL PLAT- A 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 Land Division Act (MCLA § 560.101 et seq.) and this article, and suitable for recording by the County Register of Deeds.
[Amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 285]
PROPRIETOR
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.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley,
or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway; or
a street or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved
by official action; or a street or way on a plat duly filed and recorded in
the office of the County Register of Deeds. A street includes the land between
the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement,
shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas, and lawns.
(1)
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE- An arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large volume trafficway for both the immediate Township area and region beyond, and may be designated in the Township Major Thoroughfare Plan as a major thoroughfare, parkway, expressway, or equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
(2)
COLLECTOR STREET- A street intended to serve as a major means of access from minor streets to major thoroughfares which has considerable continuity within the framework of the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
(3)
MINOR STREET- A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET- A minor street paralleling and adjacent to a major thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
(5)
BOULEVARD STREET- A street developed to two two-lane, one-way pavements separated by a median.
(6)
TURNAROUND- A short boulevard street permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
(7)
CUL-DE-SAC STREET- A short minor street having one end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
(8)
ALLEY- A minor service street used primarily to provide secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting upon a street.
SUBDIVISION
The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the
proprietor thereof or by his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives,
successors or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than one year,
or 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.
TOWNSHIP
The Charter Township of East China.
TOWNSHIP BOARD
The Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of East China.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The Charter Township of East China Zoning Ordinance, Chapter
480 of the Code of the Charter Township of East China.