§ 46-273. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article certain terms and words used herein shall have the following meaning:

Accessible (in reference to a parcel) means that the parcel meets one or both of the following requirements:

(1)

Has an area where a driveway provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and meets all applicable location standards of the state transportation department or county road commission under Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 247.321—247.329, and of the city, or has an area where a driveway can provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and meet all such applicable location standards.

(2)

Is served by an existing easement that provides vehicular access to an existing road or street and that meets all applicable location standards of the state transportation department or county road commission under Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1969 and of the city, or can be served by a proposed easement that will provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and that will meet all such applicable location standards.

Applicant means a person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not.

Divided or division means the partitioning or splitting of a lot, 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 of the State Land Division Act.

Exempt split or exempt division means 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.

Forty acres or the equivalent means 40 acres, a quarter-quarter section containing not less than 30 acres or a government lot containing not less than 30 acres.

Lot means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat.

Minor subdivision means the partitioning or splitting by metes and bounds description of a parcel or tract of land that results in more than four new parcels.

Parcel means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this Act.

Parent parcel or parent tract means a parcel or tract, respectively, lawfully in existence on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision.

Subdivide or subdivisions means 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. 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 and the applicable city ordinances.

Tract means two or more parcels that share a common property line and are under the same ownership.

(Ord. No. 312, § 3, 9-28-98)