§ 74-32. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. All terms as defined in the Subdivision Act shall control in this article unless indicated to the contrary in this section.

Block means 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.

Commission means the planning commission of the village.

Easement means 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 means the initial meeting date at which the plan for preliminary plat (stage 1), preliminary plat (stage 2), tentative or final, and final plat review appears on the planning commission or village council's regular meeting agenda.

Governing body means the village council.

Improvements means 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.

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

Master plan means the comprehensive land use plan for the village, including graphic and written proposals indicating the general locations recommended for the streets, parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical developments of the village, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted, and any amendments to such plan or parts thereof duly adopted by the planning commission.

Master street or thoroughfare plan means the part of the master plan which sets forth the location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and thoroughfares.

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

Plat means a map or chart of a subdivision of land, sequenced as follows:

(1)

Preliminary plat (stage 1) means a map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for review and to meet the requirements and procedures set forth in this article.

(2)

Preliminary plat (stage 2) means 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 Subdivision Act and this article.

(3)

Final plat means 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 Subdivision Act and this article, and suitable for recording by the county register of deeds.

Proprietor means 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 means 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 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 means an arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large volume trafficway for both the immediate village area and region beyond, and may be designated in the village's 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 means 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 means a street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.

(4)

Marginal access street means a minor street paralleling and adjacent to a major thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

(5)

Boulevard street means a street developed to two two-lane, one-way pavements separated by a median.

(6)

Turnaround means a short boulevard street permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.

(7)

Cul-de-sac street means a short minor street having one end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.

(8)

Alley means a minor service street used primarily to provide secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting upon a street.

Subdivision means 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 ten acres or less in area; or five or more parcels of land, each of which is ten acres or less in area, which are created by successive divisions within a period of ten years.

Subdivision Act means the Subdivision Control Act, being Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1967 (MCL 560.101 et seq.), as amended.

Village engineer or engineer means the staff engineer or consulting engineer of the village.

Village planner or planner means the staff planner or consulting planner of the village.

Zoning ordinance means the village zoning ordinance, as contained in chapter 94 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 140, § 200, 12-9-68 eff.)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.