§ 30-134. Lots.

All lots within a plat shall be designed and laid out as follows:

(1)

Conform to zoning. The lot width, depth and area shall not be less than required by appendix A of this Code for the zone in which the plat is located, except where outlots are provided for some permitted purpose.

(2)

Lot lines. Side lot lines shall be as close to right angles to straight streets and radial to curved streets as practical.

(3)

Width related to length. The depth of a lot shall not exceed 2½ times the width as measured at the building line. An exception to this limitation may be granted by the township board on recommendation from the planning commission.

(4)

Corner lots. Corner lots shall have extra width to permit appropriate building setback from and orientation to both streets. Lots abutting a pedestrian mid-block crosswalk shall be treated as corner lots.

(5)

Uninhabitable areas. Lands zoned floodplain under appendix A of this Code or otherwise deemed by the township board, on recommendation from the planning commission, to be uninhabitable, shall not be platted for residential purposes, or for any use that may increase the danger to health, life or property or increase the flood hazard. Such land within a subdivision shall be set aside for other uses, such as parks or other open space.

(6)

Back-up-lots. Lots shall back into such features as freeways, arterial streets, shopping centers or industrial properties, except where there is a marginal access street, or unless a secondary access is provided. Such lots shall contain a landscaped easement along the rear at least 20 feet wide to restrict access to the arterial street, to minimize noise and to protect outdoor living areas. Lots extending through a block and having frontage on two local streets are prohibited.

(7)

Future arrangements. Where parcels of land are subdivided into unusually large lots, such as when large lots are required for septic tank operations, the parcels shall be divided, where feasible, so as to allow for resubdividing of the lots into smaller lots in a logical fashion. Lot arrangements shall allow for the ultimate extension of adjacent streets through the middle of wide blocks. Whenever such future resubdividing or lot splitting is contemplated the plan for such resubdividing or lot splitting shall be approved by the planning commission before application is made to the township board as provided in subsection (8) of this section.

(8)

Lot division.

a.

Prohibition of division. No lot, outlot or other parcel of land located in a recorded plat shall be further partitioned or divided unless such partition or division is first approved by the township board.

b.

Application for permission. Any proprietor who desires to partition or divide a lot, outlot or other parcel of land located in a recorded plat shall first make application to the township board in writing on such application form as shall be provided by the township. Such application shall be filed with the township clerk and shall include a detailed statement of the reasons for the requested partition or division and a sketch map prepared in scale showing the proposed division or partition and all adjoining lots, streets and parcels of land.

c.

Building permit. No building permit shall be issued to any proprietor or his agent or any other person with reference to the lot, outlot or other parcel of land which is to be divided unless the partition or division shall first have been approved by the township board.

d.

Division resulting in smaller area. A division or partition of a lot, outlot or other parcel of land which is not served by public sewer and public water systems and which results in the creation of parcels containing a smaller area or width than is required by the land division act (MCL 560.101 et seq., MSA 26.430(101) et seq.), as amended, may be approved by the township board, in its discretion, provided the parcels created by such division or partition which are smaller than such area and width requirements are contiguous with other lots or parcels owned by the proprietor which, when added to the parcels created by such division or partition, will comply with the area and width requirements of the land division act (MCL 560.101 et seq., MSA 26.430(101) et seq.), as amended. If approval of any such division or partition is granted pursuant to this section, then the parcel established by the division or partition and the contiguous lot or parcel of land required to meet such area and width requirements shall be considered as one building lot and parcel for all purposes and the owner shall, if required, sign an agreement in recordable form to this effect.

e.

Conditions. In granting its approval for any such requested division or partition, the township board may condition its approval with such reasonable conditions as shall be deemed desirable by the township board and which are in accordance with the purposes of the land division act (MCL 560.101 et seq., MSA 26.430(101) et seq.), as amended, as embodied in its preamble.

(9)

Division of unplatted parcel. The division of an unplatted parcel of land into two, three or four lots involving the dedication of a new street, shall require the approval of the township board prior to taking such action. All such applications shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by a drawing of the proposed division. No building or occupancy permit shall be issued in such cases until the township board has approved the division of such land.

(Comp. Ords. 1987, § 17.049; Code 1991, § 13-59)