Michigan Laws 560.113 – Preliminary plat; county road commissioner’s approval or rejection
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 560.113
- Engineer: means a civil engineer who is a professional engineer licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Preliminary plat: means a map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Proprietor: means a natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- subdivision: 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 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of this act by section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
(1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of the preliminary plat to the engineer or chairman of the county road commission if the proposed subdivision includes or abuts roads under the commission’s jurisdiction.
(2) The county road commission may also require to be submitted with the preliminary plat a topographic map showing direction of drainage and proposed widths of roads under its jurisdiction or to come under its jurisdiction and private roads in unincorporated areas.
(3) The county road commission, within 30 days after receipt of the preliminary plat, shall approve it, approve it subject to conditions, or reject it. If the preliminary plat is approved, the county road commission shall note its approval on the copy to be returned to the proprietor. If the preliminary plat is approved subject to conditions or rejected, the reasons for rejection and requirements for approval shall be given in writing to the proprietor and each of the other officers and agencies to which the proprietor was required to submit the preliminary plat under section 114 to 115 and 117 to 119.