Michigan Laws 560.120 – Final approval; proprietor’s rights and duties; procedure; time period; extension
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 560.120
- Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. 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
- Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- 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
(1) After the preliminary plat is approved or is approved subject to conditions pursuant to section 113 to 119, the proprietor shall do all of the following:
(a) Submit to the clerk of the governing body of the municipality a list of all authorities required by section 113 to 119 to review the preliminary plat, certifying that the list shows all authorities as required by sections 113 to 119.
(b) Submit all written approvals to the clerk of the governing body.
(2) The governing body of the municipality, after receipt of the necessary approved copies of the preliminary plat, shall do all of the following:
(a) Consider and review the preliminary plat at its next meeting, or within 20 days from the date of submission, and approve it if the proprietor has met all conditions laid down by the municipality for approval of the preliminary plat.
(b) Instruct the clerk to promptly notify the proprietor of approval or rejection in writing and, if rejected, to give the reasons.
(c) Instruct the clerk to note all proceedings in the minutes of the meeting which minutes shall be open for inspection.
(3) Final approval of the preliminary plat under this section confers upon the proprietor for a period of 2 years from date of approval the conditional right that the general terms and conditions under which preliminary plat approval was granted will not be changed. The 2-year period may be extended if applied for by the proprietor and granted by the governing body in writing. Written notice of the extension shall be sent by the governing body to the other approving authorities.