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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
6
Legal Ordinance No. 136 regulates land subdivision in the City of Sakine. It requires preliminary and final plats, sets minimum design standards and improvements, outlines city council procedures, and prescribes penalties for violations.
The ordinance shall be known and cited as the Sub division Ordinance of the City of Saline. It establishes subdivision regulations and official naming for city planning actions.
The ordinance interpretation and application set the minimum requirements for public health safety and welfare. It aims to protect the public by ensuring a permanently wholesome community environment, adequate municipal services, and safe streets.
The ordinance states it does not apply to parcels formed before its effective date and does not repeal other laws except where explicitly repealed. It defines terms such as Collector Street Cul de Sac Marginal Access Street Minor Street Width and Subdivider and clarifies what constitutes a subdivision including how it applies to land divisions and development paths.
Section Four approves agency provisions stating the City Council will administer the ordinance.
Definitions for City Saline City Council Final Plat Lot Master Plan Official Map Owner Preliminary Plat Streets Alleys Arterial Street as used in the ordinance. It clarifies terms for subdivision planning including subdivision plats and street classifications.
The ordinance requires subdivisions to conform to the rules, prohibits recording or sale of unapproved plats, and withholds public improvements from unapproved subdivisions. It also outlines fees, permit bans, and revision procedures. The filing fee is $60 per preliminary plat.
Section Eight outlines preliminary plat requirements for subdivisions. It specifies map content to aid City Council assessment under Act 172 PA 1929 Michigan, preparation by a registered engineer or surveyor, and filing timing with multiple plat copies two weeks before the City Council meeting.
City Council sets filing conditions for preliminary plats and timelines. It may issue notices and hearings, require cooperation from City officials, and approve, modify or disapprove within 30 days. Approved plats grant six months to finalize terms. final plats must meet improvements or bond requirements.
The process requires filing a final plat with the City Council within six months of preliminary approval, plus cross sections, construction drawings, and a utilities map certified by the City Superintendent. Final plats must be reviewed by city officials before a hearing, with action within 30 days of filing or deemed approved, and photolitho prints furnished upon recording.
The text details subdivision street design including alignment with official maps, continuity with adjoining streets, projection into uns labeled land, and carrying streets to tract boundaries. It sets jog limits, cul de sacs, marginal access requirements, minimum widths, intersections, deflections, curves, parceling for future streets, reserve strips, grades, and railroad adjacencies.
The text outlines street layouts including fronting of lots, half-streets prohibition, street naming, and access across ditches. It details alley rules in commercial areas, easements for utilities and drainage, block dimensions and crosswalks, lot dimensions and frontage, corner lot rules, and minimum standards for monuments, paving, curbs, sidewalks, street signs, lighting, water supply, and sanitary sewer connections.
The proposed subdivision must align with the Master Plan and Official Map. Street layout including arrangement character width grade and location shall conform to the Official Map and Master Plan.
City Council may require parcels for parks schools or other public uses within a subdivision. Dedicating space is deemed necessary for public health and welfare but does not constitute city acceptance of the dedication.
Section Eleven outlines required map size and scales for preliminary plats, content details including subdivision name adjacent property owners, survey data, drainage, vicinity sketch, and drafting details. It also specifies proposals for streets and public use areas and a general statement on proposed lot use and traffic impacts.
Section Thirteen outlines when the City Council may grant variances for land use and subdivision plans. It details criteria including hardship, preservation of property rights, public welfare impact, and conditions for a complete neighborhood with adequate spaces and circulation.
The fragment outlines a proposed covenant covering water supply restrictions and provisions for sewage, drainage and flood control. It notes possible zoning bans and a proposed zones plan for areas with dimensions.
Section clarifies the final plat form as required by Act 179 of 1929 as amended. It specifies Section Twelve and notes conformity with Michigan law for subdivision plats.
Ordinance section states that violating provisions or failing to comply is a misdemeanor with a fine up to 100 dollars or imprisonment up to 90 days or both.
The ordinance contains a severability clause stating that if any part is declared invalid by a court the rest remains valid. It specifies that only the invalid portion is affected. The clause preserves the ordinance’s overall validity.
Municipal notice states that all ordinances or parts in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed. The text conveys a general repeal of conflicting rules, typical of formal legal revisions.
The ordinance becomes effective ten days after legal publication and was adopted at a special city council meeting held September 19 1956. Mayor Henry Leutheuser and Clerk E J Muir presided with five affirmative votes and no nays.
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