Land Division Act State of MICHIGAN

LAND DIVISION ACT

Act 288 of 1967

AN ACT to regulate the division of land; to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to further the orderly layout and use of land; to require that the land be suitable for building sites and public improvements and that there be adequate drainage of the land; to provide for proper ingress and egress to lots and parcels; to promote proper surveying and monumenting of land subdivided and conveyed by accurate legal descriptions; to provide for the approvals to be obtained prior to the recording and filing of plats and other land divisions; to provide for the establishment of special assessment districts and for the imposition of special assessments to defray the cost of the operation and maintenance of retention basins for land within a final plat; to establish the procedure for vacating, correcting, and revising plats; to control residential building development within floodplain areas; to provide for reserving easements for utilities in vacated streets and alleys; to provide for the filing of amended plats; to provide for the making of assessors plats; to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 529, Eff. Mar.

1983;-- Am. 1991, Act 59, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1991 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 591, Eff.

Mar. 31, 1997

Popular Name: Plat Act

Popular Name: Subdivision Control

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

GENERAL PROVISIONS

560.101 Short title.

Sec. 101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “land division act”.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 591, Eff. Mar. 31,

1997

Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of the State Treasurer

relative to subdivision control to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No.

1980-1, compiled at § 16.732 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Popular Name: Plat Act

Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.102 Definitions.

Sec. 102.

As used in this act:

(a) “Plat” means a map or chart of a subdivision of land.

(b) “Land” means all land areas occupied by real property.

(j) “Accessible”, in reference to a parcel, means that the parcel meets 1 or both of

the following requirements:

(i) Has an area where a driveway provides vehicular access to an existing road or

street and meets all applicable location standards of the state transportation

department or county road commission under Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of

1969, being sections 247.321 to 247.329 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and of

the city or village, or has an area where a driveway can provide vehicular access to

an existing road or street and meet all such applicable location standards.

(ii) Is served by an existing easement that provides vehicular access to an existing

road or street and that meets all applicable location standards of the state

transportation department or county road commission under Act No. 200 of the

Public Acts of 1969 and of the city or village, or can be served by a proposed

easement that will provide vehicular access to an existing road or street and that

will meet all such applicable location standards.

560.103 Subdivisions of land; surveys and plats, requirements.

Sec. 103.

(1) An exempt split is not subject to approval under this act so long as the

resulting parcels are accessible. A division is not subject to the platting

requirements of this act but subject to the requirements of sections 108 and 109. A

subdivision is subject to the platting requirements of this act.

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