LAND DIVISION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 288 of 1967 PRELIMINARY PLATS

560.111 Preliminary plat; specifications; requirements; preapplication review meeting.

Sec. 111.

(1) Before making or submitting a final plat for approval, the proprietor shall make a preliminary plat and submit copies to authorities as provided in this section and sections 112 to 119. A preliminary plat shall show the name, location, and position of the subdivision and the subdivision plan and layout in sufficient detail on a topographic map to enable a determination of whether the subdivision meets requirements for lots, streets, roads, and highways including drainage and floodplains.

(2) The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of not more than 200 feet to 1 inch and may be an original drawing or reproduction, on unbacked paper. It shall contain proper identification of the parcel of land to be divided, the name of the plat and proposed division of the land, the name and address of the proprietor and the name, address and seal of the surveyor who prepared it, all legibly printed or typewritten. Additional preliminary land development plans may be made by other qualified persons to assist approving authorities to visualize the type and scope of the development planned.

(3) The proprietor may request that a preapplication review meeting take place by submitting a written request to the chairperson of the county plat board and submitting copies of a concept plan for the preliminary plat to the municipality and to each officer or agency entitled to review the preliminary plat under sections 113 to 118. A preapplication review meeting shall take place not later than 30 days after the written request and concept plan are received. The meeting shall be attended by the proprietor, representatives of each officer or agency entitled to review the preliminary plat under sections 113, 114, and 118, and a representative of the municipality. Representatives of each agency entitled to review the preliminary plat under sections 115 to 117 shall be informed of the meeting and may attend. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct an informal review of the proprietor's concept plan for the preliminary plat.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.112 Preliminary plat; tentative approval; time period; extension.

Sec. 112.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 4 but not more than 10 copies of the preliminary plat and other data to the clerk of the municipality.

(2) The governing body shall tentatively approve and note its approval on the copy of the preliminary plat, or tentatively approve it subject to conditions and note its approval and conditions on the copy of the preliminary plat, to be returned to the proprietor, or set forth in writing its reasons for rejection and requirements for tentative approval, within the following time period, as applicable:

(a) Within 60 days after it was submitted to the clerk, if a preapplication review meeting was conducted under section 111(3).

(b) Within 90 days after it was submitted to the clerk, if a preapplication review meeting was not conducted under section 111(3).

(3) The governing body may require the submission of other related data as it deems necessary, if the requirement for such data has previously been adopted and published.

(4) Tentative approval under this section confers upon the proprietor for a period of 1 year from date, approval of lot sizes, lot orientation, and street layout, and application of the then-current subdivision regulations. The tentative approval may be extended if applied for by the proprietor and granted by the governing body in writing.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.112a Preliminary plat; submission of copies to officer or agency; review and action; time period.

Sec. 112a.

After the tentative approval by the governing body under section 112, the proprietor shall submit copies of a preliminary plat to each officer or agency entitled to receive those copies under sections 113 to 118 for their simultaneous review and action within the 30-day time period prescribed in sections 113 to 118.

History: Add. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.113 Preliminary plat; county road commissioner's approval or rejection.

Sec. 113.

(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 sections 114 to 115 and 117 to 119.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.114 Preliminary plat; county drain commissioner's approval or rejection.

Sec. 114.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of the preliminary plat to the county drain commissioner, if there is a county drain commissioner.

(2) The county drain commissioner or, if there is no drain commissioner, the governing body may require a topographic map showing direction of storm water drainage both within the lands proposed to be subdivided and from the land as subdivided.

(3) The county drain commissioner or governing body, 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 drain commissioner or governing body 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 sections 113 to 115 and 117 to 119.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.115 Preliminary plat; state transportation department's approval or rejection.

Sec. 115.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of the preliminary plat to the state transportation department, if any of the proposed subdivision includes or abuts a state trunk line highway or includes streets or roads that connect with or lie within the right-of-way of state trunk line highways.

(2) The state transportation department, 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 department 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 sections 113 to 115 and 117 to 119.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.116 Preliminary plat; department of environmental quality's approval or rejection.

Sec. 116.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of the preliminary plat to the department of environmental quality for information purposes, if the land proposed to be subdivided abuts a lake or stream or abuts an existing or proposed channel or lagoon affording access to a lake or stream where public rights may be affected.

(2) The department, within 30 days after receipt of the preliminary plat, shall place the proprietor, the governing body of the municipality, and the county plat board on notice in writing if it has any objections or may furnish such information to each as may be helpful or necessary in its opinion to adequately plan the development and secure approval of the final plat.

(3) Copies of the letters required under subsection (2) shall be sent to the department of labor and economic growth.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.117 Preliminary plat; approval or rejection; fees; disposition of fees.

Sec. 117.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of the preliminary plat to the department of environmental quality, if any of the subdivision lies wholly or in part within the floodplain of a river, stream, creek, or lake. The department of environmental quality, 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 department of environmental quality shall note its approval on the copy to be returned to the proprietor. If the department of environmental quality approves the preliminary plat subject to conditions or rejects the preliminary plat, the department shall give the reasons for rejection and requirements for approval in writing to the proprietor and to each of the other officers and agencies to which the proprietor was required to submit the preliminary plat under sections 113 to 115 and 117 to 119. The determination of a floodplain area shall be based on rules specified in section 105(f).

(2) The preliminary plat submittal to the department of environmental quality under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a fee of $500.00 to cover the administrative cost of the department's preliminary plat review. If the department of environmental quality determines that engineering computations are required to establish the limits of the floodplain on a preliminary plat, the department shall assess an additional fee of $1,500.00 to cover the department's cost of establishing those limits.

(3) The department of environmental quality shall forward fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the land and water management permit fee fund created in section 30113 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.30113.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 150, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 172, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1995 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 549, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.118 Preliminary plat; health department's approval or rejection.

Sec. 118.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of the preliminary plat to the health department having jurisdiction, if public water and public sewers are not available and accessible to the land proposed to be subdivided.

(2) The health department, within 30 days after receipt of the preliminary plat, shall approve it, approve it subject to conditions, or reject all or any portion of the proposed subdivision that is not suitable. If the preliminary plat is approved, the health department shall note its approval on the copy to be returned to the proprietor. If all or any portion of the preliminary plat is approved subject to conditions or is rejected, the health department shall give its reasons for rejection and requirements for approval in writing to the proprietor, the governing body, and each of the other officers and agencies to which the proprietor was required to submit the preliminary plat under sections 113 to 115 and 117 to 119.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Aug. 14, 1969 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.119 Preliminary plat; submission to county plat board and public utilities.

Sec. 119.

The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of the preliminary plat to the county plat board and to the public utilities serving the area for informational purposes.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

560.120 Final approval; proprietor's rights and duties; procedure; time period; extension.

Sec. 120.

(1) After the preliminary plat is approved or is approved subject to conditions pursuant to sections 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 sections 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.

(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.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Aug. 14, 1969 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Popular Name: Plat Act
Popular Name: Subdivision Control

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