HOUSE BILL No. 4945

 

June 15, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hune and Gosselin and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 288, entitled

 

"Land division act,"

 

by amending section 108 (MCL 560.108), as added by 1996 PA 591.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 108. (1) A division is not subject to the platting

 

requirements of this act.

 

     (2)  Subject to subsection (3)  Except as otherwise provided

 

in this section, the division, together with any previous divisions

 

of the same parent parcel or parent tract, shall result in a number

 

of parcels not more than the sum of the following, as applicable:

 

     (a) For the first 10 acres or fraction thereof in the parent

 

parcel or parent tract, 4 parcels.

 

     (b) For each whole 10 acres in excess of the first 10 acres in

 


the parent parcel or parent tract, 1 additional parcel, for up to a

 

maximum of 11 additional parcels.

 

     (c) For each whole 40 acres in excess of the first 120 acres

 

in the parent parcel or parent tract, 1 additional parcel.

 

     (3) For a parent parcel or parent tract of not less than 20

 

acres, the division may result in a total of 2 parcels in addition

 

to those permitted by subsection (2) if 1 or both of the following

 

apply:

 

     (a) Because of the establishment of 1 or more new roads, no

 

new driveway accesses to an existing public road for any of the

 

resulting parcels under subsection (2) or this subsection are

 

created or required.

 

     (b) One of the resulting parcels under subsection (2) and this

 

subsection comprises not less than 60% of the area of the parent

 

parcel or parent tract.

 

     (4) A parcel of 40 acres or more created by the division of a

 

parent parcel or parent tract shall not be counted toward the

 

number of parcels permitted under subsections (2) and (3) and is

 

not subject to section 109, if the parcel is accessible.

 

     (5) A parcel or tract created by an exempt split or a division

 

is not a new parent parcel or parent tract and may be further

 

partitioned or split without being subject to the platting

 

requirements of this act if all of the following requirements are

 

met:

 

     (a) Not less than 10 years have elapsed since the parcel or

 

tract was recorded.

 

     (b) The partitioning or splitting results in not more than the

 


following number of parcels, whichever is less:

 

     (i) Two parcels for the first 10 acres or fraction thereof in

 

the parcel or tract plus 1 additional parcel for each whole 10

 

acres in excess of the first 10 acres in the parcel or tract.

 

     (ii) Seven parcels or 10 parcels if one of the resulting

 

parcels under this subsection comprises not less than 60% of the

 

area of the parcel or tract being partitioned or split.

 

     (c) The partitioning or splitting satisfies the requirements

 

of section 109.

 

     (6) A parcel or tract created under the provisions of

 

subsection (5) may not be further partitioned or split without

 

being subject to the platting requirements of this act, except in

 

accordance with the provisions of subsection (5).

 

     (7) If a parcel will remain perpetually in an undeveloped

 

state under a conservation easement, plat dedication, restrictive

 

covenant, or other legal means that run with the land, pursuant to

 

a zoning ordinance provision adopted under, or described in,

 

section 16h(1) or (4) of the county zoning act, 1943 PA 183, MCL

 

125.216h, section 16h(1) or (4) of the township zoning act, 1943 PA

 

184, MCL 125.286h, or section 4f(1) or (4) of the city and village

 

zoning act, 1921 PA 207, MCL 125.584f, that parcel shall not be

 

counted toward the number of parcels permitted under subsections

 

(2) and (3).