HOUSE BILL No. 4348

 

February 28, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Nesbitt and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     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), 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 or

 

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 does not be counted count

 

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 shall not be further partitioned or split

 

without being subject except pursuant to the platting requirements

 

of this act , except in accordance with the provisions of or as

 

provided in subsection (5) or (7).

 

     (7) The partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract is not

 

subject to the platting requirements of this act or the

 

requirements of subsections (1) to (6) or section 109 if all of the

 

following apply:

 

     (a) The parcel or tract is not more than 100 acres in size.

 

     (b) The parcel or tract is owned by a school district or

 

intermediate school district.

 

     (c) The school district or intermediate school district uses

 

the resulting parcels for an educational purpose.

 

     (d) The school district or intermediate school district does

 

not use or sell the resulting parcels for profit.