§ 8.01. SPLITTING PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENTS.

A. [Application.] Any person wishing to split an acreage parcel into one or more parcels of land, any of which shall be ten acres or less in size, or any person wishing to split a platted lot, outlot or other parcel of land in a recorded plat shall submit to the City Assessor written application for parcel splitting, along with any required fees, and five copies of the proposed split and site plan for development of the property.

B. Duties of the Assessor. The City Assessor shall request a review and recommendation of the resultant split and site plan by the City Planner and City Engineer in order to determine its compliance with this ordinance, all other applicable city ordinances, all city rules and regulations and with Public Act 288 of 1967. If the resultant split is in conformance with all regulations, ordinances and conditions, the Assessor shall have the authority to authorize the requested split. The Assessor shall inform the Building Department, Engineering Department and Planning Department of his or her action.

C. [Taxes, assessments, etc., to be paid]. No lot or acreage parcel shall be split until all taxes, special assessments and other delinquent accounts on the land, including but not limited to weed cutting, water bills and capital charges, have been paid in full. A receipt for said payments must be submitted with the proposed split plan.

D. [Frontage on public streets.] No lot or acreage parcel in a one family residential or two family residential zoning district shall be split unless the resultant parcels have frontage on a public street to the extent required by the zoning ordinance.

(Ord. No. 196-A, § 1, 10-16-79)