HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1978-16CITY OF PLYMOUTH
ORDINANCE N0, 78-16
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.07 OF
THE CITY CODE RELATING TO CONVEYANCES
BY METES AND BOUNDS
The City Council of the City of Plymouth does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section Amendment of City Code. Section 9.02 of
Chapter VII of the City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"9.02. Conveyance by Metes and Bounds. No
conveyance of land in which the land conveyed is
described by metes and bounds shall be made or
recorded if the parcels described in the conveyance
are less than five (5) acres in area and three
hundred (300) feet in width, or if the conveyance
results in a division into two or more lots or
parcels and any of which are less than five (5)
acres in area and three hundred (300) feet in
width, unless such parcel is a separate parcel of
record at the effective date of this Ordinance.
or unless an agreement to convey such smaller
parcel has been entered into prior to such time
and the instruments showing the agreement to con-
vey is recorded in the office of the Register of
Deeds within one year thereafter. In any case in
which compliance with the foregoing provision
will involve an unnecessary hardship, such con-
veyance shall be presented to the Planning
Commission in the form of a preliminary plat
in conformance with the standards set forth for
preliminary plats, and the Planning Commission
shall first approve the arrangement, sizes and
rel'tionship of proposed tracts, and tracts to be
used as easements or roads shall be so designated.
Unless City Council approval in accordance with the
standards set forth in this Ordinance has been
obtained, building permits will be withheld for
buildings on tracts which have been subdivided
and conveyed by this method and the City may refuse
to take over tracts as streets or roads or to
improve, r.'pair or maintain any such tracts. With
respect to parcels of land of five (5) acres in area
or more and three hundred (300) feet in width or more,
no building or structure shall be coi:structed or
erected on such parcels, nor shall any building per-
mit be issued for the construction or erection of
any building or structure on said parcels unless
such parcels are abutting on a public street."
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Section 2, Effective Date' This ordinance shall be ) �
effective upon its passage by the City Council. �
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Plymouth on /
the 17th day of July, 1078.
ATTEST:
City Clerk