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Village of New Haven, MI
Macomb County
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This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Engineering Standards Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control all land development within the Village of New Haven and to promote the safety, public health, and general welfare of residents of the Village; to provide minimum requirements for site improvements for land development; to establish standards for engineering design and detailed engineering plans and specifications for site improvements; to provide for construction standards for land development site improvements; to promote the orderly layout and use of land; and to control building development within the floodplain areas.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to, and in accordance with, Act 246, Michigan Public Acts of 1945,[1] as amended, and Act 288, Michigan Public Acts of 1967,[2] as amended, and should be read in conjunction with Chapter 160, Building Construction; Chapter 264, Floodplain Management; Chapter 455, Subdivision Regulations; Chapter 495, Water and Sewers; and Chapter 515, Zoning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 41.181 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See MCLA § 560.101 et seq.
A. 
This chapter applies to all land development causing or requiring the reshaping, grading or regrading of such land. The proposed installation of any improvements, including, but not limited to, public utilities such as gas piping, electric or telephone wiring (underground or overhead), oil piping, television cable, regional water supply transmission mains, regional sanitary sewer interceptors, and/or drainage facilities, is subject to the provisions herein contained.
B. 
Site grading, including fill and excavation, and site drainage requirements apply to all land within the Village. This chapter shall not apply retroactively to the development of land (except that any redevelopment or new construction shall comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter), including:
(1) 
Subdivisions or developments completed prior to the effective date hereto.
(2) 
A single parcel or a single lot in a subdivision recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter, intended for only a one- or two-family dwelling unit.
(3) 
Agricultural purposes.
C. 
This chapter does not repeal, abrogate, annul, or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws, ordinances or regulations, except as hereinafter provided. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction or more demanding requirement upon land than is imposed or required by other ordinances of the Village, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
This chapter shall be administered by a Village employee or employees designated by the Village of New Haven Council.