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Commission reviews private-road wording, lot access standards and water-access statute language
Summary
Members recommended removing potentially prescriptive language about private roads and aligning water-access wording with state subdivision statute (including a referenced 60-foot access in statute); they flagged definitional uncertainty around "navigable" and public-access requirements.
As the Commission reviewed subdivision-related sections, members questioned draft language that could be read as obligating townships to accept private roads and suggested removing or clarifying the second sentence in the draft's road-dedication section. Several commissioners recommended leaving final acceptance of roads to the municipality and emphasized that the ordinance should not obligate townships to take over privately maintained roads by default.
The group also examined a statute cross-reference that requires subdivisions abutting a lake or navigable stream to provide public access (the draft cites a 60-foot minimum access in the referenced statute). Commissioners asked staff to confirm the statute's exact wording and to clarify the definition of "navigable" before embedding it in county language.
