DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  
BUREAU OF HIGHWAY TECHNICAL SERVICES  
SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND  
(By authority conferred on the departments of treasury, transportation, natural  
resources, and public health by section 105 of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967,  
as amended, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1973-2 and 1973-2a, being  
SS560.105 and 299.11 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Each part of these rules is  
promulgated separately by the department whose name appears in the designation of  
that part.)  
PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  
R 560.201 Submittal to state highway department.  
Rule 201. A preliminary plat shall be submitted to the department of state  
highways when the proposed subdivision would do any of the following:  
(a) Abut a state trunk line highway.  
(b) Include proposed roads, streets or alleys any portion of which are located  
within state trunk line right-of-way or include roads, streets  
or alleys not now  
established as a public use that connect directly to a state trunk line highway.  
(c) Include a portion of the proposed subdivision within the area shown by the plan  
on file to be required for the expansion of an existing state trunk line highway.  
(d) Alter the existing drainage of a state trunk line highway.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 560.202 Streets, roads, and alleys.  
Rule 202. (1) To protect the safety of the motoring public, subdivision streets,  
roads and alleys that connect to a state trunk line highway shall conform to the  
requirements and minimum standards in the department of state highways' manual  
entitled "Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction" and current  
standard plans and standard guides. These requirements will be revised as necessary  
with the most recent dated sheets being applicable.  
(2) Before approving a final plat and when construction of connecting streets is  
completed and the department has received written notice thereof, the department  
within 20 days shall inspect the construction and either approve or disapprove it  
giving written reasons in case of disapproval. In lieu of such construction, the  
department shall accept a certified check, irrevocable bank letter of credit or a  
surety bond acceptable to the department, whichever the proprietor selects.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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R 560.203 Future rights-of-way.  
Rule 203. (1) To provide for expansion and improvement of state trunk line  
highways, when a plat abuts a state trunk line highway or any portion of the plat is within  
the area shown by the plan on file to be required for expansion of an existing state  
trunk line highway, it shall conform to the plan on file.  
(2) The plan on file may be periodically revised in accordance with determined  
long-range trunk line highway needs.  
(3) When a plan abuts a state trunk line limited access highway, it shall include  
a notation that no access to or from the highway is permitted.  
(4) When the future right-of-way required, as shown by the plan on file, is greater  
than the existing right-of-way it shall be dedicated to the public use and so  
designated on the plat. (See figure 1.)  
**** See Figure 1 in attached file labeled "Figures" ****  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 560.204 Drainage.  
Rule 204. (1) When a proposed plat would alter the existing drainage of a state  
trunk line highway, the department of state highways shall request in conjunction with  
the preliminary plat submittal, sufficient information to determine in what way the  
highway drainage would be affected and shall inform the proprietor, in writing, of  
the drainage requirements. Final plat approval shall be conditioned upon meeting  
these  
requirements.  
The drainage requirements shall be based upon the  
department of state highways' drainage policy and guide. These requirements will be  
revised as necessary with the most recent dated sheets being applicable.  
(2) Before approving a final plat and when construction of drainage facilities is  
completed and the department has received written notice thereof, the department  
within 20 days shall inspect the construction and either approve or disapprove it  
giving written reasons in case of disapproval. In lieu of such construction, the  
department shall accept a certified check, irrevocable bank letter of credit, or a  
surety bond acceptable to the department, whichever the proprietor selects.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 560.205 Availability of manuals, plans, and policies.  
Rule 205. The documents and material identified as the plan on file, standard  
specifications for road and bridge construction manual, standard plans and standard  
guides, and the drainage policy and guide shall be available at the department of  
state highways' main office and district offices.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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