If you own a piece of property say that is 1.80 acres and the zoning requires 1 acres sites, can you sell1 acre and keep the .80 acres for yourself?

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If you own a piece of property say that is 1.80 acres and the zoning requires 1 acres sites, can you sell1 acre and keep the .80 acres for yourself?

A buyer has asked me to sell him 1 acre of a 1.80 acre site. Can I?

Asked on November 8, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Michigan

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

No, you would be unable to obtain a lot split in all likelihood to make two parcels from your 1.80 piece if local zoning requires 1.0 acres minimum. Given this, you cannot do what the buyer wants you to do. The only option would be for you to keep 1.0 acres and do a lot split with the balance (.80 acres) and have the .80 acre parcel added to another parcel more than .20 acres as one new parcel.

The way you have written your question is that there must be presently 1.0 acre minimum sites on any newly created parcels.


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