What is a subdivision?
Generally speaking, it is the division of a tract of land into two or more lots (the number of lots includes the lot that remains from the division). (back to top) _________________________________________________________ 2. Are there any county regulations that apply when buying or selling land? Answer : If the sale of land involves the splitting of property so that the parcel being sold has a separate legal description, the county and cities have applicable regulations. For land within the City of Fargo, or extraterritorial (ET) boundary, contact the Fargo Planning Office at (701) 241-1474. For land within the City of West Fargo, or extraterritorial (ET) boundary, contact the West Fargo Planning Office at (701) 282-3837. For rural property, contact the County Planner at (701) 298-2375 or visit the Planning Page.
Subdivision is the division of a parcel of land, whether improved or unimproved, into three (3) or more lots or parcels of land, for the purpose, where immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise, lease, map, plat or other recorded instrument or if the establishment of a new street is involved, any division of such parcel. The term shall not mean the division of land into parcels of more than ten (10) acres not involving any change in street lines; the transfer of property by sale or gift or testate succession by the property owner to his or her spouse or lineal descendants; the transfer of property between tenants in common for the purpose of dissolving the tenancy in common among those tenants. The term includes a resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
A subdivision is a concept most people in North America are familiar with because they live in one. Subdivision refers to the act of dividing large areas of land into areas that are easier to develop and subsequently sell as well as to the completed area itself. A housing subdivision is also commonly known as a plat. The subdivision as we know it today first got underway in 1926, when the Advisory Committee on City Planning and Zoning formed the Standard City Planning Enabling Act (SCPEA). The SCPEA was responsible for defining subdivisions and organizing the plans that have since created many of the cities and townships we live in today. The SCPEA defines “subdivision” as any plot or parcel of land that is divided into two or more plots or parcels for the purpose of sale and/or development. After the SCPEA was created, towns, cities, and communities began to develop in record numbers. Rural areas began to be developed to include several houses on individual lots. The creation of subdi
