(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code, rules may be adopted and amended that require a proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening, or extension of any street or road, and involving the establishment of any lot that meets acreage requirements under division (B) of this section, to be submitted to the planning authority having approving jurisdiction of plats under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code for approval without plat in accordance with this section. The rules shall provide that, if the authority acting through a properly designated representative finds that a proposed division is not contrary to any applicable zoning, health, sanitary, or access management regulations, regulations adopted under division (B)(3) of section 307.37 of the Revised Code regarding existing surface or subsurface drainage, including, but not limited to, rules governing household sewage disposal systems, or regulations adopted under division (D) of this section, it shall approve the proposed division within the applicable timeframe listed in division (F) of this section and, on presentation of a conveyance of the parcel, shall stamp the conveyance "approved by (planning authority); no plat required" and have it signed by its clerk, secretary, or other official as may be designated by it. For purposes of this division, "household sewage disposal system" has the same meaning as in section 3709.091 of the Revised Code.

(B) Rules adopted under this section shall designate the size range of parcels to be approved in compliance with this section; parcels may be in a range of not less than four acres and not more than twenty acres. If the designated size range includes any parcels of four to five acres in size, the rules shall state that the proposed division shall not be considered a subdivision for purposes of division (B)(1) of section 711.001 of the Revised Code and need only be approved as specified in division (A) of this section and the rules adopted under this section.

(C) Rules adopted under this section shall exempt from the approval requirements of this section parcels of land to be used only for agricultural or personal recreational purposes. On the presentation of a conveyance of such a parcel, the authority's designated representative shall stamp the conveyance "no approval or plat required under R.C. 711.133 ; for agricultural or personal recreational use only" and have it signed by its clerk, secretary, or other official as the authority may designate. Nothing in this division excludes, or shall be construed as excluding, parcels that are exempt under this division as being used only for agricultural or personal recreational purposes, from the provisions of this chapter for any future divisions or partitions of those parcels.

When parcels of land that are exempt under this division from the approval requirements of this section are subsequently to be used for other than agricultural or personal recreational purposes, the planning authority shall first determine that such a parcel complies with the rules adopted under this section.

(D) Rules adopted under this section may regulate lot frontage and width to depth ratios for parcels to be approved in compliance with this section, but those regulations shall apply to a parcel only if there is no applicable zoning regulation for lot frontage or width to depth ratios that apply to the parcel.

(E) Rules adopted under this section may require the submission of a sketch and other information that is pertinent to the authority's determination under this section.

(F) A proposed division subject to approval in accordance with this section shall be approved within one of the following timeframes:

(1) For proposed divisions into not more than six separate parcels, approval shall be within seven calendar days after its submission.

(2) For proposed divisions into more than six separate parcels but less than fifteen separate parcels, approval shall be within fourteen calendar days after its submission.

(3) For proposed divisions into fifteen parcels or more, approval shall be within twenty-one calendar days after its submission.

Effective Date: 04-15-2005 .