1. Chapter 12 Legal Descriptions and Site Plan Requirements

2. 2 Links for Chapter 12 Legal Descriptions Site Plan Requirements Site Plans

3. 3 Legal Descriptions Legal descriptions are: –Unique to every property –Filed with local jurisdictions –Public records A site is generally referred to as a plot or lot A plat is a map that shows various plots and lots

4. 4 Legal Descriptions Types of legal descriptions: –Metes and Bounds –Rectangular Survey System –Lot and Block

5. 5 Metes and Bounds Metes is referred to as measurements –Measured in feet, yards, rods, or surveyor’s chain Bounds is referred to as boundaries –Boundaries refer to fences, tree lines, or river –Established by bearings

6. 6 Metes and Bounds Begins with a monument known as point-of-bearing such as a rock, tree, or iron rod

7. 7 Rectangular Survey System Uses lines of latitude (parallels) and longitude (meridians) to establish boundaries Latitude - referred to as baselines Longitude - referred to as principal meridians Great land surveys established the boundaries for Ohio and the states eastward

8. 8 Rectangular Survey System

9. 9 Great land surveys were broken into townships measuring 6 square miles Ranges were used to measure townships –T.7.S means Township #7 South –R.2.E means Range #2 East –This is the location for a township 36 square miles

10. 10 Rectangular Survey System Townships were further divided into 1 square mile areas known as a section –Each section is numbered from 1 to 36 Sections are divided into 640 acres each measuring 43,560 sq. ft. Sections can also be divided into quarters that contain 160 acres

11. 11 Rectangular Survey System

12. 12 Lot and Block System Each portion of land is divided into building lots –Lots vary in size depending on the property and owner –A subdivision contains many block that are further divided into lots

13. 13 Site Plan Requirements Topography - A physical description of the land showing elevations and other physical features Contour lines are used to show terrain –Close lines indicate a steep grade –Farther lines indicate a gentle grade –The contour interval is the vertical distance between contour lines

14. 14 Site Plan Requirements

15. 15 Site Plans A site plan gives a: –legal description of the land –Property line bearings, directions, and north –Scale of the plan –Existing and proposed structures and physical features with utilities –Setbacks and topography

16. 16 Grading Plan Grading Plans show changes to the topography A profile is shown as a cross section

17. 17 Site Analysis Plan Site analysis plan shows the relationship of the proposed site to adjacent sites including: –A vicinity map with scale and north direction –Site features with boundaries –Traffic and pedestrian patterns –Contour lines –Solar orientation and prevailing winds

18. 18 Site Analysis Plan

19. 19 Subdivision Plans These plans show a variety of information about how plots will be divided

20. 20 Planned Unit Development A vicinity map is used to show large areas and the location of the development