| As a land developer or a manager of construction | | | | The zoning of the property is what the controlling |
| for a land development project, no difference if | | | | governmental body, whether city, town or |
| you are developing a commercial building or a | | | | county, assigns the type of construction that |
| single custom residential home or a masterplanned | | | | they will permit for the corresponding land. |
| community with several municipalities to please, it | | | | Numerous times this is an expensive and |
| should be kept in mind that there are many | | | | burdensome process including planners, engineers, |
| procedures, processes, and obstacles as you | | | | and lawyers to name a few. Should the builder |
| continue through the process of the development | | | | want to provide a retail center on what the city |
| project. It is pertinent to be conscientious of the | | | | has designated as agricultural land, he can expect |
| issues that could possibly place the project on | | | | an uphill battle not only with the presiding |
| financial uncertainty. | | | | members of the city, but also the local neighbors. |
| Prior to considering any development project and | | | | Zoning consideration should be factored in before |
| distributing monies for that project, it is important | | | | buying the property.o UTILITIES |
| to have the following questions and apprehensions | | | | The location and serviceability of local utilities such |
| answered:o SURVEY | | | | as water, sewer, electric, phone, cable, fire, trash, |
| A record of survey should be provided by the | | | | and police can also be a expensive and protracted |
| seller of the land or by his/her delegate. Should | | | | venture should they not be supplied to the |
| this not be accessible because the present | | | | property. Simple research of the local utility |
| proprietor has not completed this, than it is | | | | providers will get the developer miles ahead in |
| noteworthy that one is completed. The buyer will | | | | understanding what they can build or if it is |
| want to confirm that the price per acre is | | | | reasonable at that time. An example of this could |
| consistent with the acreage of the property and | | | | be that there is water to the property, but not |
| is also consistent with the title report. Another | | | | sufficient pressure in the system requiring booster |
| item to mull over is to have both an ALTA | | | | stations or sewer is located near the property, |
| survey and a topographic survey completed. An | | | | but there is insufficient capacity and thus the |
| ALTA will provide the purchaser with existing | | | | developer would need to increase the capacity at |
| easements, right of ways, and utilities that are | | | | the waste water treatment plant. |
| adjacent or bisect the property. The topographic | | | | There are numerous items to consider as well |
| survey offers a depiction of the contours of the | | | | when establishing the preliminary feasibility of a |
| site and furnishes the buyer a better perspective | | | | development. The present conditions shown in the |
| of high and low points. Having an unknown | | | | survey with utilities and the zoning, a developer |
| easement dedicated or topographic that would be | | | | can get an improved understanding of the |
| impractical to grade could destroy a | | | | likelihood of the forthcoming development. |
| development.o ZONING | | | | |