Essential Questions 3.1

1. How do you know when the design you’ve chosen for a site is the correct one?

You know if the design that you have chosen is the correct one after study of the land and study of the lands history so that none of your plans interfere with things that have been placed on the land before you were the owner.

2. As a developer for the site, how does knowing about past owners and the uses of

The property help you develop the site?
knowing about the sites past and the past owners can help in developing the site so that when the crew digs for any reason they dont break through things that will cost extra money for you to repair.

3. In what ways do the view of a site, its terrain, the solar aspects, wind, and sound influence site orientation?

Influences from the view of a site, terrain, solar aspects, wind, and sound will affect every plan diferently, because it will all depend on what is going to be built as to how the designer will want to deal with the problems.

4. How does knowing about current neighbors help you in developing a site?

Knowing about current neighbors can help you in developing a site because they may have certain leverage over you such as making you pay them a tax to use their roadway or something along those lines making

5. What difference does it make if you do or do not abide by the regulations and requirements for developing and building property?

The difference is that if the regulations are not followed then the builder can be fined and the building may be torn down and all that was put into the project would be lost.

6. What regulatory agencies should you know? Why is it important to work with them in preparing to develop property?

The local zoning and building committees. And it could help to work with the city council in order to be part of the city.

7. Zoning is not a requirement in all localities. How does zoning help or hinder land development?
Zoning helps development by designating what can and can't be built in and around a property.

8. The environment is affected when land is developed. How does an environmental impact study help or hinder a developer in preparing to develop property?

In some cases this can help the ability for a contractor to build in an area because it may help the environment. However, in most cases if the study shows building may hurt the environment, different paths may have to be taken to replenish the environment in the long term.

9. What do wetlands, covenants, and prior ownership have to do with site selection?

It would be more difficult to build a solid foundation in a swamp, so special procedures would have to be taken to drain the area of all liquids to make it suitable. This could mean a higher cost to build the structure which would make the area less desirable for people to build on. The same would go for previous ownership. Knowing if they had burried gas tanks or oil tanks would make the property less desireable.

10. How did completing a traffic analysis around the property help in providing information about the property?

It will show how many cars travel around the property, and will also outline what the visibility is.

11. As an owner of the property, what issues were of concern to you and may affect the development of the property after you completed the viability analysis?

12. What is the relationship of regulations to the viability analysis?