23 July

Land Planning

What Are Street Sections? In our last post in talking about public and private streets, we referred to the street standards of the local jurisdiction.  In that post, we were primarily discussing the width of public streets as it related …

18 July

Land Planning

Public vs Private Streets? In most site plans and tract maps, I would think that the streets are designed to be “public”, which means that the local jurisdiction will accept the future maintenance responsibility.  If the streets are “private”, it …

11 July

Land Planning

Right-of-Way Dedications? In our last post, we talked about rules of thumb for density relative to lot sizes and product types.  But one key point to remember, particularly with infill projects, is that you need to factor in the loss …