Site Plan Requirements and Layout Quiz
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Legal Description & Site Plan Requirements and Layout Quiz
Name:______
1. Which plan shows the location of a house from an areal view. a. floor plan b. electrical plan c. plot plan d. foundation plan
2. List the 15 items on a site plan:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
3. T/F Floor joist spacing is shown on a plot plan.
4. T/F The site plan should identify trees that are to remain on the site after construction.
5. Briefly define the term easement:
6. Define the term “setback”:
7. Briefly define the following terms:
Plat:
Plot: 8. Name three basic types of legal descriptions.
a.
b.
c.
9. Metes are: ______
10. Bounds are: ______
11. Metes are measured in ______,______,______, and ______.
12. One rod is equivalent to ______yards or ______feet.
13. One surveyor's chain is equivalent to ______feet.
14. T/F Property boundaries are sometimes established as bearings, the bearing being a direction with reference to one of the quadrants of the compass.
15. There are ______minutes in one degree and ______seconds in an angular minute.
16. T/F Bearings are measured either clockwise or counterclockwise from either North or South.
17. The metes and bounds land survey begins with a monument known as ______.
18. If the property corner begins or ends on a bench mark it is usually identified with a special ______.
19. In great land surveys, the imaginary parallel lines running East and West are called lines of latitude and are also called ______. Imaginary lines running North and South are called lines of longitude and are also called ______.
20. The point of beginning of each great land survey is where two basic reference lines cross. The lines of latitude (parallels), are termed the ______, and the lines of longitude (meridians), are called ______.
21. The baselines and meridians were divided into blocks called ______.
22. Each township measures ______square miles.
23. The townships are numbered by ______and ______.
24. Tiers run ______or ______of a principal base line.
25. Ranges run ______or ______of a principal meridian.
26. Townships are broken down into one mile by one mile areas called ______.
27. One acre equals ______square feet and one section of land contains ______acres.
28. Each section is divided into ______quarters. 29. Each quarter is divided again into 4 ______.
30. ______are divided into each quarter section.
31. Define the lot and block system:
32. A ______is established as a legal plot and recorded in the local county records.
33. The subdivision is given a name and broken into blocks of ______.
34. Briefly define topography:
35. Briefly define contour lines:
36. The vertical distance between contour lines is known as ______.
37. T/F When contour lines are very close together they represent a relatively flat or gentile sloping land area.
38. T/F In most cases the only contour-related information required for a plot plan is property corner elevations, street elevation at a driveway, and the elevation of the finished floor levels of the structure. Slope may be defined and labeled with an arrow.
39. When designing your site you should plan for a minimum driveway slope of ______inch per foot
40. A single-car driveway should be a minimum of ______feet wide and a double-car driveway should be a minimum of ______feet wide.
41. The minimum turn radius for a driveway should be ______feet although ______feet would be preferred if space permits.
42. Which of the following would be a system that you would put in if there wasn't a community sewer system. a. septic b. private waste c. leach d. gravity