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A typical analysis of build-out might start with 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of land with a proposed density of 4 dwelling units per acre. A simple multiplication (10x4) would produce a build-out of 40 units. A more complex analysis might deduct .75 acres (3,000 m 2) for 660 feet (200 m) of 50-foot (15 m) road right-of-way (ROW).
One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...
A lot has defined boundaries (or borders) which are documented somewhere, but the boundaries need not be shown on the land itself. Most lots are small enough to be mapped as if they are flat, in spite of the curvature of the Earth. A characteristic of the size of a lot is its area. The area is typically determined as if the land is flat and ...
No matter the size, a backyard situation isn’t a proper hangout spot without a bona fide bar cart. Set up a chic drink station atop a weather-withstanding support—anything, really, will do.
In the original Homestead Act of 1862, during the Lincoln administration, each settler was allocated 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land, a quarter-section. Later amendments of the Homestead Act allocated more land, as much as 640 acres (2.6 km 2), a section. This was a good revision to apply to land that was drier or more desolate than the earlier ...
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The lot and block survey system is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land, particularly for lots in densely populated metropolitan areas, suburban areas and exurbs. It is sometimes referred to as the recorded plat survey system or the recorded map survey system .
Southeast from Malibu, across acres of charred, still-smoking wasteland, the Nguyen family looked on with horror at the remains of the house they had called home for 19 years in Pacific Palisades.