Weekend Cabin Retreat Project
Site Plans
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Cabin Project
 Site
Plan/Bubble Diagram - Assignment
 1”=10’-0”
 Floor
 1/4’
Plan - Assignment
= 1’-0”
 Foundation
 1/4’
 Front
 1/4’
= 1’-0”
and Side Elevations - Assignment
= 1’-0”
 Building
 1/4’
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Plan - Assignment
and Wall Section - Assignment
= 1’-0”
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 1.
Select a piece of property.
 Use
the parcel map.
 Location can be anywhere in the US.
 Sketch the lot information. You will need it
to draw your site plan.
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 2.
Review the three cabin plans and
select one you wish to remodel.
 The
Willow.
 The Woodland Cottage.
 The Meadow Vista.
 Review
the instructions on the cabin plan
sheet before you start your design.
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 3.
Determine the configuration of your
site.
- both “Bad” and “Good” View
 Winds - both “Harsh” and “Friendly”
 Contour Lines
 Vegetation
 Location
 Views
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 3.
Create a site plan of the property you
selected.
 Draw
ONLY items A, B, and C (!)
 When
completed MAKE A BLUELINE
PRINT.
 Keep
the original vellum in a safe place.
You will use it to complete Assignment #23.
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 4.
Using your blueline print:
 A.
Add bubbles to indicate rooms.
 Label
them according to the room or area
they represent.
 Refer to your cabin plan.
 The
bubble diagram and your cabin floor plan
must agree!
 B.
Add the additional bedroom and bath
as bubbles. (the remodel)
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Cabin Project - Bubble Diagram
 4.
Using your blueline print:
 Add
 A.
Formal entrances (Large arrow)
 B. Informal entrances (Smaller arrow)
 C. Walkways - outdoor decks and paths
 D. Location of driveways and parking.
 E. Arrows indicating access between
rooms.
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Site Plan/Bubble Diagram Assignment
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Cabin Project
 5.
Sketch a floor plan of your cabin on
1/4” graph paper.
 Do
a sketch FIRST!
 Make
sure the layout is what you want
BEFORE you draw it on vellum!
 Scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”.
 Rooms must be in same location as on bubble
diagram.
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Cabin Project
 6.
Draw a floor plan of your cabin on
18” x 24” vellum.
- 1/4” = 1’-0”.
 Make any desired design changes at this
stage.
 REVIEW SYMBOLS from handout (doors,
windows, etc) BEFORE drawing final draft.
 Label all rooms, decks, and fixtures.
 Scale
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Floor Plan Assignment
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Foundation Plan
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Front & Side Elevations Assignment
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Building & Wall Sections Assignment
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Chapter 12
Legal Descriptions and Site Plan
Requirements
Sacramento City College
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Legal Descriptions
 Virtually
every piece of property in the
United States is described for legal
purposes.
 Descriptions
descriptions.
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are referred to as legal
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Legal Descriptions
 Every
legal description is unique and
cannot be confused with any other
property.
 Legal
descriptions of properties are filed
in local jurisdictions,
 County
 All
or
other 49 states.
 Parish
courthouses.
 Louisiana.
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Legal Descriptions
 Legal
descriptions are public records
and may be reviewed at any time.
 Legal
descriptions are usually kept at
the local government office
 City
 County
 State
 Federal
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Legal Descriptions-Site
A
site is
 An
area of land
 Generally one plot or construction lot in
size.
 The
term site is synonymous (means
the same) with plot and lot.
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Legal Descriptions-Site
A
plat is a map of part of a city or
township showing some specific area,
such as a subdivision made up of
several individual lots.
 There
a plat.
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are usually many sites or plots in
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Legal Descriptions-Site
 There
are three basic types of legal
descriptions:
 1.
metes and bounds
 2. rectangular survey system
 3. lot and block.
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Metes and Bounds System
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Metes and Bounds System
 Metes,
or measurements,
 and
 bounds,
or boundaries,
 may be used to identify the perimeters
of any property.
 This
is referred to as the metes and
bounds system.
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Metes and Bounds System
 The
metes are measured in
 Feet
 Yards
 Rods
(rd)
 Surveyor's chains (ch).
 There
are
3
feet in 1 yard
 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet in one rod
 66 feet' in one surveyor's chain.
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Metes and Bounds System
 The
boundaries may be
 A street
 A fence
 A river.
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Metes and Bounds System
 Boundaries
bearings.
are also established as
 Bearings
are directions with reference
to one quadrant of the compass.
 There
are 360O in a circle or compass.
 Each quadrant has 900.
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Metes and Bounds System
 Degrees
seconds.
 There
are divided into minutes and
are
minutes (60') in 10 (degree) and
 60 seconds (60") in 1’ (minute).
 60
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Metes and Bounds System
 Bearings
are measured clockwise or
counterclockwise from north or south.
 For
example, a reading 450 from north
to west is labeled N 450 W.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.1.
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Figure 12.1
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Metes and Bounds System
 If
a bearing reading requires great
accuracy, fractions of a degree are
used.
 For
example,
 S 30O 20' 10" E
from south 30 degrees 20
minutes 10 seconds to east.
 Reads:
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Metes and Bounds System
 The
metes and bounds land survey
begins with a monument, known as the
point-of-beginning (POB).
 This
point is a fixed location. Can be:
 A pile
of rocks
 A large tree, or
 An iron rod driven into the ground.
 Other fixed locations.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.2
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Figure 12.2
Beginning at a point
1200' north 400 0' west
from the southeast
corner of the Asa Stone
Donation Land Claim
No. 49, thence north 400
0' west 1026' to a pipe,
thence south 560 45'
west 442' chains to
center of road, thence
south 230 15' east 1145',
thence north 48O 30'
east 778.8' to place of
beginning.
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Typical Metes/Bounds Description
 Beginning
at a point 1200' north 400 0'
west from the southeast corner of the
Asa Stone Donation Land Claim No. 49,
thence north 400 0' west 1026' to a
pipe, thence south 560 45' west 442'
chains to center of road, thence south
230 15' east 1145', thence north 48O 30'
east 778.8' to place of beginning.
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Rectangular Survey System
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Rectangular Survey System
 The
United States has been surveyed
 Starting
with the western boundary of Ohio
to the Pacific Ocean, and including some
southeastern states were described as
public land states.
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Rectangular Survey System
 Within
this area the U.S. Bureau of
Land Management devised a system for
describing land known as the
rectangular survey system.
 Parallels
of latitude
 East/West
 Meridians
of longitude
 North/South
 were
used to establish areas known as
great land surveys.
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Rectangular Survey System
 Lines
of latitude
 are
imaginary parallel lines running east
and west.
 Are also called parallels,
 Lines
of longitude
 are
imaginary lines running north and
south.
 Are also called meridians.
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Rectangular Survey System
 The
point of beginning of each great
land survey is where two basic
reference lines cross.
 The
lines of latitude, or parallels, are
termed the baselines.
 The
lines of longitude, or meridians, are
called principal meridians.
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Rectangular Survey System
 There
are 31 sets of
 Baselines
 Principal
Meridians
 in the continental United States.
 There
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are 3 in Alaska.
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Rectangular Survey System
 At
the beginning, the principal
meridians were numbered.
 The
numbering system ended with the
sixth principal meridian passing through
Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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Rectangular Survey System

The remaining principal meridians were given
local names.
 Willamette
 Mt.
Diablo
 San Bernardino
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
The meridian through one of the last great
land surveys near the West Coast is named
the Willamette Meridian because of its
location in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

Refer to Figure 12.3.
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Townships
 The
great land surveys were broken
down into smaller surveys known as
townships and sections.
 The
baselines and meridians were
divided into blocks called townships.
 Each
township measures 6 miles
square.
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Townships
 The
townships are numbered by tiers
running north-south.
 The
tier numbering system is
established either north or south of a
principal baseline.
 For
example, the fourth tier south of
the baseline is labeled Township
Number 4 South, abbreviated T. 4 S.
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Townships
 Townships
are also numbered according
to vertical meridians, known as ranges.
 Ranges
are established either east or
west of a principal meridian.
 The
third range east of the principal
meridian is called Range Number 3
East, abbreviated R. 3 E.
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Townships
 Now
combine T. 4 S. and R. 3 E. to
locate a township or a piece of land 6
miles by 6 miles or a total of 36 square
miles.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.4.
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Sections
 Townships
are divided into units that
are mile square, called sections.
 Sections
in a township are numbered
from 1 to 36.
 Section
1 always begins in the upper
right corner, to the left and down.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.5.
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Sections
 The
legal descriptions of land can be
carried one stage further using sections.
 A section is one mile square.
 For
example, Section 10 in the township
given would be described as Sec. 10, T.
4 S., R. 3 E.
 This
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is an area of land 1 mile square.
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Sections
 Sections
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are divided into acres.
 One
acre equals 43,560 square feet
 One
section of land contains 640 acres.
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Sections and Quarters
 In
addition to dividing sections into
acres, sections are divided into
quarters,
 Refer
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to Figure 12.6.
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Sections and Quarters
 The
northeast one-quarter of Section 10
is a 160-acre piece of land described as
NE 1/4, Sec. 10, T. 4 S., R. 3 E.
 When
this section is keyed to a specific
meridian, it can be only one specific
160-acre area.
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Sections
 The
section can be broken further by
dividing each quarter into quarters.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.7.
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Sections
 If
the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section
10 were the desired property, then you
would have 40 acres known as SW 1/4,
NE 1/4, Sec. 10, T. 4 S., R. 3 E.
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Sections
 The
complete rectangular system legal
description of a 2.5-acre piece of land in
Section 10 reads:
 SW
1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 Sec. 10,
T. 4 N., R. 8 W of the San Bernardino
Meridian, in the County of Los Angeles,
State of California.
 Refer
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to Figure 12.8.
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Sections
 The
rectangular survey system may be
used to describe very small properties
by continuing to divide a section of a
township.
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Sections
 The
township sections legal description
may be used to describe the location of
the point of beginning of a metes and
bounds legal description.
 This
is especially true when the
surveyed land is an irregular site or plot
within the rectangular survey system.
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The Lot and Block System
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Lot and Block System
 The
lot and block legal description
system can be derived from
 the
metes and bounds or
 the rectangular system.
 Generally
when a portion of land is
subdivided into individual building sites,
the subdivision is established as a legal
plot and recorded as such in the local
county records.
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Lot and Block System
 The
subdivision is
 given
a name and
 broken into blocks of lots.
 American
River Canyon Estates.
 Silver Springs.
 Vintage Park.
 Camden Passage.
 Wexford.
 Sheldon Acres.
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Lot and Block System
A
subdivision may have
 several
blocks, each divided into a
 series of lots.
 Each
lot may be 50' >< 100', for
example, depending on the zoning
requirements of the specific area.
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Lot and Block System
 Refer
to Figure 12.9
 Shows
an example of a typical lot and
block system.
 A typical lot and block legal description
might read: LOT 14, BLOCK 12,
LINCOLN PARK NO. 3, CITY OF SALEM,
STATE.
 This
lot is the shaded area in Figure 12.9
(page 202).
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Site Plan Requirements
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Site Plan Requirements
A
site plan, is
a
map of a piece of land that may be used
for any number of purposes.
 also known as a plot plan or lot plan
A
site plan is a plan view drawing.
 Site
plans may show a proposed
construction site for a specific property.
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Site Plan Requirements
 Sites
may show topography with
 contour
lines or
 the numerical value of land elevations may
be given at certain locations.
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Site Plan Requirements
 Site
plans are also used to show how a
construction site will be excavated
 These
plans.
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plans are then known as grading
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Site Plan Requirements
 Site
plans show the following:
 A legal
description of the property based
on a survey.
 Property line bearings and directions.
 North direction.
 Roads and easements.
 Utilities.
 Elevations.
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Site Plan Requirements
 The
site plan plan shows only
 property
and
 utilities.
 The
site plan does not show
 proposed
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construction.
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Plot Plan
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Plot Plan
A
Plot Plan is a plan view drawing
A
Plot Plan shows the
 Site.
 Location.
 Orientation.
 of
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the buildings on the property.
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Plot Plan
 The
plot plan is drawn using
information provided by a surveyor and
recorded on a site plan.
 The
plot plan shows both
 the
property and
 proposed construction.
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Site/Plot Plan
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Objectives
 Identify
the various features shown on
a typical plot plan.
 Visualize
lines.
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land elevations from contour
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Objectives
 Recognize
typical topographical symbols
and apply them to site considerations.
 Properly
locate a building on a site.
 Draw
a plot plan using correct symbols
and conventions.
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Site Plan
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Site Plan
 The
site plan plan presents information
only about the property and utilities.
 It
does not show proposed
construction.
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Site Plan
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Site Plans-Property Lines
 Property
lines define the site boundary.
 The
length and bearing of each line
must be identified on the plot plan.
 Property
line lengths are measured with
an engineer’s scale to the nearest 1/100
foot.
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Site Plans-Property Lines
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Site Plans-Property Lines
 Bearing
angles are recorded in degrees,
minutes and seconds from north or
south.
 An
example:
S 63o W
 A more specific example:
S 63o 13’ 05” W
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Site Plans-Bearing Measurements
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Site Plans-Property Lines
 If
the property corner begins or ends on
a specific benchmark it is usually
identified with a special symbol.
 All
other corners are represented by
drawing a small circle, with the center
of the circle being the property corner.
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Site Plans-Property Lines
 It
is customary when drawing the
property lines of a site to begin at a
given corner, and proceed in a
clockwise manner until the beginning
point is reached.
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Contour Lines
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Contour Lines
A
contour is a line connecting points
which have the same elevation.
 The
shoreline of a lake is a good
example of a contour line.
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Contour Lines
 Contour
lines help describe the
topography of the site by depicting
shape and elevation of the land.
 The
accepted reference point of
topographical surveys is mean sea level.
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Contour Lines
 Contour
interval is the distance between
two adjacent contours.
 This
interval may be any distance which
is functional for the specific drawing.
 Always
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identify the contour interval.
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Contour Lines
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Contour Lines
 When
contours are spaced closely
together, a steep slope is indicated.
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Contour Lines
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Contour Lines
 When
contours are smooth and parallel,
the ground surface is even.
 When
contours are irregular, the ground
surface is rough and uneven.
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Contour Lines
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Contours
 Summits
and depressions are
represented by closed lines.
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Contours
 Contours
cross.
of different elevations do not
 Only
in the instance of a vertical slope
would the contours appear to touch.
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Contours
 Contours
cross watersheds and ridge
lines at right angles
 The
concave side of the curve faces
toward the higher elevation.
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Contours
 Contours
lines
 Are
drawn from a survey
 are usually represented by a series of long
(one or two inch), thin, freehand lines.
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Contours
 The
accuracy of the survey is important.
 Too
few measurements taken for a
given area results in less accuracy of
contour representations.
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Contour Lines
 Many
times, it is not important to know
how far a point is above or below sea
level, but what the relative difference is
between two or more points.
 In
residential construction, relative
elevations are usually sufficient.
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Topographical Features
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Topographical Features
 Topographical
by symbols.
features are represented
 Many
symbols are standardized and are
easily recognizable.
 Good
practice dictates that the symbol
list be shown on the drawing.
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Topographical Drawings
 In
some topographical drawings, color
plays an important role.
 When color is used the following rules
apply:
 Black - lettering and the works of man,
such as houses, roads, etc.
 Brown - all land forms, such as contour
lines.
 Blue - water; streams, lakes
 Green - vegetation.
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Topographical
Symbols
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Topographical
Symbols
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Topographical
Symbols
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Topographical
Symbols
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Procedure for Drawing Site Plan
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Procedure for Drawing Site Plan
 Step
1
 Select
scale which provides the largest
drawing on the paper you have.
 Place property lines far enough from sheet
border that you can add dimensions, notes,
etc.
 Common
scales:
 1”=30’-0”
 1”=10’-0”
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 Step
2
 Layout
 Step
the property lines.
3
 Letter
the bearing and length of each
property line.
 Place the scale on the sheet.
 Step
4
 Locate
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the north arrow on the sheet.
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 Step
5
 Select
a contour interval which is
appropriate for your site.
 Plot the contour lines.
 Draw lightly at first; they will be darkened in
later.
 Step
6
 Letter
the elevation of each contour line
and property corner.
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Plot Plan
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Definitions
A
Plot Plan is a plan view drawing
A
Plot Plan shows the
 Site.
 Location.
 Orientation.
 of
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the buildings on the property.
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Plot Plan
A
Plot Plan should include
 Length
and bearing of each property line.
 Contour of the land.
 Elevation of property corners
 Contour lines.
 Meridian arrow (north symbol).
 Trees, shrubs, streams and gardens.
 Streets, driveways, sidewalks and patios.
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Plot Plan
A
Plot Plan should include:
 Location
of utilities.
 Easements for utilities and drainage.
 Utility lines.
 Well, septic tank and field.
 Fences and retaining walls.
 Lot number or address of the site.
 Scale of the drawing.
 Structure setback dimensions.
 Location, outline and size of buildings on
the site.
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Plot Plan
 The
plot plan is drawn using
information provided by a surveyor and
recorded on a site plan.
 The
plot plan shows both the property
and proposed construction.
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Procedure for Drawing Plot Plan
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Procedure for Drawing Plot Plan
 Analyze
the site to determine the ideal
location and placement of the structure.
 Look
at natural contour.
 Trees.
 View.
 Surrounding structures.
 Code restrictions.
 Style of house.
 Solar orientation.
 Winds.
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Procedure for Drawing Plot Plan
 Once
the location is determined, draw
the structure on the plot plan.
 Layout
the exterior walls only, omitting
all interior walls, and roof.
 Shade
or cross hatch the house.
 Exterior
walls may also be shown
“thickened”.
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Procedure for Drawing Plot Plan
 The
location of the house from the
property line must be shown.
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Irregular Plot Plan
 Building
line setbacks must be parallel
to property lines.
 Dimension
lines must be perpendicular
to property lines
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Drawing the Plot Plan
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The Plot Plan
 The
Plot Plan is a Site Plan with
buildings on the site.
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Procedure for Drawing Site Plan
 Step
7
 Locate
 Step
the house on the site.
8
 Dimension
the overall length and width of
the house and the distance from the house
to the two adjacent property lines.
 Give the elevation of the house also.
 Step
9
 Draw
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driveways, sidewalks and patios.
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Procedure for Drawing Site Plan
 Step
10
 Determine
the centerline of the street and
location of utilities.
 Draw these features using the proper
symbols.
 Dimension their location.
 Step
11
 Draw
other topographical features such as
trees, and shrubs.
 Darken all contour lines.
 Step
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12 - Check your Drawing !
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