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Subdivisions are getting harder

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on January 21, 2025 by TimothyJanuary 21, 2025

For the longest time, only a few factors controlled the division of land. You had to ensure all the lots touched a “county-approved” road (public or private), you needed to ensure every lot had a means of disposing of sewerage … Continue reading →

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Jefferson County is effectively stopping development

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on September 23, 2024 by TimothySeptember 23, 2024

Jefferson County is effectively preventing any new division of land.

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How can they (surveys) be so different?

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on June 26, 2024 by TimothyJune 26, 2024

Surveying, as previously discussed, is a unique blend of art and science. It involves the rigorous scientific method of data collection and observation, but it also requires the artistic skill of transforming this data into a coherent ‘product’-the map or … Continue reading →

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Survey vs Tax maps – which is correct?

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on June 10, 2024 by TimothyJune 10, 2024

Land is very rarely transferred based on area and not the boundary. In fact, over the course of Tim’s 30+ year survey career, he has surveyed based on area twice. In the hierarchy of evidence, area is at the bottom … Continue reading →

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Building Staking

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on January 27, 2024 by TimothyJanuary 27, 2024

“it is necessary to ‘stake’ the structure … It can be the landowner, the excavator, the contractor, the architect, or even a surveyor. The accuracy of this ‘staking’ is dependent on the ability of the person doing the staking, as well as the limits of their equipment. Surveyors are uniquely qualified to do this.”

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New Construction

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on April 30, 2022 by TimothyApril 30, 2022

So you are building a house, cool. Here are the basic steps of this with regards to surveying. Not every step is in every construction. This list assumes that a subsurface sewage disposal system (Septic) is being used and not … Continue reading →

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Right of Entry

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on November 6, 2021 by TimothyNovember 6, 2021

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-18-124.(a) A professional land surveyor, the professional land surveyor’s agents, employees and personnel under the professional land surveyor’s supervision, may go on, over and upon the lands of others when necessary to perform surveys for the … Continue reading →

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Douglas Lake Property

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on October 8, 2021 by TimothyOctober 8, 2021

Below the 1002′ contour When Douglas Lake was created, TVA acquired all of the lands that now make up Douglas Lake. They then created a flowage easement (and area where they could inundate with water) at both the 1002′ contour … Continue reading →

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Subdividing Property

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on September 25, 2021 by TimothyMarch 22, 2023

T.C.A. §§ 13-3-401 and 13-4-301 define a subdivision as: Dividing any tract or parcel into two or more lots, site, or other divisions requiring new street or utility construction; or. Any division less than five acres for sale of building development. … Continue reading →

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Survey “add-ons”

Tennessee Land Development Services Posted on July 17, 2021 by TimothyMay 20, 2022

Understanding what you are adding to a survey request ALTA Survey An ALTA (American Land Title Association) survey is one that has a specific list of requirements. This is typically only required in commercial situations. Some of the standards had … Continue reading →

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