-1- SYLLABUS
1-1 SLCC – CIVL 1480 – Property Development Syllabus – Text Format -PDF
1-2 SLCC – CIVL 1480 – Property Development Calendar – Text Format -PDF
Monday – Recorded Session Assigned from This Page
Wednesday – Field Observations of Development Patterns
Friday – Questions and Answer Periods – In Person or OnLine Class
Course Description
The student will conduct courthouse research and prepare an abstract on an assigned property. The preparation of land descriptions will be discussed. Local procedures and methods related to land development will be discussed. Local laws and customs related to subdivision design will be discussed and reviewed.
-2- DEMOGAPHICS, ZIP CODE, AND CENSUS TRACTS
2-1 USPS Zipcode Lookup – Official Site
2-2 Look up US Census Bureau Data – Official Site
2-3 How to lookup housing data by zip codes – tables- Video (11:49 mins)
2-4 How to lookup housing data by census tracts – tables and maps – Video (11:41 mins)
2-5 How to look up Data.Census.gov – Official video
-3- GOOGLE MAPS
3-1 SLCC Campus, 1101 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, La
-4- LANDUSE CLASSIFICATION
4-1-1- Land Use Walking Tour- Photos
4-1-2 Land Use Walking Tour – Video (61:34 mins)
4-2-1 Roof Types Photos
4-2-2 Roof Types Video – Video (22:25 mins)
4-3 Land Based Classification Code Full_Document – American Planning Association.
4-4 Land Base Classification Code Top Level Codes Only – American Planning Association
Video: How surveyors determine land use – See Lecture Notes
-5- UTILITIES
5-1 Lafayette Utility System Elect, Water/Sewer, Trash, Recycle, Data/Video/Phn
5-2 SLEMCO Electricity
5-3 CLECO Electricity
5-4 Cox Communications Phone, Video, Data
5-5 AT&T Phone, Data, Video
5-6 Louisiana Electric Service Providers Map
5-7 Louisiana One-Call 811
5-8 Louisiana One Call Colors
5-9 Utility Marks Example Photos
-6- TRANSPORTATION
6-1 Drawing – Roadway Functional Classes – Local, Collector, Arterial, Interstate
6-2 Table – Roadway Functional Classes – Local, Collector, Arterial, Interstate
6-3 Lafayette MPO Consolidated Thoroughfare Plan – 2014
6-4 US National Estimated Daily Truck Traffic
6-5 US National Estimated Daily Truck Traffic and Major US Cities
6-6 US National Daily Traffic
6-7 Average Daily Traffic by Hour
6-8 Average Daily Traffic by Month
Video: How surveyors analyze transportation systems (60:00 mins)
-7- ZONING REGULATIONS
7-1 Basic Concepts – Zoning 101 – City of Phoenix, AZ
7-2 Advanced Concepts – Zoning 102 – Cityof Phoenix AZ
7-3 Kinds of Zoning
7-4 Euclid Ohio Zoning Historical Marker
7-5 Euclid Ohio Zoning Historical Marker + Instructor
7-6 Unified Development Code – All – Lafayette Consolidated Government
7-7 Unified Development Code – Zoning + Platting – Lafayette Consolidated Government
7-8 Zoning Map – Lafayette Consolidated Government
Video: How to recognize the kinds of zoning on parcels (60:00 mins)
-8- FLOOD ZONE REGULATIONS
8-1 Understanding Flood Zones Designations
8-2 Flood Zone Designations
8-3 Floodway Designation
8-4 Lafayette Floodplain Administrator Flood Zone Map – Search by Address
8-5 Flood Zone Concepts – Comparison Table
Video: Flood Zone Concepts Explained with a Lafayette Flood Map
-9- PROPERTY TAXES
9-1 Lafayette Parish Tax Assessor
9-2 Property Search by Address and Assessment Number
9-3 Tax Estimator – Residential and Commercial
9-4 Lafayette Tax Assessor Property Search Map
9-5 Louisiana Tax Commission – Tax Limits on Agricultural Land
9-6 Tax Calculation of Owner Occupied, Rental and Farmland in Lafayette Parish
Video: Owner occupied rental and farmland taxes in Lafayette Parish (23:00 mins)
-10- PLAT APPROVAL – GRAND POINTE SUBISDIVISION
10-1- Vicinity Maps
10-1.1- Vicinity – Roadways – Lines
10-1.1- Vicinity – Bayou – Aerials
10-1.1- Subdivision Pond – Aerial
10-2- Tax Assessment – 310 Oats Drive, 70508
10.2.1- Tax document – 310 Oats Drive
10-3- Land Use – 310 Oats Drive, 70508 – Zillow
10-3.1- Zillow Summary
10-3.2 Zillow Street View
10-3.3 Zillow Sketch
10-3.4 Zillow Interior
10.4-Zoning
10.4.1 Grand Pointe Subvision Zoning Map
10.5- Flood Zone
10.5.1 Grand Pointe Subdivision FEMA Flood Map
10.6- Plat Approval
10-6 Grand Pointe Subdivision – Phase 4
Video 10.6 How to read a Surveyor’s Plat (45: 30 mins)
-11- CLASS PROJECT
11-1.0.1 Example Report with support documentation
11-1.0.2 Example Draft Student Report with Instructor’s marks
Video 11-1.1 Review of Student Report less Clerk of Court Records (45:14 mins)
Video 11-1.2 How to Copy a Screen Image in Windows (7:02)
Video 11-1.3 How to Copy a Screen Image on a Mac (5:59)
Video 11-1.4 Options for Accessing the Clerk of Court Land Records (24:05)
Video 11-1.5 How to find a conveyance number from the tax assessor’s office (16:10)
Video 11-1.6 How to open a Clerk of Court land record’s online account (7:59)
Video 11-1.7 How to research the first conveyance record (19:31)
Video 11-1.8 How to research the second conveyance record (12:33)
Video 11-1.9 How to research the third conveyance record (14:28)
Video 11-1.10 How to access copies of documents (14:10)
Video 11-1.11 How to fill out the report document information
Video 11-1.12 How to understand metes and bounds (30:25) and Documentation
Video 11-1.13 Wilkie & Ella Street Development and documentation
-12- LOT LAYOUTS & GREEN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
12-1 Lot Layouts for Lake Frontage and Shared Access
12-2 Lot Layouts for Wetlands
12-3 Bendel Subdivision and Curvilinear Roadways
12-4 Lot Layouts La Premiere Subdivision, Maurice, LA
12-4.1 Vicinity Map
12-4.2 Subdivision Map – Roadways and Structures
12-4.3 Subdivision Map – Aerial (Ponds & Pipeline Right of Ways)
Video 12-5 Lot Layouts (30:58 min)
12-6 Green Models for Subdivision Develop. – National Assoc. of Home Builders – Part 1
12-7 Green Models for Subdivision Develop. – National Assoc. of Home Builders – Part 2
Video 12-7 – How to use Green Models Subdivision Development – Part 2 (37:53 min)
-13- CONTRACTS
13-1 Latter Day Saint’s Church Property Land Survey
13-2 Mini. Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys – Table A
13-3 Lafayette Consolidated Government Contract – Marais des Cannes
13-4 US Army Topographic Survey
13-5 SDS Smith Request for Proposal
Video 13-6 Review of the contracts and mini standard detail requirements (27:17)
-14- PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM
14-1 Wisconsin Tutorial on using Township and Range with proportional Sections
14-2 Typical Township Section Numbering System
14-3 Louisiana Township and Range Map with Index of Inhabited Places and Post Offices
14-4 Saint Helena Meridian in Louisiana Surveying – Wikipedia
14.5 USGS Quad – Lafayette – 2020
14.6 USGS Quad – Lafayettte – 1955
14.7 Historical Plat – Lafayette Parish – T10S – R4E – 1858
14.8 Search Historical Plats
14.9 Louisiana DOTD – City Plats – Width – Right of Way & Pavement – Circa 1990
14.9.1 Louisiana DOTD – City Plats – Individual – TIF – Large File & High Resolution
14.9.2 Louisiana DOTD – City Plats – Several – PDF – Small File & Low Resolution
Video 14-10 Public Land Survey System (53.29 Mins)
-15- ESTIMATES
15-1 RS Means Survey Crew Estimates – Union & Non-Union Rates
15-2 RSMeans Survey & Aerial Crew Estimates – Costs per Acre – Book w/highlights
15-3 RS Means Survey Crews, Daily Output, & Cost per Acres & Linear Foot – Online
Video 15-4 Survey Project Estimates using RS Means Hourly and Cost Per Acre/Linear Ft
-16- RATE OF RETURN
16-1 Spreadsheet – Calculation of compound interest rates
16-2 PDF – Formulas to calculate compound interest rates
16-3 PDF – Annual lookup tables
16-4 PDF – Monthly lookup tables
16-5 PDF – Verification values
16-6 PDF – Data Entry
-17- TEST
17-1 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Test #1
17-2 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Images
17-3 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Test #2
17-4 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Images
17-5 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Test #3
17-6 2019 Fall Prop Develop – Images
17-7 2018 Prop Develop Fall – All Tests
17-8 2017 Prop Develop Fall – All Tests
17-9 2020 Prop Develop Fall – All Test
17-10 2021 Prop Develop Fall – Test #1 Questions – PDF
17-11 2021 Prop Develop Fall – Test #2 Questions – PDF
17-12 2021 Prop Develop Fall – Test #3 Questions – PDF
17-13 2021 Prop Develop Fall – Test #1, Test#2, Test#3 Review – Video (57:39 Mins)
17-14 2021 Prop Develop Fall – Test #4 Review – Video (72:19 Mins)
-18- ADUIO
18-1 Landuse – Gardmal Properties – SOFAS: Site, Owner, Function, Activity, Structure – More Info – Text File
18.2 Test #1 Prep and Review – SOFAS, Tax Assessor, Clerk of Court, – More Info – Text File
18-3 Landuse – Walking Tour – Shirely Street and Ella Street – Email PDF
18-4 Wilkie & Ella Streets – Physical and Cultural Features – More Info – PDF Survey Plat