Attendees raise survey, mapping and emergency-access concerns during Q&A

Sep 8, 2025

Participants asked how legacy metes-and-bounds descriptions, missing surveys and private roads are handled; presenter and staff recommended requiring surveys/CSMs and noted the county land information office reviews maps and can add requirements to prevent future problems.

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During Q&A attendees raised practical concerns about mapping accuracy, legacy legal descriptions and private roads. A county land official and the presenter said missing or poor-quality legal descriptions can create problems at sale and that a survey or certified survey map (CSM) requirement reduces ambiguity when lots are sold or developed.

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