The life blood of a land development project is the availability of water and capability for sanitary waste disposal. The availability of public water and sanitary sewer services greatly affects how civil engineers and land surveyors would propose to develop a parcel.
For example, in the City of Knoxville Zoning Regulations, the property area regulations for properties zoned R-1 (Section 2.1.1.E.5):
a. For each house, and building accessory thereto, served by a sanitary sewer system, there shall be a lot area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.
c. For those dwellings and buildings accessory thereto not served by a sanitary sewer system there shall be a minimum lot area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet per dwelling unit; however, a greater area may be required based on recommendations by the health department because of inadequate percolation.
Therefore, a one (1) acre parcel with sanitary sewer systems could be subdivided into approximately five (5) lots, but only two (2) lots without sewer service……less revenue producing parcels.
A review of the property is crucial prior to development, including a determination of water and sanitary sewer availability and zoning regulations.
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