Local City & County governments require specialized maps for sites that have STEEP SLOPES.
We can help you with this!
Q: What are Steep Slopes?
A: It depends on the local governing agencies, but generally, it means land with more than a 30% slope (change in elevation). In some Summit & Wasatch County areas, you are not permitted to build your house on steep slopes. But in some cases, you may get special approval to do so. There are variables, and we can talk you through those.
Q: What’s the process?
A: We prepare a Steep Slopes Analysis map using surveying & civil engineering software. (This is ofice work & we already have the topographic data from our site survey.) This Steep Slopes Analysis Map goes to the architect and their team to determine if your house plan can work on the Steep Slopes areas.
Q: Wait, aren’t you just trying to make it more complicated or charge me more money?
A: Nope. We know from experience that if your parcel of land contains Steep Slopes, a slopes analysis map will help you months down the road. This means you won’t have to come back to us and ask for additional work later on, when we may be so busy that it’s challenging to fit in.
Q: How do you know even before doing the survey that my lot might have Steep Slopes?
A: We never estimate jobs sight-unseen. As we visit the project & walk the property, we can tell if you might have Steep Slopes on your parcel. We can know whether you’ll need a Steep Slopes analysis & only recommend it if required.
Q: What if you spend time doing this, and it turns out I do not have any Steep Slopes on my lot?
A: We have proven a negative that will significantly help your house plans sail through the building permit approval process. Also, we can do many variations of the steepness of your property, which helps you architect design not just your house, but your driveway from the road to the house.
Click HERE for an example map.