Re-platting a Residential Lot
Hi Folks, do any of you have experience with the Austin Planning
Department? I am trying to figure out how difficult it is going to be
to have a residential lot re-platted. any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
thanks
ANSWER
As a general rule, re-platting is quite complex because it usually involves changing boundary lines which are shared with neighbors – thus potentially changing their surveys, public records, etc, and thus usually requiring the permission of many parties – usually impossible to get.
If you just want to give one lot ‘permission’ to do something involving another lot, sometimes the simpler solution is to have one lot grant an easement to another. For example, one lot could grand another lot an ‘access easement’ that could be used by the other lot for a driveway, fence, garden, whatever. Technically, I believe you can grant an easement for any use you want – including a allowing a neighbor to build a structure, although I’d would not take it that far.
If you want to sub-divide a lot or change the boundaries between two lots you own, that is a different matter…
Phill
Need an architect or designer
I need someone to assist in a small development of 4-10 modern/mid-
century modern styled homes.
I’ve gotten two bids but one is way too much ($14 sf) and the other is
a bargain (1.40 sf) but needs a 12 week lead time (too slow)
ANSWER
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Phill
