An easement is a specific section of land for which a governing entity or a utility company has the right to be allowed access to…
A stormwater basin (sometimes referred to as a detention basin or a detention pond) is a man-made area of graded earth that is designed to…
Karst topography refers to land that is prone to sinkholes which are empty pockets that form underground due to the presence of certain types of…
A zoning ordinance is a set of regulations established by a municipality that determines what people are allowed to do within their property. With regard…
A construction cost estimate in land development is an itemized breakdown of the costs of the site work for a proposed project. Besides being able…
A storm drain is a structure that collects stormwater runoff as part of a stormwater storm sewer system. It is the combination of a grate…
A drainage swale is a vegetated channel used in land development designs to divert stormwater runoff usually to a waterway, a storm sewer inlet, or…
Rainwater harvesting is the collecting and diverting of water that falls during a rain event into a storage system where the water can then be…
Sight distance is the length of road (on both sides of a driveway entrance where it intersects a road or of a road entrance where…
A drainage area is the area of land upon which rainwater falls during a storm event before running downstream along the land. You might also…