This is how finish floors are built above base flood elevation.

Zero elevations around here could be a problem. A lot of the ground is reclaimed swampland and is below sea level, behind levees. The zero contour l...

Looks more like 5 acres - nominally 165' x 1320'. If a quarter-quarter section is 40 ac, and half of that is 20, then a quarter of that is 5.

OK - another sideways reference is in California's Business and Professions Code: "11018.2. No person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease...

You would think California's Subdivision Map Act would have a section relating to the lot and block being sufficient. The closest is the next to last...

California Civil Code section 1067 says:"A clear and distinct limitation in a grant is not controlled by other words less clear and distinct."Seems to...

What would you do if there was a high point in the middle of the return?

jdoswald, post: 326034, member: 8620 wrote: I always use elevation to choose the BCR...water flows downhill so naturally the curve begins where the fl...

paden cash, post: 324083, member: 20 wrote: Oh yeah, RF's corner is chock-full of Kent's no-nos . The most glaring, of course, is that it falls within...

Christopher,I submit that, while this may become a matter for the Board of Registration for licensure proceedings at some point, the landowners' recou...