Proper method for measuring angle of intersection of two streets

[subman]

Please try to elaborate and provide another example if it is not. CL of tee street tends to be radial to curved CL to optimize sight distance at intersection. Lot lines along the curved street would tend to be radial to the CL curve with at least minimum lot width at the street side line. Corners lots would have unparallel lot lines. One being the street sideline, parallel to the tee street CL and the other being on a radial bearing to the curved street CL.

[Jim Frame]

Wouldn't the design geometry be defined by the two maps? It seems to me that an Assessor's Parcel Map is the wrong instrument to be looking at to solve the problem.

For what it's worth, a visual inspection of the AP map indicates that Broadway Terrace isn't radial. But the subdivision map (or whatever document created the Broadway Terrace ROW) would tell the tale, wouldn't it?

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[subman]

-- Lot, Corner. “Corner lotâ€￾ means a lot or parcel of land situated at the intersection of two or more parkways, highways or streets, which parkways, highways or streets have an angle of intersection measured within said lot or parcel of land of not more than 135 degrees.


Try using the side line bearings S 70-38-45 E and N 36-41-35 W and I think you get an anle of 134-02-50 which would qualify as a corner lot in my opinion (i.e. not more than 135 degrees).

But then I am not a Planner...

[subman]

Sorry, tried adding in my head. Just checked with the HP48gx and it is really 144-02-50 > than 135 degrees

[PE_PLS]

Someone asked about the sub map, a portion of which is attached...

[Jim Frame]

I thought those street names sounded familiar! The site is about 2 miles from where I grew up, though in a neighborhood I rarely had cause to enter.

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[Anthony Maffia]

I'm not sure what the answer is, but questions come to mind.

1. Were the lots merged legally or not? Planning may be wrong.

2. What stood on the parcel(s) prior to the fire?

3. Google Earth shows a concrete slab in the shape of a home. Did the city revoke a building permit?
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1066/pineneedle.jpg

4. I had a friend who lived half a block from there, tried to do something after the fire and the city said, "financial restrictions don't matter, if you can't afford to build there, then you shouldn't have bought the lot."

5. Special situations require that you talk to a supervising planner.