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[mpallamary]

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[LS_8750]

I've seen a couple of those go through Sonoma County planning.
A real hit with the ADU design/build shops.

[mpallamary]

Their fee is $159.00

[CBarrett]

As a board member of Orange County CLSA, and a local JPPLC committee member, I invite you to come to our next board meeting and speak to the members regarding how these practices can be curbed.
If these efforts require assembling lists of cities and building officials, I would welcome a volunteer or two to assist in this.
Our August meeting is on Tuesday the 9th, and the board meetings are open to membership.
Details can be found here: http://oc-surveyors.org/calendar

Perhaps other chapters can do something similar?

[PLS7393]

Pallamary's map looks like an architects drawing as well.

The real kicker to the homeowner after plans have been approved (at least in the Bay Area), the jurisdiction will require a setback certification letter from a surveyor. Some jurisdictions require this no matter the setback distance, and others within two feet of the setbacks. Some contractors want help before construction and others don't pay attention until after the forms have been constructed, and they are ready to pour concrete. That's when the inspector is asking for a setback certification letter from a surveyor. With our schedule, now we have expedite fees to assist in a timely manner, costing the homeowner additional costs.

The whole issue is the architects are not giving good/correct advice to the homeowner's, as the homeowner's don't know any better.

[CBarrett]

In the 'old days' some of the agencies allowed surveyors and engineers to leave their contact info at the public counter (public works, planning, building and safety etc), in order to facilitate getting the plans done right. This was also during the times surveyors frequented the public counters with research and a little bit of schmoozing. More was accomplished with less confrontational methods. Each city seems to have had a local surveyor or two who were very active doing this.

We have to find a different way of doing this today....