Existing-condition site plans, setback verification drawings, easement mapping and zoning exhibits, drafted from your property's recorded plat and parcel data for permit submittal and planning department review. This is drafting-based site plan documentation — when a project needs an official boundary survey or elevation certificate, we coordinate that separately through a Licensed Land Surveyor.
The site plan sheet is where a plan checker verifies the basics before looking at anything else — where the proposed structure sits relative to the lot lines, whether it clears the required front, side and rear setbacks, and whether it conflicts with anything already recorded against the property. We draft that sheet from your parcel's recorded plat, deed and assessor data — lot dimensions, existing easements, right-of-way lines — combined with an accurate as-built of what's currently on the site. For remodels and additions, that as-built often comes from a Matterport scan of the existing structure, so the footprint we're placing on the site plan matches the building as it actually stands rather than an old permit drawing that may not reflect changes made since. This work runs alongside our broader architectural drafting & design service, and the site plan we draft here typically becomes the first sheet in the same set our permit sets & expediting service takes through the city.
It's worth being precise about what this is and isn't. A drafted site plan built from recorded parcel data is accurate enough for permit submittal, setback verification, easement mapping and zoning or variance exhibits — the documentation a planning department actually reviews. It is not a legally-binding boundary survey or elevation certificate. Establishing an official lot line, resolving a boundary dispute, or issuing a stamped elevation certificate requires a Licensed Land Surveyor working under their own state license, typically involving field measurement and monumentation we don't perform and aren't licensed to perform. We're a drafting firm, not a land surveying firm. If your project's specific circumstances call for that official work, we coordinate a Licensed Land Surveyor as part of our engineering & specialist coordination service, rather than drafting something that isn't ours to certify.
The property, structures, driveways and paved areas, and setback dimensions drawn from recorded plat and parcel data — the baseline sheet most jurisdictions require before they'll review anything you're proposing to add.
Checking a proposed structure's location against your zone's front, side and rear setback requirements before it's designed too close to a line and has to be redrawn after plan check catches it.
Recorded utility, access and drainage easements plotted on the site plan so the design accounts for them from the first layout, instead of a proposed structure or driveway landing on top of one.
Visual documentation prepared for planning department review or a variance request — often submitted as part of a larger application our permit sets & expediting service manages end to end.
We gather the recorded plat, deed and assessor parcel data for your property, including any recorded easements and prior permit site plans on file with the city.
For remodels and additions, a Matterport scan captures the existing structure's actual footprint, so what's on the site plan matches what's really built.
We draft the site plan and check the proposed structure's location against your specific zone's setback, lot-coverage and easement constraints.
If your project needs an official boundary survey or elevation certificate, we flag that plainly and coordinate a Licensed Land Surveyor rather than treating our drafted plan as a substitute.
No, and we want to be upfront about that distinction. A drafted site plan documents your property — structures, setbacks, easements — using recorded plat and parcel data, and it's what most permit submittals, setback checks and zoning exhibits actually require. A licensed boundary survey or elevation certificate is a legally-binding determination performed and stamped by a Licensed Land Surveyor under their own state license, typically involving field measurement and monumentation. We're a drafting firm, not a land surveying firm, and we don't hold that license. If your project needs the licensed version, we'll tell you and coordinate it through our engineering & specialist coordination service.
Recorded parcel and plat data from the county assessor and recorder, any prior permit site plan on file with the city, and the property's recorded deed for easements and right-of-way lines. For existing structures, we add a Matterport scan or field measurements to document what's actually built, since older permit records don't always reflect additions or changes made since. That combination is accurate for drafting and permit purposes, but it isn't a substitute for the field-verified monumentation a licensed survey establishes.
Yes — that's one of the most common uses for this documentation. Planning departments regularly review drafted site plans and zoning exhibits for variance requests, setback verification and general permit review. What we can't do is issue a certified boundary determination or elevation certificate as part of that exhibit; if a specific application requires one, that piece comes from a Licensed Land Surveyor and we'll coordinate it alongside the rest of the drawing set.
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