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hand Smve g Subdivision Design Site Plaxming RECE)VED JOHN OLIVER & ASSOCIATES, 0 1990 922 Main Street, Elk River, Minnesota 55330 January 9, 1990 Mr. Mark S. Banwart Community Development Director City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W. Ram~ey, MN 55303 Re: "Information required on Certificate Of Survey" Dear Mark: Thank you for the opportunity to critique your proposed regulations. I shall use the same outline form as in your proposed regulations. Legal, #2: Thank you for including that the information shall be provided to the surveyor. We are not abstractors. We'd prefer though if you could word this even more strongly -such as substituting "must" for "shall". However many "title opinions" do not include information on easements. "Title Commitments" usually do. Rather then, it may be wise to just specify that easement information must be furnished to the surveyor via a title opinion, title commitment, Abstract, or Registered Property Abstract. Legal, #3: Could not the "P.I.N. Number" simply be included on the application? Legal, #4: These "set-back" irons are a good place to "set" a "benchmark" and should be included in the list in "Elevations, #1" to follow. Legal, #5: See above. Other than that, do you mean we are to set a bench mark on each lot, or do you mean that we are to show, on the Certificate, the "source" bench mrk per the City's published list? Elevations, #1: 'e': We recommend you also include a maximum grade from top of curb to the garage. 10T~ is common. This will help avoid "castles in the sky". 'i': This should also include the adjoining house's "type" -that is "rambler", "split level", "rear walk out", etc. Elevations, #2: Perhaps retaining walls over a specified height should require design by a structural engineer? This would help avoid those walls and, if still needed, assure that they will safely do the job intended.