PART III 

 LAND SUBDIVISION FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES 



Land subdivision as a business venture ITEMS OF EXPENSE TO THE DEVELOPER 

 SALABLE ASSETS PRODUCED BY DEVELOPMENT Room Proximity to town 

 Convenience Social desirability Amenity Beauty " LOW-COST" AND 

 "HIGH-COST" DEVELOPMENTS PROFESSIONAL ADVICE IN LAND SUBDIVISION 

 PROCEDURE IN DESIGN CHOICE OF TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO 

 DEVELOPMENT OF CITY THE STREET SYSTEM : its relation to the city plan 

 Alleys Characteristic effects of street systems Streets in relation to topog- 

 raphy Sub-surface utilities Street widths Roadways and planting strips 

 Sidewalks LOTS : sizes Width and depth Shape Orientation RE- 

 SERVED AREAS RESTRICTIONS Districting. 



The subdivision and development of land for residential purposes is Land Sub- 

 lifTerent from most of the problems with which the landscape architect ^ s f n as a 

 has to do, because the final success of the design is usually tested by the Venture, 

 . pecuniary value of the finished result. In private estate design, in 

 park design, many things are done which, while the designer knows them 

 to be worth their cost, cannot be demonstrated to produce a definite 

 profit in dollars and cents. In land subdivision work, however, except 

 'when it is a part of some philanthropic movement, every cent spent by 

 the owner for acquisition and development must show a fair profit 

 when the property is again sold. 



Land subdivision for residential purposes is a business venture which Items of 

 consists in the development of land which is not intensively used, Expense to the 

 perhaps "waste land," woodland, or farm, providing for proper 

 access, lighting, water supply, sewerage, and so on, or at least some of 

 these conveniences, and selling what remains of the land, after that 

 portion turned over to the public has been set apart, in small areas at a 

 profit. In doing this, the selling price of the land must in one way or 

 another be charged with the cost of the following items of the develop- 



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