Over the last seven years, Congress has issued 25 short-term reauthorizations of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), hindering the program’s stability. As…
Author: Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM, CFS
08.12.2023
Better Late Than Never: The New Elevation Certificate
FEMA has finally issued a replacement to the Elevation Certificate that expired November 30, 2022, and we need to use only the new…
08.10.2023
FEMA Relents on New Elevation Certificate Deadline
On July 7, 2023, FEMA sent out a letter mandating immediate use of the new Elevation Certificate that had been posted to its…
06.10.2023
Counting “Forever” in Years
Forever. Perpetual. Eternal.
These words seem to indicate time without end. We see them relating to conservation of open space and farmland, dedication of open space,…
04.16.2023
Vantage Point: A Zoning Primer
So little land left, so much pressure to build…. That combination is becoming more stressful in the places I work and live. But…
02.09.2023
Vantage Point: How Much Research is Enough?
I am asked more often than I’d like about how far back to research deeds in the process of surveying. My answer is…
12.04.2022
Vantage Point: Road or No Road?
It looks like a public road, it’s used like a public road, but is it one? My township seems to have lots of…
09.24.2022
Vantage Point: It May Be in Writing, But…
I have been working on an immense land acquisition for open space for nearly a year now. It has been drama from Day…
05.15.2022
Vantage Point: Elevation Certificates and Risk Rating 2.0
Amid the cries that Elevation Certificates have become irrelevant, let me make this clear: Surveyors need to be educators once again. With the…
03.13.2022
Vantage Point: You Can’t Get There from Here
Over the past several years I’ve been on the sidelines of a sad affair about a landlocked property that has an access easement…
