It looks like a public road, it’s used like a public road, but is it one? My township seems to have lots of…
Category: Vantage Point
Wendy Lathrop, PS
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…
07.11.2022
Vantage Point: Stay in Your Own Lane
After presenting a webinar recently, the sponsor forwarded feedback from the audience. One comment that had me shaking my head stated very specifically…
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…
01.29.2022
Vantage Point: Approaches to Meeting Housing Needs
We are in a housing crunch. It isn’t necessarily that there are not enough living spaces for the number of people needing them,…
12.12.2021
Vantage Point: Stealing State Land
We already know there are circumstances under which it is possible to adversely possess lands claimed by a governmental entity. That can happen…
10.12.2021
Vantage Point: Adverse Possession or Trespass?
When we talk about adverse possession, the topic is a claim of ownership. There are very specific requirements that are common to all…
08.15.2021
Vantage Point: Risk Rating 2.0 Launches
The chasm between the two parallel worlds of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is about the widen and deepen. October 1, 2021…
06.20.2021
Vantage Point: “Thanks, But No Thanks”
The process of presenting a residential development to a local governing body doesn’t often follow a smooth trajectory from proposal to approval. Sometimes…
