Is it hard to get permit for a new street (for lot division)?

Question

I saw a property that has a huge land, but the land does not seem to be good for further development as smaller lots for single families (because it has narrow front facing the street) — see the attached image.

I have an idea to build a small road as the image illustrates below, and then subdivide the land into smaller pieces to build single family homes.

I have two questions about building the street:

1. Is it easy to get city’s permission to build a small street along the lot?

2. The neighbor is another owner, would he/she object building a road (even if the city is Ok)? If so, do I have anything to convince him/her to agree?

anyone with experience to share some knowledge? Appreciated it for advising — I am a newbie in investment, but willing to learn.

Jay Hinrichs · Answer

this is super simple.. you will get all sorts of advice from those all over the country but its not worth anything.

You simply walk into the planning department of the city / county that regulates land divisions in that area and it looks like a high priced area .. And you ask to talk to the on duty planner.. show them the map.. then ask your questions.. they will then usually hand you the code for that zoning code that the parcel is in and you can read that. sometimes they will say possible other times they will say nope going to be very tough.

from there if you dont want to talk to planner.. you can talk to a local civil engineering company that does land divisions they will know as well.

Is it hard to get permit for a new street (for lot division)?

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