The survey section does not keep copies of private land surveys. You can try contacting the Clerk's Office to see if it was recorded with your mortgage. Otherwise you will have to hire a private surveyor to survey your property.

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The survey section does not survey private property, nor do we get involved in private boundary line disputes.

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Every attempt will be made to locate sidewalks on both sides of the roadway especially in local subdivisions where walkability is a prime concern.  On arterial and collector roadways, there will be times when constraints (environmental, righ-of-way or other features) only allow sidewalks to be installed on one side of the road.  This condition should be considered the exception, not the rule.

Two documents provided a list of priorities for the Sidewalk Program.  First, the School Safety Advisory Committee developed a list of projects.  Historically, the pari-mutuel funds provided to the County ($450,000 annually) were used to fund projects ($4,000,000 - total) within this program. Secondly, the County completed a study in October 2000 that addressed all missing links and gaps of sidewalk in Seminole County.  This study produced a priority list based on several factors with safety, especially school related, being the primary focus for the prioritization.  The two lists were used to develop the program that was contained in the 2nd Generation Sales Tax Program.

The passage of the 2nd Generation One Cent Sales Tax provided funding for this program. As discussed with the public and various other groups, the sidewalk program will first fund improvements on arterial and collector roads.  The remaining funds will be used on localized roads.

The Dirt Road Program was established by the Board of County Commissioners. There was no referendum involved with this program.  The Dirt Road Program was geared to eliminating environmental issues (runoff of soil in water bodies) and to eliminate maintenance problems (impassible roads).

The Sidewalk Program was developed by overwhelming voter support of the 2nd Generation One-Cent Sales Tax Program.  Public Works' mission is to build projects voted on by the public.  The Sidewalk Program enhances mobility but the predominate function of the program is to provide a safe passage for pedestrians, especially children.  It is also important to note that in a subdivision, the majority of pedestrians on a particular sidewalk project probably do not live on the roadway where the improvement is proposed. Any polling of residents on the roadway where the sidewalk is proposed would probably not accurately reflect the wishes of the user group.  Therefore, there has not been any consideration for allowing residents to "opt out."

There are always factors that can affect the established priorities, a change in school district boundaries and a new school or major residental development can alter priorities.  The Department of Public Works' staff will annually conduct a minor update that will evaluate input from citizens, Commissioners and other sources that will keep the Sidewalk Program responsive to community needs.

The policy involving landscaping / irrigation systems within the right-of-way has evolved from one of years ago of digging them up and depositing them on the residents lawn to now working to preserve and enhance the neighborhood.  All functional sprinkler systems are repaired and every effort made to avoid destroying landscaping in the rights-of-way.  If landscaping is impacted, then it is replaced by the County.  All of the above impacts are paid for by the County.  There will be times when mature landscaping will need to be replaced with a less mature specimen due to availability and costs.