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Engineering Newsletter - January, 2006

In the JANUARY NEWSLETTER we will discuss the meaning of the acronym, PUD. This term stands for Planned Unit Development. It is a municipal codified entity of some minimum contiguous acreage that possibly contains single family clusters, multi family clusters, or other residential units with commercial and industrial areas in harmony with open space public areas. Each Municipality will have set out in their PUD Ordinance the ratio of Residential to Commercial to Industrial to Open Space areas to allow the development to fit into the Master Plan for the community.

The PUD is used by Developers and Municipalities to provide a mix of uses in a defined area. The land use is regulated by the approved PUD plan with residential and business uses designed in an orderly manner with an emphasis on preserving the natural state of the land in open space and buffer areas. The PUD concept allows the developer to utilize land in a more creative manner with streets and open spaces designed in a manner not allowed in other zoning districts.

WEB LINK of THE MONTH, (example PUD Ordinance): http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~cdd/cp/zng/ecaps/petition/ecaps_pet_part4.pdf

As always, you can count on McSteen and Associates, a multi-faceted second-generation family business that has been serving Northeast Ohio since 1970 to help you better design your project. The McSteen & Associates Engineering and Surveying Departments will design a quality product, using the experience gathered over many years of dealing with government agencies, in a manner readily accepted by the City Councils, County Engineers Office and the Recorders Office. The management team consisting of Terry Feller, President and Registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor, Tim Feller, Vice President and Registered Professional Surveyor and Debbie Feller CFO and Certified Public Accountant and the 62 employees in the offices in Cuyahoga, Lake, Summit, and Franklin counties will handle your project needs. A new office in western Cuyahoga County has recently been added to allow us to provide even more effective services. Local knowledge of the area, extensive records and experience with the area governments allows McSteen & Associates to go the extra mile to protect your investment.

Whether your needs are Mortgage Location and Boundary Surveys, Elevation Certificate, Commercial and Industrial Surveys or complete Engineering Design we are well staffed to provide the professional product you need. Each project will receive the personal service associated with working with a well-established family owned and operated business.

Humor of the Month:

-Two local hunters were out in the deep woods during deer hunting season when one of them grabbed his chest and collapsed. His eyes were glazed and would not answer his friend. His friend whipped out his cell phone and dialed emergency. He shouted into the phone, "My friend collapsed and his eyes are glassy. I think he’s dead." The operator said, "Calm down, I can help. Now first lets make sure he’s dead." There is a silence and then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the man says, " OK, now what?"

-In 1631 the King’s printers, Barker and Lucas, in Britain put out the "Wicked Bible" which mistakenly printed the seventh Commandment as " Thou shall commit adultery."