subdivision

In subdivisions and planned developments, burdens and benefits are often reciprocal. Each lot or unit is burdened by servitudes for the benefit of all the others. In most U.S. states, if a project developer represents to prospective purchasers, either explicitly or implicitly, that all the property…

…States was the development of subdivision controls, which subjected the initial laying out of vacant land to public regulation. These regulations affected the design of new developments and specified that new streets had to conform to the overall city plan. Some subdivision ordinances required property developers to provide the land…