A.5.5.1 New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation

• A. A cover sheet must include the following:

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1. Project name and identification number;

2. Spaces for signatures of Project Architect, Architect administering contract, owner, contractor, Lender, and bonding company;

3. Tabulation of units, buildings, and parking spaces with gross square footages and net rentable square footages, including:

Number of units for each type;

• Number of units and type in each building;

• Non-rental living unit; and

• Number of parking spaces, open, covered, common area garage spaces, in-unit garage spaces (garage part of dwelling unit and available only to tenant of that unit), and accessible standard, van and covered spaces.

B. The package must include an index of drawings by name, numbered consecutively, with date of preparation and latest revision date. Consecutive numbering is required for each drawing category (Architectural, Land Improvements, Structural, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, etc., shown as A-1, A-2, A-3… L-1, L-2, L-3, etc.), but absolute consecutive numbering of the entire set is optional and would appear only in addition to the categorical numbering.

C. ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey including items 5 and 6a and 6b of Table A of the ALTA/ACSM Minimum Standard Detail Requirements at a scale of 1” = 40’ dated not more than 6 months prior to the date of application for Firm Commitment must also be included. Note that the survey and the HUD 91073M must be updated and certified not earlier than 180 days before initial endorsement.

D. A proposed plot plan/site plan at a scale not less than 1” = 40’- 0” must be included, which shows the following:

1. Land boundaries, dimensions, and North Point;

2. Streets, alleys, or roads adjacent or within the property boundaries, together with walks, curbs, pavements, steps, ramps, play areas, parking areas, and drying yards, and utilities such as gas, water, electric, and sewer lines:

   • Dimension or size with distance from location points, material indication for such items as walks and pavements, and extent of each; and

Indications of “new” or “existing” and public dedication of any streets or alleys in the project;

3. Buildings, building designations, location dimensions, and overall dimensions;

4. Elevations of first floor, elevations of finish and existing grade at building corners and entrances, elevations of curbs and streets, and invert elevations of main sewer and direction of flow;

5. Utilities servicing the property, or distance to point of connection and utility lead-ins of service connections; yard lighting; lawn hydrants and lawn sprinkler systems with the pipe sizes and controls; drains; and fire hydrants;

6. Retaining and garden walls, fences, guard rails, garages and accessory structures, with dimensions; and

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7. Existing trees and other natural features and whether they are to be removed or preserved.

• E. Grading and drainage plan at a scale not less than 1” = 40’- 0” when essential information cannot be clearly shown entirely on the plot plan/site plan must show the following:

1. Grade elevations at all building corners and at entrances, walks, drives, parking areas, terraces, yards, walls and steps, and first floor elevations. Existing and proposed grading contours at appropriate intervals; and

2. Yard and roof drainage with controlling grades and dimensions of drainage lines, culverts, catch basins, drainage inlets, gutters, curbs, drainage disposals, and any existing facilities.

F. A planting plan at a scale not less than 1” = 20’- 0,” must include the following:

1. Outline of buildings and other improvements with physical features of the site to establish the location and relationship of planting and landscape construction;

2. Distribution of plant material, location, quantity, and key number of each general species in each group; outline of planting beds, primary lawn areas, secondary lawn areas, and existing trees to be preserved or transplanted; and

3. List of plant material using English and Latin names, key number for each variety for reference to plan, and the size, quality or other description.

G. Basement plans for each building type at a scale not less than 1/8” = 1’- 0” (foundation plans when no basements) must include the following:

1. Dimensions and names indicating use of spaces, with the layout of permanent equipment;

2. Location of structural elements with dimensions or notes as to thickness and size; windows; vents; areaways; doors; lights and switches; drains; sumps; etc. Unless there is a separate foundation plan, this plan must show locations and size of footings, piling, and other substructure work; and

3. Large-scale drawings or details of spaces not clearly shown.

• H. Floor plans must include the following

1. Unit floor plans at a scale not less than ¼” = 1’- 0” for each basic type living unit and any major variation. Separate unit plans are not required when the general floor plans are provided at ¼-inch scale and contain all essential information:

• Partitions to scale; rooms, closets and hall dimensions; over-all dimensions; window locations and type designations referring to schedule showing design, thickness, and size; and dimensioned stair locations, runs and width, landings and handrails;

• Plumbing fixtures; soil and vent stacks; kitchen cabinets and equipment; electric lights; switches, receptacles, and special power outlets; closet shelving and clothes rods; radiators or other heating devices, chimneys, and all other such items;

• Location of structural elements such as columns, lintels, joists, beams, girders, and bearing partitions. Show sizes, spacing and direction of members. Separate structural drawings are required where the structural information would obscure other information;

• All conditions where units are to join other units; end-unit conditions; and

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Identification of living unit types by a number or letter.

2. General floor plans at a scale not less than 1/8” = 1’- 0.”must be included, which show the following:

   • Dimensional relation of living and building units with over-all dimensions of building units and buildings, partition arrangement and fenestration of end units, units at corners and units at offsets; other partitions as necessary to show variations from the typical unit plans and relation of rooms in adjacent living units; wall separating building units;, and their material and thickness; and

Buildings and those units identified by numbers or letters.

I. Roof plans at a scale not less than 1/8” = 1’ – 0” must include the relation of intersection of the various building unit roofs; direction of slops; parapets, chimneys, vents, and other projections; and downspout locations and sizes. Omit where the essential information can be shown clearly on the plot plan or other drawings.