SITE PLANNING

                        INTRODUCTION SITE PLAN A site plan usually shows  a building footprint, travel ways , parking, drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water lines, trails, lighting, and landscaping and garden elements . Such a plan of a site is a " graphic representation of the arrangement of buildings, parking, drives, landscaping and any other structure that is part of a development project. A site plan is a "set of construction drawings that a builder or contractor uses to make improvements to a property.  Site plans are often prepared by a design consultant who must be either a licensed engineer, architect, landscape architect or land surveyor. SITE PLANNING Site planning  in architecture and planning refers to the organizational stage of the  design process. It involves the organization of land use zoning, access, circulation, landscape, privacy, security, ...