Smith-Roberts National Corp. ( http://www.smith-roberts.com ) is a nationwide ALTA Land Survey coordinator and the originator of the DesignReady Survey®. SRN conducts nationwide ALTA land title surveys for Hotels and Motels.

1. The Value of a Land Title Survey for
Hotels and Motels
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2. • Hotels need to constantly upgrade and renovate their facilities to
remain competitive and maintain their franchise affiliations.
• Ever changing customer trends and technologies make it necessary to
upgrade and stat ahead of the curve.
• Any time a new hotel is constructed or existing one upgraded an ALTA
survey may be needed.
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3. • When preparing an ALTA Survey for the Hotel and Motel industry,
there are a number of important items to consider above and beyond
the property boundary and the location of buildings on the subject
property.
• One of the most common problems with this type of property is the
number of parking spaces that are required by local zoning codes.
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4. • When a Hotel or Motel is built, part of the building and permitting
process is the number of required parking spaces for the amount of
rooms and square footage of other common areas, ie; the restaurant
and lobby.
• Over time, for various reasons, parking configurations have a tendency to
change.
• As the manager or owner realize that the traffic flow requires parking
spaces to be moved or eliminated and in some cases redesigned all
together.
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5. • When this happens often times the number of spaces, both handicap
and regular parking spaces fail to meet the minimum standards
required by zoning.
• Sometimes it is very easy to remedy the situation by simply reconfiguring
the parking and placing with new striping but other times it is a bit more
costly and time consuming.
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6. • Other points of concerns that arise out of a survey include access
agreements and signage.
• Depending on the property location, it may include sharing access with
others.
• Often times this access agreement is unknown to the current owners and
allows for more than just access.
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7. • Unknown and unrecorded documents that allow for signage are
typically uncovered when the surveyor notes that signs not belonging
to the subject property are within the boundary of the subject
property.
• This finding will create a more in-depth look at the situation leading to
the discovery of new easements not of record.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
Phone: 405 840-7094
Fax: 405 516-2680
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