Storm water detainage ponds are also required. You may be required to provide a landscape screen between your parking lot and adjacent residential property. This is to protect neighbors from the negative influences of a parking lot, such as unsightliness, noise, and car headlights shining into homes. Often the parking lot itself must have trees scattered about to reduce the effect of a massive parking lot. Other general landscaping is required as well to beautify the community.
Many problems can lurk below the surface.
The soil underneath the surface might be so weak that your building might require a special foundation. That could significantly in crease construction costs. Excessive underground water. A high water table or underground stream would affect construction, particularly if you were planning to build a church with a basement. The property might contain unsuitable fill materials, such as topsoil, old tree stumps, or waste.