If the legal description is inadequate or only a portion of a lot is being requested to be removed, a metes and bounds description will be required. Metes and bounds descriptions must:

• Cover the specific area to be removed
• Be tied to an identifiable starting point—at the lot or parcel corner if it is for a legally recorded lot or parcel
• Not intersect or coincide with the footprint of an existing structure

An example of the preferred format is:

• BEGINNING at the northeast lot corner; thence S16°42’22”E, 100.00 feet; thence S33°14’40”W, 145.92 feet; thence S89°13’29”W, 156.01 feet; thence N16°42’22”W, 223.14 feet; thence 210.49 feet along a curve to the left having a radius of 542.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

You may also refer to the FEMA approved format for eLOMA legal property descriptions.