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CABARRUS COUNTY 2012 APPRAISAL MANUAL <br />TO CHECK FOR CLOSURE: <br />The basic rule is the sums of the lengths of the opposite sides must be equal to each other as follows: <br />The sum of the top horizontal lines, (the back of the house) should equal the sum of the bottom horizontal lines, (the front of <br />the house). The sum of the left vertical lines, (the left side of the house) should equal the sum of the right vertical lines, (the <br />right side of the house), in the same manner. <br />The following are examples depicting various types of improvements and how they should be drawn, labeled and checked for <br />closure. <br />STANDARDIZED METHOD OF DRAWING STRUCTURES <br />A uniform method of drawing and labeling structures must be adopted. The following method is to be employed in preparing <br />documents for use by the system. <br />Orient your drawing so that the front of the structure is towards the bottom of the card. All labeling should be <br />oriented in this same direction. <br />It is essential in drawing the structures to delineate the auxiliary areas properly in order that they can easily be <br />distinguished from the base area. <br />Familiarity with auxiliary area abbreviations is essential along with an understanding of the visual indications of these <br />areas. For example: an enclosed porch which may have windows different from the base, a lower foundation than the <br />base, or different roof cover. <br />If you are confronted with an exceptionally large property with many sides, a piece of graph paper used in drawing the <br />sketch can be invaluable in preventing errors. <br />Special attention needs to be given multi -story buildings. A notation to denote upper stories and/or basements should <br />be as follows <br />- - -FLR = 1 <br />- - -FLR = 2 <br />- - -FLR = 1 <br />- - -BSM = 1 <br />Further refinements of this situation are necessary to contend with many older, odd shaped homes often with 2 or more stories. <br />Careful attention must be paid to auxiliary areas and whether or not they extend to all floors. <br />Cabarrus County — 2012 Revaluation DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES 5- 4 <br />8/9/11 <br />Attachment number 8 <br />G -3 Page 361 <br />