Plans missing from city files?

[AK]

I submit my question to the collective wisdom of my fellow Piggs.

As you may know I’m currently in escrow on a lovely home in O’side. I have no particular cause for concern — it’s a pretty typical tract home, about 10 years old, and by all appearances well maintained.

Being the resourceful little Pigg that I am, I called down to the city to ask if as-builts, grading plans, soil reports, etc. were on file for that house. The very helpful folks at the engineering desk told me that records of that vintage would probably be on file. But when I schlepped down to City Hall to actually view the plans, the front desk staff told me, very apologetically, that the entire file for that development had mysteriously vanished.

IIRC there’s no legal requirement for the city to keep those plans on file, and there are any number of reasons why people wouldn’t want them retained (i.e. potential liability). In your collective experience, is it unusual for files like this to “disappear” or is this just business as usual?

Thanks!

[surveyor]

I’m not surprised it happened. I see it all the time over there.

If you can find out who built it, the original engineer might have it on file.

[surveyor]

I’m not surprised it happened. I see it all the time over there.

If you can find out who built it, the original engineer might have it on file.

[surveyor]

I’m not surprised it happened. I see it all the time over there.

If you can find out who built it, the original engineer might have it on file.

[surveyor]

I’m not surprised it happened. I see it all the time over there.

If you can find out who built it, the original engineer might have it on file.

[surveyor]

I’m not surprised it happened. I see it all the time over there.

If you can find out who built it, the original engineer might have it on file.

[AK]

Thanks surveyor!

[AK]

Thanks surveyor!

[AK]

Thanks surveyor!

[AK]

Thanks surveyor!

[AK]

Thanks surveyor!

[UCGal]

We were lucky – we were able to get the original grading/survey/soils reports from the City of San Diego before hiring the civil engineer, geotechnical, and surveyor for our granny flat project… it was a good starting point.

(It was also a relief to find out we had “good dirt” for handling an earthquake – Scripps formation.)

[UCGal]

We were lucky – we were able to get the original grading/survey/soils reports from the City of San Diego before hiring the civil engineer, geotechnical, and surveyor for our granny flat project… it was a good starting point.

(It was also a relief to find out we had “good dirt” for handling an earthquake – Scripps formation.)

[UCGal]

We were lucky – we were able to get the original grading/survey/soils reports from the City of San Diego before hiring the civil engineer, geotechnical, and surveyor for our granny flat project… it was a good starting point.

(It was also a relief to find out we had “good dirt” for handling an earthquake – Scripps formation.)

[UCGal]

We were lucky – we were able to get the original grading/survey/soils reports from the City of San Diego before hiring the civil engineer, geotechnical, and surveyor for our granny flat project… it was a good starting point.

(It was also a relief to find out we had “good dirt” for handling an earthquake – Scripps formation.)

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