@Jordan Kim liability covers you and is a must if someone slips on your sidewalk, or falls off a ladder and sues you. 

from the sidewalk/street.

Normally the sheriff forces both the people and their belongings onto the sidewalk at the same time,is this not so in your area?

Signs of a bad foundation:Identifying a Foundation ProblemExterior indications of foundation problemsArea around house: (1) Street/sidewalk/driveway/other houses in the area.

We provided drawings and were told  that we needed more of a setback for the fence from the sidewalk.

For those of you familiar with LTIC, is there absolutely no way around it other than to build the sidewalks, even if it's R10 and no one has sidewalks anywhere in sight?  

Property        564,000Closing            10,000 (blue prints, loan points...)Demo              20,000Construction 720,000Exterior           20,000 (driveway, sidewalk, landscaping..)Holding cost   50,000Total Exp  $1,444,000I like to add add a 10% fudge factor for unexpected expense.  

If you need to service the lots -water, power, sewers or sewage treatment, roads, sidewalks etc. the $25,000 per lot seems very low.  

Make sure icy side walks are sanded and salted.

You have to develop the sidewalk to the city's standards which involves a civil engineer.