Glossary

Words that come up in the app and in these docs.

Buildable acres

The parcel's acres minus flood zone, wetland, open water and ground steeper than 15%.

Road frontage

How many feet of the parcel's edge run along a public road. Zero means it may be landlocked or reached by an easement.

Absentee owner

An owner whose tax bill goes to an address other than the parcel itself. Out-of-state and overseas owners are kinds of absentee owner.

Assemblage

Adjoining parcels bought together to make a bigger site, often from the same owner.

Tax value

The county's value for property tax. Often years out of date, and not what the land would sell for.

Sale price

What was paid at the last recorded sale, from the deed. Sales under $1,000 (gifts, family transfers, corrections) are not treated as market sales.

Buy box

The rules a parcel has to meet before you'll look at it, like size, price and buildable land. In Acresift, your filters are your buy box.

Parcel

One piece of land as the county's tax map draws it, with its own parcel number. A deed can cover several parcels and a parcel can have several owners.

Stormwater program

The rules for how new building handles rain runoff. An area can have a local program, a state program or none; none usually means less cost and review.