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Standards for Boundary
Surveys
4733-37-05 Plat of
Survey
(A) The surveyor shall prepare a scale
drawing of every individual survey, or drawings comprising all of the surveys
when they are contiguous, in which the surveyor retraces previously established
property lines or establishes new boundaries.
(B) A copy of this drawing shall be
given to the client. When required, another copy shall be filed with the
appropriate public agencies.
(C) The surveyor shall include the
following details:
(1) A title such that the general location of
the survey can be identified. The title shall include, but not be limited to:
state, county, civil township or municipality, and original land subdivision
description.
(2) A north arrow with a clear statement as to
the basis of the reference direction used.
(3) The control station(s) or line cited in the
description and the relationship of the property to this control must be
referenced to an established monumented point of beginning such as, but not
limited to: centerline intersection of streets or highways record, section or
quarter section corners, Virginia military survey corners or lines, or platted
lot corners. The type of monuments set or found at the control stations shall be
noted.
(4) A notation at each corner of the property
stating that the boundary monument specified in the deed description was found,
or that a boundary monument was set, or a legend of the symbols used to identify
monumentation. In addition, there shall be a statement describing the material
and size of every monument found or set.
(5) A general notation describing the evidence
of occupation that may be found along every boundary line or occupation line.
(6) The length and direction of each line as
specified in the description of the property or as determined in the actual
survey if this differs from what is stated in the deed description by more than
the tolerance specified in paragraph (B) of rule 4733-37-04 of the
Administrative Code. The length and direction shall be stated as follows:
(a) Bearings expressed in degrees, minutes and
seconds and distances expressed in feet and decimal parts thereof on each
course. If a metric equivalent distance is stated, it shall be stated to the
third decimal place.
(b) All curved lines shall indicate the radius,
central angle, curve length, chord bearing and chord distance.
(c) Each course shall show other common lines
such as centerline of roads, rivers, streams, section lines, quarter section
lines, half section lines or other pertinent common lines of record.
(7) A citation of pertinent documents and
sources of data used as a basis for carrying out the work. The citation shall
include, but not be limited to: current deeds as of the date of the survey,
prior deeds or other documents of record, and available deeds of record for
adjoining parcels along each boundary line of the survey. If the adjoining
parcel is a recorded subdivision, only the subdivision name, recording
information and lot numbers need to be shown.
(8) The written and graphical scale of the
drawing.
(9) The date of the survey.
(10) The surveyor's printed name and Ohio
registration number, signature and seal (in a form which may clearly reproduce
on any copies which may be made of the original drawing).
(11) The area contained within the perimeter of
the surveyed parcel.
(12) All references to roads or railroads
contiguous to the surveyed parcel shall use current names or names of record and
applicable right of way widths, if available.
(13) All references to rivers or streams shall
use current names of record, if available.
HISTORY: Effective 5-1-80 and
11-1-03; rule promulgated under Revised Code 119.03: rule authorized by Revised
Code 4733.07; rule amplifies Revised Code 4733.20; Revised Code 119.032 review
dates - 05/09/2003 and 11/01/2008
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