SURVEYS
Sections:
20.200.010 Requirements.
A. Required. Before a final map of a subdivision can be filed for record, the county engineer must ascertain that an accurate and complete boundary survey of the lots, blocks, roads, easements and boundaries of the subdivision has been established on the ground by a licensed surveyor.
B. Monuments generally. Monuments must be set as provided in paragraph C below and must be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration and license number of the surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made. A description of each monument to be set subsequent to recordation must be shown on the final map. The minimum allowable error of closure is 1/10,000.
C. Monuments, setting. The engineer or surveyor in charge of survey must set permanent monuments
as follows:
1. A class “A” monument must be set:
a. On each boundary corner of the subdivision;
b. Along the boundary lines of the subdivision at intervals of not more than one-fourth mile;
c. At street intersections or by reference thereto;
d. At the beginning and ending of each curve unless special conditions require an alternate setting;
e. On all block corners in the subdivision.
2. A class “B” monument must be set on each building site or lot corner in the subdivision.
D. Monuments, construction. Monuments required in this title are as follows:
1. A class “A” monument consists of a capped iron pipe having an inside diameter of two inches or more or a six-inch by 12-inch
concrete monument, or a malleable metal capped steel shaft or its equivalent 30 inches long, driven at least 24 inches into the ground.
2. A class “B” monument consists of an iron pipe having an outside diameter of three-fourths inch or more, at least 18 inches
long, driven at least 12 inches in the ground extending between four inches and six inches above the surface and permanently
stamped, or a reinforcing steel bar with a minimum diameter of five-eighths inch and at least 18 inches long, driven in the ground at
least 12 inches and extending above surface of ground at least six inches with top painted red.
3. Where a monument is set in a paved street, it must be set with the top at least six inches below finished grade and be
covered with a cast iron cover set flush with finished street grade.
4. By order entered in the minutes, the board may authorize placement of other specified kinds of monuments in a particular
subdivision.
E. Map of record. Every licensed surveyor who surveys a parcel of land in the area of Douglas County into three or more
separate parcels of less than five acres and prepares a map or record of each such survey must send a legible copy of such map to
the county recorder within 30 days after completion of the map. (Ord. 763, 1996; Ord. 390, 19981)
