(A) In all platted surveys, a professional land surveyor shall make a determination of the boundary and corners of the parcel being surveyed. Unless an adequate monument already exists at each parcel corner, a professional land surveyor shall set a monument or a witness monument at each corner of a parcel as provided in this section.
(B) A monument or witness monument set by a professional land surveyor shall:
(1) Be made of, or contain, a ferrous material;
(2) Be not less than five-eighths inch in diameter and 24 inches in length;
(3) Be a minimum of schedule 40 weight if pipe is utilized; and
(4) Be identified with a cap bearing the registration number of the professional land surveyor responsible for and in charge of the survey.
(C) A monument or witness monument shall be required at each corner of a platted survey. A parcel corner shall be identified by a witness monument if a monument cannot be set because the corner falls on rock, concrete, or other like material; is likely to be disturbed; or is inaccessible. A witness monument shall be set on the boundary line, if practicable, and as close as practicable to the corner location.
(D) A professional land surveyor shall set each monument in a manner to avoid its destruction. A tree shall not be established as a corner monument except in a rural boundary survey. A tree that a professional land surveyor establishes as a corner monument shall be at least ten inches in diameter at breast height; in sound condition; marked in a conspicuous manner; and clearly described on the plat, and in the written description, by size, species, and method of marking. Trees shall not constitute more than 50% of the established monuments for a platted survey in a rural land classification. For an urban and suburban survey in which a tree is found to be the monument of record, the tree shall be witness-monumented.
(E) A corner monument that a professional land surveyor has determined is not of sound condition, or which fails to meet the standards established in this section, shall be witness-monumented to perpetuate the corner location.
(F) The following distinct physical features may be utilized as a monument:
(1) A watercourse;
(2) A ridge;
(3) A road; or
(4) A cliff.
(Ord. 2005-5, passed 6-7-2005)