(A) General Requirements.
(1) Monuments shall be placed for the purpose of delineating each individual lot boundaries, the external boundaries of a subdivision plat and the centerline of roadways.
(2) Monuments shall be installed after final grading is completed. Each property corner and internal angle point shall be monumented by the installation of a two foot by six inch long iron rod, capped flush at final grade with a durable plastic cover.
(3) A land surveyor, registered in the State of Indiana, shall attest to the accuracy of the installed individual lot monuments. Certified Statements of Attestment shall be submitted to the Noblesville Department of Engineering after the Plan Commission has approved the plat but prior to the issuance of any building permits.
(4) Monuments which are damaged or altered shall be reset by party responsible for damage/alteration. If a responsible party cannot be readily determined, the developer shall bear the costs of having the monument(s) reset.
(5) All monuments including external boundaries, water bodies, and individual lots shall be installed and inspected/accepted by the city. Monumentation for individual lots is required as a part of the final certificate of occupancy approval.
(B) External Boundaries.
(1) Type of Monument. The external boundaries of a development shall be monumented in the field by monuments of concrete, not less than 30 inches in length, not less than four inches square and marked on top with a cross, brass plug, or iron rod.
(2) Location of Monument. These monuments shall be placed not more than 1,320 feet apart in any straight line and at points of tangency, points of curvature, and intersection of another roadway and those points to be not less than 20 feet back from the bank of any water body, except that when such corners or points fall within a street, or proposed future street, the monuments shall be placed in the side line of the street.
(3) Guarantee of Accuracy. A land surveyor, registered in the State of Indiana, shall attest to the accuracy of the installed monuments. Certified statements of attestment shall be submitted to the Department of Engineering for consideration and acceptance of the roadway by the Noblesville Board of Public Works and Safety.
(4) Damaged Monuments. Monuments which are damaged or altered shall be reset by party responsible for damage/alteration. If a responsible party cannot be readily determined, the developer shall bear the costs of having the monument(s) reset.
(C) Internal Boundaries. All internal boundaries and those corners and points not covered by the preceding division shall be monumented in the field on iron rods one-half inch in diameter and 30 inches long. These monuments shall be placed at all block and lot corners and at all internal angle points as required by the City Engineer.
(D) Monuments Marking Water Bodies. The lines of lots that extend to bodies of water shall be monumented in the field by iron pipes at least 30 inches long and seven-eighths inch in diameter or by round or square iron bars at least 30 inches long. These monuments shall be placed at the point of intersection of the water line, with a meander line established not less than 20 feet back from the bank of the water body.
(Ord. 62-12-95, passed 1-22-96; Am. Ord. 55-12-02, passed 1-14-03; Am. Ord. 32-07-19, passed 7-23-19)