Cleaning up our act
As one who looks over the recent plats in a broad area it is easy to discover examples of things that make our work appear to be sloppy, even to lay people who don’t understand all that much about what it is we are attempting to make clear to everyone else. The recent thread about the common boundary between Idaho and Montana had plenty of comments about errors committed by the author that article. Our work can receive similar criticism.
Say the client wants a rectangular tract 400 feet by 800 feet and rectangular. We present a plat that shows 399.99 on one side with a bearing of north 89-50-45 east and the twin side says 400.01 with a bearing of south 89-50-50 west. The other two sides have similar differences from the expected results. They know something is wrong because those distances are not identical and 400.00 and may be sharp enough to ask why the bearings are not equal yet opposite. Are we not capable of producing a plat showing what the client wanted……..precisely.
A similar situation arises on easements and streets where the sides should be precisely parallel by definition. How can we screw up such simple work?
The description calls out a bearing of 89-45-36 but the drawing shows 89-45-39. Should the reviewer send it back to the surveyor with a nasty note? Or ignore it.
The correct site address is 2430 Corning Avenue. The plat says 2430 Corning Street. Ignore or nasty note?
The correct addition is Pleasantview, per the recorded subdivision plat, yet shows up as Pleasant View on the survey being reviewed. Ignore or nasty note?
The correct addition is Murphy’s 2nd Addition but shows up as Murphy’s 3nd Addition. Ignore or nasty note.
The easement document reads the affected area is for ingress/egress purposes but the survey plat being reviewed says it is a Utility Easement? Ignore or nasty note.
The description begins at the northwest corner of something but the plat labels the northeast corner as the P.O.B.. All distances and bearings are in agreement but the location of the beginning differs. Ignore or nasty note.
Everything else is perfect. Rare, but it can happen. Then the description says the wrong County or City or has no mention of the P.M. or other common identification or has the wrong anything whatsoever. A nice note is guaranteed.
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