A county sidewalk project to replace uplifted (from oak tree roots, etc.) pieces of sidewalk resulted in the destruction of the property (lot 176) owner's front property corners (nails and discs in sidewalk). Recovered points 1 (nail and disc) encroaching +/- 1.10' in sidewalk, 2 (1/2" iron pipe) +/- 0.50' off back of walk, and 3 ("X"-cut) encroaching +/- 0.50' in sidewalk. The PC of lot 55 was not recovered. Property owner wants the county to replace her front corners. I have never seen such a skewed (relative to the R/W lines) sidewalk. I wonder what happened. Do you think a county, city, etc. should reset front property corners due to such sidewalk projects?
Maybe the sidewalk isn't skewed but the points found are at different offsets to the right-of-way.
And, yes, if the CIty, County, utility, or whomever knocks out a property corner or witness to it should have to replace it at their own expense.
(And that can get expensive. I did one for a city that ended up costing over $10,000 for one corner!)
I did one for a city that ended up costing over $10,000 for one corner!
Sounds like you had to survey the entire block to reset the corner.
Maybe the sidewalk isn't skewed but the points found are at different offsets to the right-of-way.
I don't know. If you go into the cul-de-sac (Broad Meadow Court), the recovered points (in the red rectangle) are all practically in the center of the sidewalk. Too bad we don't have time to survey the entire block.
I think that you are going to need some more evidence before you can proceed with setting corners. It is indeed unusual, although not unheard of, for the curb and sidewalk line to not be parallel with the right of way.
And yes, it is the county's responsibility to replace those monuments.
What should be done and what will be done are two very different things. Even in recording states where the fact these corner monuments exist, no one thinks to take their existence into consideration. This is something state survey societies should be championing.
