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The local Muni or county might be the big 800lb gorilla ??? for creating a potential lethal hazard along the ROW , BUT it’s nice to know people still like to mete out punishment in virtuous and unique ways.
So. It looks like the neighbor didn’t like my clients building being (as the neighbor saw it) on his property. So said neighbor reported my client. Turns out, the building is NOT on the neighbors property … by about 0.2 of a foot. Now, I’ve staked out the new location for my clients building (9′ off of the property line) to meet the 8′ offset. I think the neighbor will be appeased …. for now. I also set 36″ rebar (subgrade) in 100′ intervals along the shared property line and marked them with 36″ long 1/2″ diameter PVC with flagging. Client has already started clearing his building to be moved and began to prepare the site for the concrete to be poured.
Also, in an unusual twist of fate, it seems that the “dastardly neighbor” has an outstanding taste of music in the form of classic rock. Of which, he played loud enough for me to forget the NC mosquitos for a couple of hours. I mean, how bad of a guy can he be?
We set T posts on line, turn them 90?ø to the line so they don’t look like they are used for a fence and drive them deep, neighbors don’t like to work that hard to remove them????
This is not uncommon. I suggest making sure that a survey showing your online points is public record and setting something with a cap that can be marked in a way that anyone who bothers to read it will understand what it is.
These monuments, if memorialized by a survey are called either “points on line”, “Witness Points” (not Witness Corners), or occasionally “tangent points” depending on your region. I am sure there are some other regional terms out there as well.
I don’t set uncapped rebar, particularly in rural areas as they are tough on hooves.
I had one rancher chew me out about a control point years ago and that was the last time I did it.
For line I would probably set landscaping spikes with flagging, if they want rebar it would have a 1-1/2″ aluminum cap.
Old timers often would set pipe along lines locally, the question always is do these pipes create kinks in the property line like a line tree. Sometimes they are of record, normally not, you will come across them as you survey down the line sitting on a break on a hill or near a ravine crossing. I think many of them are wiggle-in points.
- Posted by: @aliquot
This is not uncommon. I suggest making sure that a survey showing your online points is public record and setting something with a cap that can be marked in a way that anyone who bothers to read it will understand what it is.
These monuments, if memorialized by a survey are called either “points on line”, “Witness Points” (not Witness Corners), or occasionally “tangent points” depending on your region. I am sure there are some other regional terms out there as well.
Highways around here often had “intermediate bounds” so there was originally no more than roughly 6-800′ between bounds set for the taking. Both on long curves and straight lines.
There are intermediate bounds opposite station 119+00 on Route 119. I’m guessing they thought it would be a bit humorous.
The Land Court Manual of Instructions require intermediate marks to be made too.
Historic Boundaries and Conservation Efforts
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