This is part of the application for a lot split for a city in my neck of the woods. The part in the orange box seems ridiculous to me. I'm not a utility company, how could I possibly certify something like this?
Curious if others have seen anything like this in their area.
You don't. Around here it's the utility companies that sign off on that. Their opportunity to weigh in if the proposed adjustment will impact them.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
That makes sense, but it's under the PLS requirements for some reason.
Around here the surveyor is tasked with showing that the existing improvements are serviced without encroaching on the proposed layout. This one is not asking you to certify that there are no utilities, but only that any that there are will not be affected by adjusting the lot line. Still kind of a tough ask.
Do you get a partial vacation for these splits?
Nothing is being vacated, it's a simple lot split.
Anytime there is a lot split that becomes a Minor Subdivision, part of the sequence is to do a partial vacation which eliminates the existing easements through the property and they become reorganized by the new plat. All the stakeholders (utilites, ect.) have to sign off on the new easements. Of course that's the process locally.
A Boundary Line Adjustment doesn't need to go through that process.
I do not like that certification they require, my attorney would be calling whoever is in charge for that one. Plus, how that certification is written makes no sense.