The GIS is correct

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Bruce Small

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I came across this unusual block yesterday while out surveying. It is a 1941 plat, properly surveyed, fully dimensioned, everything closes.

All of the lot owners on the north tier of lots were well behaved and the improvements were as expected. Most of the lot owners on the south tier of lots have their walls ten feet into the right-of-way, and then there is this house, several feet into the right-of-way. The GIS shows it correctly. I have to wonder how they got their building permit.

One homeowner has painted his wall in very large letters: "My child is an honor student. My governor is a lunatic."

Posted : June 9, 2015 10:22 am

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> ...I have to wonder how they got their building permit.
A few years back I surveyed a lot in the "West Hills" of Portland, very high priced neighborhood, heavily wooded and very steep, with great views of the Willamette River, downtown Portland, and the mountains beyond.

The house was about 10 years old. An architect was involved, so I was provided with a copy of the building plans. A copy of the permit set. Those plans showed a planned bay window on one detail sheet, but the bay window was excluded from the site plan. If it had been shown on the site plan, it would have been seen to encroach into the right of way. Naturally the house was built with the bay window which my survey showed was indeed encroaching on the right of way.

Posted : June 9, 2015 10:39 am

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>The GIS is correct

[sarcasm]Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity?[/sarcasm]

Posted : June 9, 2015 10:57 am

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hmmm..I'm looking at the power pole in the NE corner of the photo and thinking to myself that more times than not, here in Houston, the power poles are set fairly close in line with a property line, at maybe a foot or two offset.
That GIS really is fairly representative of the property lines ??

Posted : June 9, 2015 11:49 am