I hear you, I've had the same futile discussions with cities, planners, other surveyors, et cetera. I just found out that my pdf explanation is valid ...

I hope the info helps. Our state has fairly clear laws regarding the vesting of vacated public R/W along with a lot of good case law. A possible?ÿsour...

Here is a US Supreme Court ruling: "It is a familiar principle of... law that a grant of land bordering on a road or river, carries title to the cente...

Wow. Here in Oregon all you have to do is whisper "Dolan" to over reaching planners and they run like scalded dogs. However, in Dolan they were asking...

Excellent work there Gene. After I added my reply I saw that 12 minutes earlier you'd put all my hypotheticals into practical use.?ÿ

~~~~~ NEVER MIND. Gene Posted the post above while I was putting this one together~~~~~ Perhaps Utah has LIDAR data available for this area. In Oregon...

Could it be that those reserved areas are outside of the actual subdivision's boundary and aren't part of the plat? Hereabouts a subdivision plat will...