Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 180 - GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS BOARD
Chapter 180-7 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY SURVEYS
Rule 180-7-.03 - Measurements-Horizontal

Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 180-7-.03

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024

Measurements shall be made with instruments capable of attaining the required accuracy for the particular problem involved. Angles and distances shall be measured to obtain an accuracy of not less than 1:10,000 in urban or suburban areas and 1:5,000 in rural areas except as follows:

(a) The allowable positional tolerance of property corners with respect to each other within a given survey may not be greater than:

1. 0.1 foot in urban blocks wherein buildings can be erected along the property line, or where high land values so warrant;

2. 0.25 foot in suburban subdivisions interior blocks and/or suburban lots or parcels;

3. 0.50 in rural areas, except as follows:
(i) Closer tolerance is required where land value in rural areas is increased by adjacency to major highway intersections or thruway complexes, building congestion, oil or mineral rights or any other reason;

(ii) When a parcel of land is extremely long or narrow, closer tolerance is required on the shorter narrow dimensions to qualify acceptable corner positioning in relation to the narrow width;

(iii) Where original surveys in rural areas were made with a compass, retracement may be made by compass in order to "follow the footsteps" of the original surveyor. However, such retracement also must be reduced to a non-magnetic traverse so that the error of closure as specified above is obtained.

Authority O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-15-1, 43-15-2, 43-15-4, 43-15-6.

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