Code of Massachusetts Regulations
974 CMR - DEVENS ENTERPRISE COMMISSION
Title 974 CMR 1.00 - Administration
Section 1.06 - Surveying and Monumentation
Universal Citation: 974 MA Code of Regs 974.1
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Surveys.
(a) All
survey work performed as part of a lotting plan, site plan or subdivision plan
shall, at a minimum, adhere to
250 CMR 6.00:
Procedural and Technical Standards for the Practice of Land
Surveying. Where applicable, the MassDevelopment Engineering
Department may establish additional standards of practice, apply more stringent
requirements and/or require additional submission requirements.
(b) All surveys shall relate to the North
American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD 1929). All data shall be referenced to the Massachusetts State Plane
Coordinate System (Mainland Zone). The standard unit of measure shall be the
U.S. Survey Foot.
(c) All surveys
for the establishment of property lines, right of way lines and permanent
easements shall tie into at least two points in the Devens Survey Control
Network. For traverse/level adjustments the published values of these existing
control points shall be held fixed.
(d) All information submitted in digital
format shall adhere to the standards of the MassDevelopment Engineering
office.
(2) Monumentation.
(a)
Monuments shall be installed on way lines and property lines at all points of
curvature and at all points of change in direction.
(b) Monuments shall be a standard permanent
granite bound of not less than four feet in length and not less than six inches
in width and breadth and shall have a 1/2 inch diameter hole 11/2
inches deep, drilled in the center of the top surface. Iron rods not less than
3/4 inch diameter and four feet in length may be substituted in locations
approved by the MassDevelopment Engineering office.
(c) No permanent monuments shall be installed
until all construction that could destroy or disturb them is completed. The
tops of monuments shall be set flush with the final graded surface. Any
existing monument destroyed or disturbed by any activities related to the
development or use of a parcel shall be reset or replaced at it's original
location. The same standards will be held for the resetting or replacement of
monuments as for the placement of new monuments.
(d) Coordinates and elevations shall be
published for new monumentation at a rate of not less than one per four
monuments set.
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