DE Land Surveyor case studies
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The Delaware Professional Land Surveyor credential is issued by the Board of Professional Land Surveyors within the Delaware Division of Professional Regulation. The Board's stated objective is to protect the public from unsafe practices and from practices that tend to reduce competition or fix prices for services, while maintaining standards of professional competence and service delivery. The DE Land Surveyor case studies are 5 cases and about 2,887 words.
1The Pipe That Does Not Match the Deed
A 42.6-acre parcel in Sussex County is being retraced for a two-lot subdivision. The 1998 deed runs N 12°45' E 1,286.42 ft to a set iron pipe.
617 words, about 3 min2Elevation Certificate With a Stale Benchmark
A homeowner in New Castle County wants an Elevation Certificate for a proposed 24 ft by 36 ft addition in Zone AE. The effective FIRM shows a base flood elevation of 22.0 ft NAVD88.
597 words, about 3 min3As-Built Wall in a Drainage Easement
A retail building in Kent County has just been completed. The recorded subdivision plat grants a 20-ft-wide drainage easement along the rear lot line.
565 words, about 3 min4Tidal Boundary and the Bulkhead
A waterfront lot on the Indian River in Sussex County is described in a 1954 deed as bounded 'to the mean high water of the Indian River.' The 1954 subdivision plat shows a bulkhead line 18 ft channelward of the present bulkhead. The present mean high water is about 18 ft landward of the bulkhead, and the owner has placed fill behind the bulkhead.
565 words, about 3 min5Sealing Work You Did Not Supervise
The principal of a two-person survey firm in Wilmington is preparing three boundary surveys before a Friday recording deadline. An unlicensed technician, who has worked for the firm for 11 months, prepares a metes-and-bounds description and a plat for a 0.9-acre city lot using office records and a 1995 survey.
543 words, about 3 min