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Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 741-312
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Sec. 741-312. - Monuments. A. Permanent reference monuments shall be placed in the subdivision by a Professional Surveyor. Where no existing permanent monuments are found, monuments must be installed no more than 600 feet apart in any straight line and in accordance with the schedule in Table 741-312-1. Table 741-312-1. Schedule for Monumentation Time frame | Location of Monuments to be set Before submitting secondary plat for approval | All quarter section corners on the boundaries of or within the area to be platted; At all angle points on exterior boundary lines of the parent tract that coincide or control the location of any lines of the proposed plat; and At the beginning and end of all curves and points of tangency of the perimeter of the plat. After plat recording and within 90 days of the conclusion of development | At the intersections of all street centerlines within the plat; and At both ends of all curves on the centerlines of all streets within the plat. B. Monuments shall be a five-eighths inch or larger diameter metal rod having a metal cap on top showing either the responsible professional surveyor's surname and professional license number or the Indiana firm/agency's identification number in accordance with 865 IAC 1-12-18. Monuments for street centerline demarcation shall be a length equal to or greater of the thickness of the pavement. Other required monuments shall be a length of at least 36 inches. C. Each monument shall be installed so the cross mark shall coincide with the point being marked, set flush with grade level, detectable by a magnetic locator, and installed in such a manner that they will not be dislodged or removed by frost heave. D. The retracement survey of the parent tract containing the proposed subdivision, or of that part of such tract controlling the location thereof, shall be executed and recorded in the office of the Marion County Recorder before the secondary plat is submitted to the Commission for approval in accordance with 865 IAC 1-12. E. All required monuments that are installed subsequent to plat recordation shall be set by a professional surveyor in compliance with these regulations, the recorded subdivision plat, and the monumentation shown on the previously recorded retracement survey (of the tract containing such plat). The location and detailed description of and reference ties to such subsequent monuments shall be shown on a copy of the recorded plat. Such copy shall be newly certified regarding such monuments by the professional surveyor, recorded in the office of the Marion County Recorder, and cross-referenced to the original plat. The new certificate regarding these monuments set after plat recordation shall be affixed with the Registrant's Seal and shall read as follows: "I, the undersigned Indiana Land Surveyor, hereby certify that the new survey monuments shown on this copy of the previously recorded plat herein were set by me subsequent to the recordation of said plat in accordance with Chapter 741 of the Revised Code of the City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. Dated: _______ Signed (name): _______ PLS Registration No. _______" (G.O. 64, 2015, § 2)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH741SURE_ARTIIIDEINST_S741-312MOFetched: 10/27/2026

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