Can anyone help me interpret this survey?

 Basically, I am looking to understand what the lot dimensions are
(lenght x width).  Also, is this describing a rectangular shape or
irregular shaped lot?

Beginning at a point on the Southwesterly side of Willits Road (64
feet wide) the following three courses and distances along Willits
Road from the Northwesterly side of Ashton Road (64 feet wide): (1)
North 50 degrees 41 minutes 29 seconds West the distance of 143 feet 1
1/4 inches from a point of tangent; (2) Northwestwardly on a curve to
the left having a radius of 500 feet 00 inches the arc distance of 263
feet 10 inches from a point of curve; (3) North 20 degrees 27 minutes
30 inches West the distance of 128 feet 1/5 inches thence extending
South 39 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West, the distance of 204 feet
3 5/8 inches to a point; thence extending North 50 degrees 24 minutes
54 seconds West the distance of 66 feet 4 inches to a point; thence
extending North 39 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds East; the distance of
203 feet 10 5/8 inches to a point on the Southwesterly side of Willits
Road, thence extending South 60 degrees 41 minutes 29 seconds East
along the Southwesterly side of Willits Road, the distance of 86 feet
4 inches to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Randy

  randyfoss2@yahoo.com (Randy Foster) wrote:

It's *obviously* an irregular lot, not a rectangle: just look at the
dimensions. If it were a rectangle, (a) there would be only four dimensions,
because a rectangle has four sides, (b) they would all be straight lines, (c)
they would be in pairs, i.e. the first the same as the third, and the second
the same as the fourth, and (d) the compass directions would also be in pairs.

This description gives seven dimensions, one of them is a curve, all of them
are different, and none of them go in the same direction. It can't possibly be
a rectangle. And hence length x width doesn't really have any meaning here.

If you want to know what it looks like, the best place to start is the map
drawn by the surveyor.

 My county accessors office has "tax lot" maps. May want to try there.


"Randy Foster"  wrote in message

 On 12 Aug 2004 05:52:55 -0700, someone wrote:


Well, it sure aint a rectangle, being that you have typed right here
that it has a curve.  If it is already a separate lot, go down to the
municipal assessor's office and look at the tax map.

-v.

 Randy Foster wrote:

You must have transcribed something wrong or the surveyor was drunk.
This is not a very good survey. It doesn't close mathematically, but it
does close well enough to give you an idea what they are talking about.
The final property is roughly a rectangle approximately 203 feet by 66
feet. The first three points are just to tell you where the corner of
the property begins, but they are in reverse order. You know they are
because a point of tangent is the end of a curve and point of curve is
the beginning of a curve. So, starting at the west side of the
intersection of northwest - southeast running Willits Road and southwest
- northeast running Ashton road, you follow direction (3), then
direction (2). The approximate angle of the curve is 30.23307 degrees.
 From there you follow direction (1) to get to the eastmost corner of
the property. The property is then approximately rectangular, and if you
types the length of the last side wrong and it is 66' 4" not 86' 4" and
you typed the last direction wrong and it is S50d41'29" not S60d41'29",
then it nearly closes mathematically. it is off by approximately 2/3s of
an inch.
If you didn't type the last part wrong, then the survey is bad, because
it is off by well over 20' (over distances where being off by 4 inches
would get a surveyors license revoked) and you should get the property
resurveyed.

Note, I am not a surveyor, just a civil engineer who does this for a
living, so you can't use my description in court. Ask a Professional
Land Surveyor to take a look at it, or pull out the old geometry book
and do it for yourself.  It really is remarkably easy.

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