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Can't find my survey bars I am trying to determine where my property line is. My neighbour is putting in a concrete pathway down the side of her house, between our two houses. I want to make sure that she stays on her side of the boundary line. A friend o
A couple of things that you may not be ware of. First, survey bars are official survey monuments designed to enable land surveyors to communicate to each other (often over long periods of time) where boundary points are "on the ground". Survey monumentation is how surveyors take what's on paper (the land survey plan) and reflect it on the ground. The survey bars are not intended for the general public to use.
Second, residential properties (at least in Ontario) are only required to have survey bars placed at the front two corners of the property and not the back. Commercial properties always have them at the back as well
I had to get a survey as part of a project I'm working on, but because the survey measurements reveal a zoning discrepancy, I now have to get a variance from a “committee of adjustment.” What is the purpose of this committee?
A: All municipalities have parameters that deal with the use of the land, the kind of buildings that can be constructed and where those buildings may be situated on the property. These rules exist to ensure that one building does not adversely or negatively affect any adjoining building. They do not write specifications for every individual property but instead write general guidelines that apply to different neighbourhoods and areas.
Protect Your Boundaries Inc. is a licensed member of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, and is entitled to provide cadastral surveying services to the public of the Province of Ontario in accordance with the provisions of the Surveyors Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter S29.