N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 §§ 270-4.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 270-4.3 - Preparation of maps

The application must include a map which shall be prepared by a New York State licensed land surveyor to show the land underwater applied for and the adjacent land owned by the applicant. The survey shall be referenced to the New York Plane Coordinate System. Said map shall be 24 by 36 inches in size. The working space on the tracing shall be 22 by 34 inches, except that sufficient space shall be reserved in the lower corner for the title, scale and date of preparation, and in the upper corner for a location map. The scale of said maps will be as set forth in this section:

(a) The scale of the map shall be 50 feet to an inch or such other scale as may be approved by the Office of General Services. It must show the owner's property boundaries on each side, together with the owners' names, deed references, tax map identification number and all docks, bulkheads or other improvements within the limits of the lands of such owners. In addition, it must show the mean low-water or mean high-water line or if directed to do so, the original mean high or original mean low-water line, (whichever is applicable); the boundaries of all previous grants within the limits of such map, and the bearings and distances of the boundaries of the lands applied for and the depth of the soundings of the lands applied for. The description of the lands applied for shall be placed on the map and, whenever possible, it will be in the upper right corner.

(b) The scale of the location map shall be 2,000 feet to an inch or such other scale as may be approved by the Office of General Services. It shall show the general course of the shoreline for a distance of one mile in each direction from the land applied for, as well as the particular course in the area of the land applied for. If the body of water be a river, or a body of water less than two miles wide, the width of such water or river shall be shown, together with an outline of each shore extending one mile above and below the land applied for.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 §§ 270-4.3