Title 1. Street and Sidewalk Areas

Article 901
STREET BASE LINES AND DATUM LINE

Sections:

901.01  Permanent base lines established.

901.02  Datum line for surveys and grades.

901.01 Permanent base lines established.

(A) The center line of Park Avenue, as presently located, extending from the south to the north line of the city limits, and the center line of Chestnut Street, as presently located, extending from the east to the west line of the city limits are hereby declared the permanent base lines of the city.

(B) The center of each street or alley intersecting either of these base lines shall be located with reference to and be described by angles or deflections from the line it intersects, and the distance shall be measured from the point of intersection.

(C) All other streets and alleys which do not intersect either of the base lines as aforesaid shall be located with reference to and be described by angles of deflection from the line which it intersects which has already been established from the base lines.

(D) It shall be the duty of the city engineer to cause the courses and distances of such base lines to be accurately defined by permanent monuments set apart at proper distances. (Ord. 148 §§ 1 – 4, 1876)

901.02 Datum line for surveys and grades.

The horizontal datum line for all surveys and grades in the city shall be an imaginary line 100 feet below the top edge of the stone water table of the courthouse in the city, as it stands at the present date, taken immediately under the stone tablet at the southwest corner of the courthouse. (Ord. 95 § 1, 1875)