OAR 350-010-0030: Adoption and Use of Legal Boundary Descriptions and Maps

(1) The Commission adopts the Exterior Boundary, Special Management Areas, and Urban Areas Legal Boundary Descriptions contained in appendices A, B, and C to this rule. (2) The Commission, counties, cities, landowners, and other interested persons shall use the Legal Boundary Descriptions for all planning, decisions, and other actions requiring reliance on the location of the exterior boundary of the National Scenic Area, a boundary of a special management area, or a boundary of an urban area. (3) The Legal Boundary Descriptions have not been monumented or otherwise marked on the ground, except that specific angle points and courses may reference monuments and precise features that existed at the time the Commission adopted the Legal Boundary Descriptions. Landowners that want to monument or otherwise mark the Legal Boundary Descriptions on their property shall use a licensed surveyor to do so. The Commission, counties, landowners, and other interested persons shall not rely on monuments or markings unless a licensed surveyor has placed them. (4) The Commission shall maintain a graphic representation of the Legal Boundary Descriptions. This graphic representation is illustrative only; it is not an official map of the Legal Boundary Descriptions and shall not be relied on for locating the boundaries described in the Legal Boundary Descriptions. [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.]