Map drafting standards

The following standards shall apply to all survey maps and plans: (1) the surveyor shall use map-making materials of a durable nature; (2) all lettering shall be legible when reproduced; (3) whenever more than one sheet is used, each sheet shall contain clearly labeled match lines and indicate both the number of each sheet and the total number of sheets; (4) both a word scale and a graphic scale shall be depicted; (5) a North arrow (with appropriate source reference) shall be depicted on every sheet; (6) the first note shall state the standards to which the survey was prepared, the applicable Class or Classes of Accuracy, the Type of Survey and the Boundary Determination Category; (7) when applicable, horizontal datum and vertical datum shall be noted; (8) mapped features shall be depicted to an accuracy of 1/40 of map scale for surveys in feet and 1/1500 of map scale for surveys performed in metric measure; and (9) when applicable, documents used in preparation shall be noted.