| (a) An easement depiction prepared by any person registered
or licensed under the Surveying Act shall adhere to all rules promulgated
by the board except where:
(1) the easement area can be clearly ascertained without
reference to a metes and bounds description of the easement; and
(2) the easement does not bisect or protrude into the
tract (leaving non-easement areas on opposite sides of the easement
strip).
(b) An easement's legal description or plat depiction
meets the requirements of the exception to this rule when the easement:
(1) is a blanket easement; or
(2) the easement:
(A) is within a tract of land or lot depicted in a
recorded subdivision plat;
(B) can be clearly defined and located without a metes
and bounds description; and
(C) is adjoining to a platted boundary line.
(c) A "construction estimate", as used in §1071.004
of the Surveying Act, means a depiction of a possible easement route
for planning purposes.
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