1.020 Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System.
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(1)The Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System, which is hereby adopted, means a
system of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Geodetic Survey, for
defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on, within, or
above the surface of the earth within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(2)For this system, the Commonwealth, through the Commonwealth Office of
Technology, under KRS 42.650 and advised by the Geographic Information
Advisory Council, under KRS 42.740, shall establish and publish a series of layered
zones covered by geodetically referenced mapping projections adopted and
supported by the National Geodetic Survey as a component of the National Spatial
Reference System. Each series of zones shall be identified by the geodetic datum
upon which they are defined and each zone shall remain uniquely and consistently
defined throughout its implementation within a particular series.
(3)One
(1)U. S. survey foot equals (1200)/(3937) meter. For conversion of meters to
U. S. survey feet, multiply the meters by 3.28083333333 to twelve
(12)significant
figures. One
(1)international foot equals 0.3048 meter exactly. For conversion of
meters to international feet, multiply the meters by 3.280839895. Unless otherwise
originally established for an existing series, the base unit of linear measure for
defining all zones within each series of the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate
System shall be the meter. The specific constant for converting distances within
each zone from the meter to the customary foot shall be:
(a)The U.S. survey foot conversion factor as originally and exclusively specified
for any existing series; and
(b)The international foot conversion factor exclusively for each subsequent series
established hereafter.
(4)The plane coordinate values to be used for expressing the geographic position or
location of a point in the appropriate zone of the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate
System shall consist of two
(2)distances expressed in customary feet and decimals
of a foot or meters and decimals of a meter. When the values are expressed in
customary feet, the meter to foot conversion factor for the respective Kentucky State
Plane Coordinate System series, as specified in subsection
(3)of this section, shall
be used. One
(1)of the distances, to be known as the "North y-coordinate," shall
give the distance north of the X axis. The other, to be known as the "East x-
coordinate, "shall give the distance east of the Y axis. The Y axis of any zone shall
be parallel with the central meridian of that zone. The X axis of any zone shall be at
right angles to the central meridian of that zone.
(5)For purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary
corner in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it shall be considered a complete, legal,
and satisfactory description of the location to give the position of the survey station
or land boundary corner on the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System.
(6)Nothing contained in this section shall require a purchaser or mortgagee of real
property to rely wholly on a land description any part of which depends exclusively
upon the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System.
(7)When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one
into multiple mutually adjacent zones, the position of all points on its boundaries
shall be referred exclusively to one
(1)of the multiple zones. The zone which is
used shall be named in the description.
(8)No coordinates based on the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System, purporting
to define the position of a corner on a land boundary, shall be presented to be
recorded in any public land records or deed records unless the corner has been tied
to a control monument or station established by conforming to the standards of
accuracy for boundary surveying as specified by administrative regulations duly
promulgated under KRS Chapter 322.
(9)The use of the term "KENTUCKY STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM" on
any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based
on the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System as defined in this section.
(10)If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provision
or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are severable.
(11)The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use
of other geodetic reference networks.