As used in this part:
(1)
(A) “Land surveying” means:
- (i) Any service comprising the determination of the location of land boundaries and land boundary corners;
- (ii) The preparation of plats showing the shape and areas of tracts of land and their subdivision into smaller tracts;
- (iii) The preparation of plats showing the location of streets, roads, and rights-of-way of tracts to give access to smaller tracts; and
- (iv) The preparation of official plats or maps of land thereof in this state, Arkansas Code § 17-48-101 et seq.
- (B) In these standards, “land surveying” is also defined to mean the setting or resetting of monuments that mark or reference the position of said corners and boundaries;
- (2) “Mountain or Marsh Area (Class D Property)” means surveys of lands which normally lie in remote areas with difficult terrain and usually have limited potential for development;
- (3) “Relative positional accuracy or positional tolerance” means the linear horizontal distance without regard to direction by which a measured position of a monumented survey marker differs from its computed location;
- (4) “Rural Area (Class C Property)” means any area where land is used predominantly for agricultural purposes and which shows no signs of becoming a developed area;
(5) “Suburban Area (Class B Property)” means:
(A) All that area within:
- (i) Three (3) miles of a city having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more; or
- (ii) One (1) mile of a city having a population between five hundred (500) and two thousand (2,000); or
- (B) Any area which, because of its location or natural resources, may become a developed area; and
(6)
- (A) “Urban Area (Class A Property)” means any municipality within the state having a population of five hundred (500) or more.
(B) Class A Property shall also include the surveys of:
- (i) Commercial and industrial properties;
- (ii) Condominiums;
- (iii) Townhouses;
- (iv) Residential subdivisions;
- (v) Apartments; and
- (vi) Other multiunit residential lot developments.