El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 12.04 Datum Plane

The official bench mark or datum monument within the city shall be the top of that certain boat spike head, set in the top of a cement concrete monument, flush with the surface of the ground, 3.3 feet northerly and 2.3 feet westerly of that certain pump house of the city located in the northeasterly corner of the city park on the southerly side of Mildred Street and the westerly side of Tyler Avenue, the location of the spike head being more particularly described as follows: A point in Lot "A" of Tract No. 10623 in the city of El Monte, county of Los Angeles, state of California, as per map recorded in Book 164, pages 15 and 16 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of such county, distant southerly 44.50 feet, along a line drawn at right angles from a point in the northerly line of Lot "C" of Tract No. 10623, such northerly line being the centerline of Mildred Street, fifty (50) feet wide, the last mentioned point being distant westerly measured along the northerly line and easterly prolongation thereof 128.90 feet from the intersection of the easterly prolongation of such northerly line with the centerline of Tyler Avenue, formerly Tyler Street, eighty (80) feet wide, as shown upon map of Tract No. 10623; and the elevation of such official bench mark is established as 271.444 feet above sea level, or the city datum plane.

(Prior code § 7100)