§ 3.3. District boundaries interpreted.  


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  • Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning Districts Map, the following rules shall apply:

    1.

    Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways, or alleys, shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

    2.

    Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

    3.

    Boundaries indicated as approximately following corporate limits shall be construed as following actual corporate limits.

    4.

    Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be the midway between the main tracks.

    5.

    Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers, canals, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

    6.

    Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections 1. through 5. above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map.

    7.

    Where physical or natural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections 1. through 6. above, the board of appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.

    8.

    Insofar as some or all of the various districts may be indicated on the zoning map by patterns which, for the sake of map clarity, do not cover public rights-of-way it is intended that such district boundaries do extend to the center of any public right-of-way.