Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Board of appeals determines
In case the exact location of a boundary cannot be determined by the foregoing method, the board of appeals shall, upon application, determine the location of the boundary in accordance with section 24-129(4).
- Boundary divides lot
Where a district boundary line, as appearing on the official zoning map, divides a lot which is in single ownership at the time of this enactment, the use classification of the larger portion may, on application, be extended to the remainder by the town council in accordance with section 24-9.
- Boundary follows property lines
Unless otherwise indicated, district boundaries indicated as approximately following property lines, land lot lines, centerlines of streams, streets, highways, alleys or railroads, or the shorelines of reservoirs, or other bodies of water, or civil boundaries shall be construed to follow such lines.
- Boundary parallel to centerline
District boundaries indicated as approximately parallel to the centerline of streams, streets, highways, or railroads, or rights-of-way of the same, or the shorelines of reservoirs, or other bodies of water, or said lines extended, shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the official zoning map.
- Scale used for boundary
If no distance, curvature description, or other means is given to determine a boundary line accurately and the foregoing provisions do not apply, the same shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the official zoning map.
- Vacated road reverts
Where a public road, street, or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the regulations applicable to the property to which it is reverted shall apply to such vacated or abandoned road, street, or alley.
- Water boundary centerline
Where a district boundary is indicated to follow a river, creek, or branch or other body of water, said boundary shall be construed to follow the centerline at low water or at the limit of the jurisdiction, and in the event of natural change in the shoreline, such boundary shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline with its reestablished center or channel.
From the ordinance
Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, and where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply...