Sec. 17-113(c)

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• Boundary interpretation rules

  Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, and where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any of the zoning districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply: (1) Unless otherwise indicated, district boundaries indicated as approximately following platted property lines, the centerlines of streams, streets, roads, highways, alleys, or railroads, or the shorelines of reservoirs or other bodies of water, or civil boundaries, shall be construed to follow such lines. (2) District boundaries indicated as approximately parallel to the centerlines of streams, roads, 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 zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimensions shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the zoning map. (3) Whenever any public road, street, or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the zoning district applicable to the property to which it is reverted shall apply to such vacated or abandoned road, street, or alley. (4) Where a district boundary is indicated to follow or parallel a river, creek, or branch, or other body of water, such boundary shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline with its reestablished center or channel. (5) If not otherwise specifically designated, all water areas, waterways, alleys, roads, streets, highways, railroads, and other rights-of-way, shall be deemed to be in the same zoning district as that of the immediately abutting property. Where the centerline of such described water areas, waterways, or rights-of-way serves as a zoning district boundary, the zoning of such areas, unless otherwise specifically designated, shall be deemed to be the same as that of the abutting property up to such centerline. (6) Where a lot in single ownership is divided by one (1) or more district boundary lines, each portion of the lot shall be subject to all the regulations applicable to the district in which it is located. (7) In case the exact location of a boundary cannot be otherwise determined by the foregoing methods, the board of zoning appeals, upon application, shall establish the location of the boundary in accordance with this chapter.