(A) A District Zone Map of each township in the county is hereby adopted as part of this chapter. The District Zone Maps shall be kept on file available for examination in the office of the Zoning Administrator at the City Building.
(B) (1) In the event that the Official District Zone Maps become damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the Board of County Commissioners may, by resolution, adopt new Official District Zone Maps which shall supersede the prior Official District Zone Maps.
(2) The new Official District Zone Maps may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official District Zone Maps, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original Official District Zone Maps or any subsequent amendment thereof.
(C) District boundaries shall meet the following standards:
(1) District boundaries shown within the lines of roads, streams, and transportation rights-of-way shall be deemed to follow the centerlines;
(2) Boundaries indicated as following section lines or platted lot lines shall be construed as following the lot lines;
(3) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of above features shall be so construed;
(4) Boundaries indicated as following shore lines shall be construed as following the shore lines, and in the event of change in the shore line shall be construed as moving with the actual shore line; boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow the centerlines as established on the effective date of this chapter;
(5) Where a district boundary line divides a lot in single or joint ownership of record at the time the line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted portion of the lot shall extend not more than 50 feet into the more restricted portion, provided the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted district;
(6) The vacation of streets and roads shall not affect the location of the district boundaries;
(7) When the Zoning Administrator cannot definitely determine the location of a district boundary by the centerlines, by scale or dimensions stated on the District Zone Map, or by the fact that it clearly does not coincide with a property line, he or she shall refuse action, and the Board of Zoning Appeals, upon appeal, shall interpret the location of the district boundary with reference to the scale of the District Zone Map and the purposes set forth in all relevant provisions of this chapter; and
(8) Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the District Zone Map, or in other circumstances not covered by divisions (C)(1) through (C)(7) above, the Board of Zoning Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.
(Prior Code, § 153.025) (Ord. 93-02, passed 2-1-1993)