(A) The map herein referred to, which is identified by the title, Official Zoning Map of Harnett County, North Carolina, shall be known as the zoning map. The map shall bear the adoption date of this chapter and the date of any subsequent map amendments. It shall be kept filed at the county’s Department of GIS and Land Records and shall bear the adoption date of this chapter and the date of any subsequent map amendments.
(B) Interpretation of district boundaries. When uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any district as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply.
(1) Boundaries along street, highway, or alley centerlines or right-of-way lines shall be construed as following such lines.
(2) Boundaries along railroad tracks shall be construed as being midway between the main railroad tracks.
(3) Boundaries along plotted property lines and municipal boundary lines shall be construed as following such lines.
(4) Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines and in event of change in the shoreline, shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline.
(5) In the absence of established features, or lines, or specified distances on the zoning map, district boundary locations shall be determined by scaling the distance on the map.
(6) Where physical conditions existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered herein, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret district boundary locations.
(7) Where a district zoning boundary divides a lot, the Board of Adjustment may, as a special exception, permit the extension of either district into portions of the lot not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district boundary line.
(Ord. passed 10-17-2011)