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55.08 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
In cases where the exact location of a district boundary is unclear as shown on the Official Zoning Map in the office of the Zoning Administrator, the following rules shall be used in determining the location of said district boundary.
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 city limits shall be construed as following city limits.
4.   Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
5.   Boundaries indicated as following shore lines shall be construed to follow such 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 centerlines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
6.   Boundaries indicated as approximately following section lines, quarter section lines or quarter-quarter section lines shall be construed as following such lines.
7.   Boundaries indicated as parallel to, or extensions of features indicated in subsections 1 through 6 above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the Map.
8.   Where physical or cultural 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 7 above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.