(A) Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of zoning districts or zones shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:
(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highway or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines;
(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed to follow such lot lines;
(3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following such city limits;
(4) Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the tracks;
(5) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in divisions (A)(1) through (4) of this section shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map;
(6) 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 divisions (A)(1) through (5) of this section, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall interpret the zone or district boundaries;
(7) Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of the ordinance from which this section derives, the Zoning Board of Appeals may permit, as a special exception, the extension of the requirements for either portion of the lot not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the lot;
(8) Where any land or territory within the city is not shown to be located in a district, the zoning regulations of the most restrictive adjoining district shall govern.
(B) Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the City Council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation, and all area included in the vacation shall then be subject to all requirements of the extended district.
(C) In the event the exact location of a boundary cannot be determined by the foregoing methods, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall, upon application, determine the location of the boundary.
(Ord. 2013-22, passed 11-25-2013)