(a) Where an amendment to the zoning map is accompanied by a legal description of the zoning boundary, that legal description shall be interpreted as the official zoning boundary line, regardless of the accuracy of the zoning boundary line drawn on the zoning map.
(b) Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:
(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerline.
(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted or deeded lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
(3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the municipal boundaries for the City of Middletown shall be construed as following such City limits.
(4) Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
(5) Boundaries indicated as following low-water mark of rivers or streams shall be construed to follow such low-water marks, and in the event of change in the low-water mark shall be construed as moving with the actual low-water mark; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerline.
(6) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in divisions (b)(1) through (b)(5) above shall be so construed.
(7) Distances not specifically indicated on the 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 zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by divisions (b)(1) through (b)(6) above, the Development Code Administrator shall interpret the district boundaries, appealable to the BZA.
(Ord. O2018-02, passed 2-20-2018)