(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of Murphy, North Carolina, is hereby divided into the following use districts:
(1) R-1 Medium Density Residential District;
(2) R-2 High Density Residential District;
(3) G-B General Business District;
(4) H-B Highway Business District;
(5) I-H-C Industrial and Heavy Commercial District;
(6) F-W Floodway District; and
(7) A-T Agricultural Transition.
(B) Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the zoning map, the following shall apply:
(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, alleys, streams, rivers or other bodies of water, shall be construed to follow such lines.
(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following lot lines shall be construed as following those lot lines.
(3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following town limit lines shall be construed as following those town limit lines.
(4) Where district boundaries are indicated to be approximately parallel to the center lines of streets, highways or railroads, or rights-of-way of same, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimensions shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the zoning map.
(5) Where a district boundary line divides a lot in single ownership, the district requirements for the least restricted portion of such lot shall be deemed to apply to the whole thereof, provided that such extensions shall not include any part of such lot more than 35 feet beyond the district boundary lines.
(6) Where physical features existing on the ground differ from those shown on the official zoning map, or in other circumstances are not covered by § 153.020 (B)(1) through (5), the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.
(Ord. passed 4-1993; Am. Ord. passed 6-7-2021)