Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the districts as shown on the “Official Zoning Map of Pasquotank County, North Carolina,” the following rules shall apply:
(A) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streets, highways, alleys, or railroads shall be construed to follow such centerline.
(B) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
(C) Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerline.
(D) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in divisions (A) through (C) above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
(E) Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map, or in circumstances not covered by division (A) through (D) above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.
(F) Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of this chapter, the Board of Adjustment may permit, as conditional use, the extension of the regulations for either portion of the lot, not to exceed 150 feet from the district boundary line. In addition, the remaining parcel shall not be less than the minimum required for the district in which it is located.
(G) If a parcel of land lies within the planning and development regulation jurisdiction of both Pasquotank County and the City of Elizabeth City, the local governments may, by mutual agreement and with the written consent of the landowner, assign exclusive planning and development regulation jurisdiction for the entire parcel to any one of those local governments. Such a mutual agreement shall only be applicable to development regulations and shall not affect taxation or other nonregulatory matters. The mutual agreement shall be evidenced by a resolution formally adopted by each governing board and recorded with the Pasquotank County Register of Deeds within 14 days of the adoption of the last required resolution.
(Ord. passed 6-21-2021)