(A) The Zoning Administrator is authorized to interpret the official zoning map and to pass upon disputed questions of lot lines or district boundary lines and similar questions. If such questions arise in the context of an appeal from a decision of the Zoning Administrator, they shall be handled as provided in § 153.375.
(B) A written request for a map interpretation shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator (or Board of Adjustment in cases of appeal by filing a copy of the application with the Zoning Administrator). The written request or application in the case of appeal shall contain sufficient information to enable the Zoning Administrator or Board to make the necessary interpretation.
(C) Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply.
(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of alleys, streets, highways, streams or railroads shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following lot lines, town limits or extraterritorial boundary lines shall be construed as following such lines, limits or boundaries.
(3) 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 following such changed shorelines.
(4) Where distances are not specifically indicated on the official zoning map, the boundary shall be determined by measurement, using the scale of the official zoning map. Where a zoning district boundary divides a lot, the zoning district that occupies the majority of the lot shall be considered the zoning district for the entire lot. Said district boundary shall be interpreted to follow lot lines.
(5) Where any street or alley is hereafter officially closed, the regulation applicable to each parcel of abutting property shall apply to that portion of such street or alley added thereto by virtue of such closing.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)