§ 152.047 INTERPRETATIONS.

   (A)   The Board of Adjustment is authorized to interpret the 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 Administrator , they shall be handled as provided in §§ 152.065 through 152.070.

   (B)   An application for a map interpretation shall be submitted to the Board of Adjustment by filing a copy of the application with the administrator or Town Clerk. The application shall contain sufficient information to enable the 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 centerline;

      (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 shorelines;

      (4)   Where a district boundary divides a lot or 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; and

      (5)   Where any street or alley is hereafter officially vacated or abandoned, the regulations applicable to each parcel of abutting property shall apply to that portion of such street or alley added thereto by virtue of such vacation or abandonment.

   (D)   Interpretations of the location of floodway and floodplain boundary lines may be made by the administrator as provided in § 152.426.

(Ord. 2005-O3, passed 3-15-2005)