Sec. 656.212. - Uncertain location of boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts shown on the Zoning Atlas, the following rules shall apply, provided the same are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan:
(a) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streets or alleys shall be construed as following the centerlines as they exist on the ground, except where the variation of the actual location from the mapped location would change the zoning status of a lot or parcel, in which case the boundaries shall be interpreted in such a manner as to avoid changing the zoning status of a lot or parcel. In the case of a street or alley closure, the boundary shall be construed as remaining in its location, except where ownership of the vacated street or alley is divided other than at the center, in which case the boundary shall be construed as moving with the ownership but not beyond the previous right-of-way line.
(b) Boundaries indicated as approximately following lot lines, public property lines and the like shall be construed as following these lines; provided, however, that where boundaries are adjacent to a street or alley and the zoning status of the street or alley is not indicated, the boundary shall be construed as running to the centerline of the street or alley.
(c) Boundaries indicated as approximately following City limits shall be construed as following these City limits.
(d) Boundaries indicated as following railroad tracks shall be construed as being midway between the main tracks thereof.
(e) Boundaries indicated as following shorelines or centerlines of streams, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed as following these shorelines or centerlines. In case of a change in shorelines or of the course or extent of bodies of water, the boundaries shall be construed as moving with the change, except where the moving would change the zoning status of a lot or parcel and, in this case, the boundary shall be interpreted in such a manner as to avoid changing the zoning status of a lot or parcel.
(f) Boundaries indicated as entering a body of water but not continuing to an intersection with other zoning boundaries or with the limits of jurisdiction of the City shall be construed as extending in the direction in which they enter the body of water to the intersection with other zoning boundaries or with the limits of the City's jurisdiction.
(g) Boundaries indicated as following physical features other than those mentioned above shall be construed as following the physical features except where the variation of the actual location from the mapped location would change the zoning status of a lot or parcel and, in this case, the boundary shall be interpreted in such a manner as to avoid changing the zoning status of a lot or parcel.
(h) Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Atlas shall be determined by the scale of the panel of the Zoning Atlas showing the property in question.
(i) Boundaries indicated as encompassing PBF-1 (Public Buildings and Facilities-1) District shall be construed as including only that property owned by federal, State or local government. Where, through inadvertence, private property has been included in the PBF-1 District, the private property shall not be deemed to be zoned in the PBF-1 classification but shall be deemed to have the zoning classification of other abutting property.
(Ord. 91-59-148, § 1; Ord. 92-955-674, § 2)
