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When uncertainty exists about the boundaries of districts shown on the zoning map, the following rules apply:

A. Boundaries indicated as following the centerline of streets, highways, or alleys will be interpreted to follow such centerlines;

B. Boundaries indicated as following platted lot lines will be interpreted as following such lot lines;

C. Boundaries indicated as following section or subdivision lines will be interpreted as following such section or subdivision lines. Boundaries indicated as following borough or city limits lines will be interpreted as following the borough or city limits line;

D. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines will be interpreted to follow such shorelines and in the event of changes in the shoreline will be interpreted as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as following the centerlines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water will be interpreted to follow such centerlines;

E. On unsubdivided property, the location of any district boundary shall be determined by the use of the scale or dimensions appearing on the map;

F. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections A through E of this section shall be so interpreted. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map;

G. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground do not agree with those shown on the zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections A through F of this section, the board of adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries; and

H. Where any public street or alley is vacated, the regulations applicable to each parcel of abutting property shall apply to the portion of the street or alley added by virtue of the vacation. [Ord. 81-55-O §1, 1981; prior code Ch. 5 subch. 2 §10A(1). Formerly §17.09.050].