§ 5-40. Interpretation of district boundaries.

The following rules shall be used to determine the precise location of any zoning district boundary, as shown on the official zoning map:

(1)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following the municipal limits shall be construed as following such limits.

(2)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following streets shall be construed to follow the centerlines of such streets.

(3)

Boundary lines that follow or approximately follow platted lot lines or other property lines as shown on the zoning map shall be construed as following such lines.

(4)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following section lines, half-section lines, or quarter-section lines shall be construed as following such lines.

(5)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines.

(6)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following shorelines of any lakes shall be construed to follow the mean high water line of such lakes, and, in the event of change in the ordinary high water line, shall be construed as moving with the actual mean high water line.

(7)

Boundaries shown as following, or approximately following, the centerlines of streams, rivers, or other continuously flowing watercourses shall be construed as following the channel centerline of such watercourses taken at mean low water, and, in the event of a natural change in the location of such streams, rivers, or other watercourses, the zoning district boundary shall be construed as moving with the channel centerline.

(8)

Boundaries shown as separated from, and parallel or approximately parallel to, any of the features listed in numbers (1) through (7) above shall be construed to be parallel to such features and at such distances therefrom as shown on the zoning map.

(9)

Appeals concerning the exact location of zoning district boundary lines shall be made to the Planning Commission and City Council, as specified in Section 2-110.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)