The designated zoning districts have been made to realize the general purposes stated in the Bellevue Comprehensive Plan. The specific purposes of each zoning district are stated in the appropriate chapters of this title. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015; amd. 2018 Code)

The following districts are created:

 

(Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015)

Official Zoning Maps, dated March 6, 2013, depicting the boundaries of the zoning districts described in this chapter are hereby established as shown on the Official Zoning Maps of the City. These Official Zoning Maps are located in the City Clerk's Office in the City Hall and on the City website, and are hereby adopted by reference. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015; amd. 2018 Code)

   A.   Boundaries Established:

      1.   Unless otherwise defined on the zoning maps, district boundaries shall be lot lines, the centerlines of streets and alleys, highway right-of-way lines, the centerline between two (2) main tracks of any railroad line, extended quarter-section, half-section or section lines, contour lines, Municipal corporate boundaries, centerlines, or banks of streambeds or other bodies of water or noticeable points of change in natural landforms.

      2.   Where district boundaries appear approximately parallel to the centerlines of streets or parallel to the centerlines or rights- of-way of highways, such lines shall in fact constitute the boundaries on the Official Zoning Map. If no distance is indicated, the boundary shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Official Zoning Map.

      3.   Where district boundaries appear to follow lot lines, the lot lines shall constitute boundaries.

   B.   Interpretation Of Boundaries: The Zoning Administrator shall have the authority to interpret boundaries in accordance with this title. Interpretation by the Administrator may be appealed to the commission according to the procedure in section 10-3-3 of this title. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015)

Whenever a street or alley is vacated and that street or alley has not been given a zone classification, the land of the vacated street or alley shall have the same zone classification as the land adjacent or abutting land owned or on the same side of the centerline of the former street or alley to which such land reverts or to whom said land becomes vested by operation of law. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015; amd. 2018 Code)