This chapter establishes the rules that apply where uncertainty exists with respect to the precise boundaries of the various zoning districts shown on the zoning map, on file in the community development department, and made part of this chapter as if it were contained wholly within this chapter.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004).

The zoning district boundaries are either alleys or streets, unless otherwise shown on the zoning map. Where the indicated boundaries on the map are approximately the alley or street lines the alleys or streets shall be construed to be the boundaries of the zoning district.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004).

Where the zoning district boundaries are not shown to be alleys or streets, and where the property has been or may be divided into blocks and parcels, the zoning district boundaries shall be construed to be the parcel lines. Where the indicated boundaries on the zoning map are approximately the parcel lines, the parcel lines shall be construed to be the boundaries of each zoning district, unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the zoning map.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004).

A.

Determined by scale. Where the property is indicated on the zoning map as acreage and not subdivided into blocks or parcels or where the district boundary lines on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale contained on the zoning map, and where uncertainty exists, the district boundary line shall be determined by a written decision of the planning commission.

B.

Planning Commission may interpret map. In the event property which is shown as acreage on the zoning map has been or is subsequently subdivided into blocks or parcels by a duly recorded subdivision map and the block or parcel arrangement does not conform to that anticipated when the district boundaries were established, or property is re-subdivided by a duly recorded subdivision map into different arrangement of blocks or parcels than shown on the zoning map, the Planning Commission, after notice to the owners of the affected property, may interpret the zoning map and make minor readjustments in the district boundaries to carry out the purpose and intent of these regulations and conform to the street and parcel layout on the ground.

C.

Map shall be changed. The interpretations or adjustments shall be by written decision, and thereafter copies of the zoning map shall be changed to conform to the interpretations.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004; Ord. No. 2293, § 1(Exh. B), 5-2-2023)

Where one symbol is used on the zoning map to indicate the zoning district classification for an area divided by an alley(s), the symbol shall establish the classification of the whole area.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004).

A.

Physical improvement. A physical improvement (e.g., alley, railroad, railway right-of-way, street, watercourse channel, or body of water) included on the zoning map shall, unless otherwise indicated, be included within the zoning district of adjoining property on either side of the improvement.

B.

Divided by physical improvement. Where the physical improvement (e.g., alley, railroad, railway right-of-way, street, watercourse channel, or body of water) serves as a boundary between two or more different zoning districts, a line midway in the physical improvement, and extending in the general direction of the long dimension thereof, shall be considered the boundary between the zoning districts.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004).

In the event a dedicated alley or street, or portion thereof, shown on the zoning map is vacated by the city, the property formerly in the alley or street shall be included within the zoning district of the adjoining property on either side of the vacated alley or street. In the event the alley or street was a district boundary between two or more different zoning districts, the new district boundary shall be the former centerline of the vacated alley or street.

(Ord. 2043 § 1(part), 2004; Ord. No. 2293, § 1(Exh. B), 5-2-2023)