The location and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby established as shown on the map or maps excerpted therefrom entitled "The Carroll County Zoning Map" which are hereby made and incorporated into this chapter by reference, which may be amended from time to time and which shall be kept in the office of the county commissioner chairman. The official county zoning map shall be available for public inspection in said office.

7.1.

Interpretation of zoning district boundaries. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the location of the boundaries of any zoning district in the county, the following rules shall apply:

(1)

Where a zoning district boundary line is shown as approximately following a corporate limits line, a militia district line, a land lot line, a lot line or the centerline of a street, a county road, a state highway, an interstate highway or a railroad right-of-way or such lines extended, then such lines shall be construed to be the zoning district boundary lines.

(2)

Where a zoning district boundary line is shown as being set back from a street, a county road, a state highway, an interstate highway or a railroad right-of-way, and approximately parallel thereto, then such zoning district boundary line shall be construed as being at the scaled distance from the centerline of the street, county road, state highway, interstate highway or railroad right-of-way and as being parallel thereto.

(3)

Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot, the location of the line shall be the scaled distance from the lot lines. In this situation, the requirements of the zoning district in which the greater portion of the lot lies shall apply to the balance of the lot, except that such extension shall not include any part of a lot that lies more than 50 feet beyond the zoning district boundary line.

(4)

In the case of a through lot fronting on two approximately parallel streets, that is divided by a zoning district boundary line paralleling the streets, the restrictions of the zoning district in which each frontage of the through lot lies shall apply to that portion of the through lot.

(5)

Undeveloped property which has been deannexed from any municipality or other county will be subject to the same zoning district, including any conditions prior to annexation. However, if the zoning district within the county cannot be determined from existing records or by the county planner, a public hearing, as specified in this chapter before the planning commission, will be conducted to establish the appropriate zoning classification for the property. Any lawfully developed, deannexed property shall be zoned to the nearest compatible zoning district in which the use is permitted.

(Ord. of 7-14-98(2), § 7.0)