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Highland Park City Zoning Code

§ 5

ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

5-100 
THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINES SHOWN ON THE ZONING DISTRICT MAPS ARE USUALLY ALONG STREETS, ALLEYS, PROPERTY LINES OR EXTENSIONS THEREOF. WHERE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAPS, THE FOLLOWING RULES SHALL APPLY.
5-101 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the right-of-way lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such lines.
5-102 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
5-103 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following Town limits shall be construed as following Town limits.
5-104 
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in 5-101 through 5-103 above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning District Map shall be determined by use of the scale on the map.
5-105 
Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the Town Council or whenever such area is franchised for building purposes, the zoning district line adjoining each side of such street, alley or other public way shall be automatically extended to the centerline of such vacated street, alley or way and all areas so involved shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
5-106 
Where physical features on the ground are at variance with information shown on the Official Zoning District Map or when there arises a question as to how or whether a parcel of property is zoned and such question cannot be resolved by the application of subsections 5-101 through 5-105, the property shall be considered as Classified A, One-Family Dwelling District temporarily and the determination of permanent zoning shall be in accordance with the procedure herein established for amending this ordinance.