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Italy City Zoning Code

§ 4

ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

4.1 
The district boundary lines shown on the Zoning District Map 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 Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
B. 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C. 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following city limits.
D. 
Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the right-of-way lines.
E. 
Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of all bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines, and in the event of change in the centerline, shall be construed to move with such centerline.
F. 
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through E above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the original zoning maps shall be determined by the scale of the map.
G. 
Whenever any street, alley, or other public way is vacated by official action of the City 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 by subject to all regulations of the extended districts[.]
H. 
The zoning classification applied to a tract of land adjacent to a street shall extend to the centerline of the street, unless as a condition of zoning approval, it is stated that the zoning classification shall not apply to the street.
I. 
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 A through I, the property shall be considered as classified, AG, Agricultural District, in the same manner as provided for newly annexed territory.
J. 
For exact legal descriptions refer to adopting ordinances for each particular permanent zoning change.
(Ordinance 173 adopted 6/7/88)