(a)

Unless otherwise provided, zoning district boundaries shall be located on municipal corporate lines, parcel lines, natural boundary lines or on the center lines of highways, streets, alleys, or railroad rights-of-way. In cases where these lines are not used, the zoning district lines shall be as determined by using the scale of the Official Zoning Map. If a parcel of land is divided by a zoning district boundary line at the time of enactment of this Ordinance or by subsequent amendments thereto, the appropriate standards and uses for each zone shall apply on the portion of the parcel covered by that zone.

(b)

Any dispute as to the boundary or location of property within a zoning district shall be resolved in accordance with the following rules of interpretation:

(1)

CENTER LINES AS BOUNDARIES. Where district boundaries appear to follow center lines of streets, alleys, easements, railroads and the like, they shall be construed as following such center lines.

(2)

PROPERTY LINES AND THE LIKE AS BOUNDARIES. Where district boundaries appear to follow street, lot, property or similar lines, they shall be construed as following such lines.

(3)

BOUNDARIES IN OR ADJACENT TO BODIES OF WATER. Where district boundaries appear to follow shorelines or center lines of bodies of water, they shall be construed as following such shorelines or center lines. In case of change in shorelines or of the course or extent of water, the boundaries shall be construed as moving with the change. Boundaries indicated as entering any body of water, but not continuing to intersect with other zoning boundaries or with the limits of jurisdiction of the City shall be construed as extending in the direction in which they enter the body of water to intersect with other zoning boundaries or with the limits of jurisdiction.

(4)

BOUNDARIES INDICATED AS FOLLOWING OTHER PHYSICAL OR CULTURAL FEATURES. Where boundaries appear to follow other physical or cultural features than indicated above, they shall be construed as following such features.

(5)

BOUNDARIES INDICATED AS PARALLEL TO OR EXTENSIONS OF FEATURES LISTED. Where district boundaries are indicated as parallel to or extensions of features listed above, they shall be so construed.

(6)

DIMENSIONS. Where dimensions are not otherwise indicated on the Official Zoning Map, the scale of the map shall govern.

(7)

VARIATION OF ACTUAL LOCATION FROM MAPPED LOCATION. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map, the actual location shall govern.

(8)

LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION OF RULES ABOVE. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (1) through (7) above, no interpretation shall be made which changes the zoning status of a lot or parcel, except that where a district boundary divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of this chapter, the Board of Zoning Appeals may, as an exception, permit the extension of the regulations for either portion of the lot not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district boundary into the remaining portion of the lot.

(9)

ACTION IN CASES OF UNCERTAINTY. Where the rules above fail to clarify the status of land in a particular case, the Zoning Administrator shall interpret in such a manner as to carry out the intent and purpose of this Ordinance. Appeal from the interpretation of the Zoning Administrator in such cases shall be to the Board of Zoning Appeals, as provided in the Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Chapter 22, §§ 15.2-2311 to 2313.

(10)

UNCLASSIFIED AREAS. Unless areas are classified on the Official Zoning Map, or classification can be established by the rules above, such areas shall be considered to be classified as agricultural (A) until rezoned by the City Council.