Chapter 22 ZONING*



Section 22-83 Interpretation of district boundaries, zoning map and references.

 

    (a)    All recording references to deeds,  maps, plats or other such data in this chapter unless  otherwise indicated may be found in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Thomas  County.

    (b)    Reference once made to a plat of a subdivision shall extend to any other reference to the subdivision by name without the place of record of the plat again being made.

    (c)    Where the boundary of a railroad  right-of-way is the boundary of a district or zone or  districts or zones and the total width of the right-of-way is not included by the word description in  any district or zone, the total width of the right-of-way is included in the lower classification district or zone.

    (d)    Where a conflict exists between the map description and the word description of a zone or  district, the word description shall control.

    (e)    The word description of zones or districts shall be used in interpreting the map descriptions.

    (f)    If any land area lying within the limits of the city (exclusive of railroad right-of-way) has been omitted from zoning classification in this chapter, the omission is unintentional. If by  reference to the word descriptions and the map descriptions it cannot be determined whether any  particular land area within the limits of the city has been zoned or classified such particular land  area shall be construed to be included and zoned as a separate parcel or parcels in the A zone.

    (g)    If a district boundary line on  the zoning map divides a lot of record held in one (1) ownership on the date of passage of the ordinance from which this section derives, each part of the  lot so divided shall be used in conformity with the regulations established by this chapter for the  district in which each such parcel is located; except, however, that if the property owner of such a  lot, other than a through lot, so desires, he may extend a use allowed on the greater portion of such lot fifty (50) feet beyond the district into which he is encroaching.

    (h)    Where any public street or alley  is vacated officially hereafter or abandoned, the zone  classification and regulations of the larger portion shall apply to the remaining smaller portion of  the lot.

    (i)    Where a street is in existence  at the time of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives, and such existing street has less width than sixty (60) feet, it shall nevertheless be defined as a street.

(Code 1958,  24-7.15)