The boundaries between districts are, unless
otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets, lanes, watercourses
and rights-of-way of power lines and other public utilities or such
lines extended or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries of
a single district are indicated as including directly opposite sides
of a street, land, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a power
line, railroad or other public utility for any portion of its length,
the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire
bed at such street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of such
power line, railroad or other public utility lying within such portion
of its length. Where uncertainty exists as to location of any said
boundaries as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately
following the center line of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or
right-of-way of a power line or other public utility, such center
line shall be construed to be such boundary.
B. Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately
following a lot line or other property line, such lot line or property
line shall be construed to be such boundary.
C. Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through
undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise
specified by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing
on said map.
D. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a district boundary, they shall indicate
that the district boundary runs parallel to the street line at a distance
therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise
specified. Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures,
the figures shall control.
Wherever federal or state owned property is
included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the
provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the Constitution
and laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.