Where uncertainty exists with respect to the
boundary of any district shown on the Town of Stillwater Zoning Map,
the following rules shall apply.
A. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
following the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways,
railroads or public utility easements, said boundaries shall be construed
to be coincident with such lines.
B. Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
are approximately parallel to the center lines or right-of-way lines
of streets, highways, railroads or public utility easements, said
boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such
distances therefrom as indicated on the Town of Stillwater Zoning
Map or as shall be determined using the scale on the Town of Stillwater
Zoning Map.
C. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
following the Town boundary line, property lines, lot lines, or projections
thereof, said boundaries shall be construed to be coincident with
such lines or projections thereof.
D. Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
are approximately parallel to the Town boundary line, property lines,
lot lines, or projections thereof, said boundaries shall be construed
as being parallel thereto and at such distances therefrom as are indicated
on the Town of Stillwater Zoning Map or as shall be determined using
the scale on the Town of Stillwater Zoning Map.
E. Where a street, highway, railroad or public utility
easement, center line or right-of-way line is coincident with a zoning
boundary line and varies from the actual on-the-ground physical monument
or mark, then such on-the-ground physical monument or mark shall determine
said zoning boundary.
F. Where uncertainty exists in determining the precise
location of any district boundary line, the Zoning Board of Appeals
shall interpret the intent and purpose of the Zoning Map. The Zoning
Board of Appeals shall render such interpretation within 30 days of
receipt of all information it deems necessary to make its interpretation.
A public hearing is not required for an interpretation.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot,
the regulations for either portion may be extended not more than 30
feet into the other portion.
Where the position of a floodplain boundary
is not clear, an elevation shall be taken from an agreed-upon benchmark
to the elevation of the lowest finished floor of the building. If
the elevation of the lowest finished floor is found to be below the
elevation of the one-hundred-year floodplain as shown on the appropriate
Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, such property shall be construed to be within the floodplain.