[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions or otherwise
clearly shown or described, and where uncertainty exists with respect
to the boundaries of any of the districts as shown on the Zoning Map,
the following rules shall apply:
A. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
or being at right angles to the center line of streets, highways,
alleys or railroad main tracks, such center line or lines at right
angles to such center line shall be construed to be such boundaries,
as the case may be.
B. Where a district boundary is indicated to follow a river, creek or
branch or other body of water, said boundary shall be construed to
follow the center line at low water or at limit of the jurisdiction,
and in the event of change in the shoreline such boundary shall be
construed as moving with the actual shoreline.
C. If no distance, angle, curvature description or other means is given
to determine a boundary line accurately and the foregoing provisions
do not apply, the same shall be determined by the use of the scale
shown on said Zoning Map. In case of subsequent dispute, the matter
shall be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals which shall determine
the boundary.
Should any article or provision of this chapter be decided by
the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any part thereof
other than the part so held to be unconstitutional or invalid.
All conflicting ordinances or parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.
The effective date of this chapter shall be from and after its
passage and legal application, and its provisions shall be in force
thereafter until repealed. This chapter of Amelia County, Virginia,
shall be effective at and after December 1, 1971, and subsequent amendments
thereto.
[Amended 6-29-2004]
After holding public hearings as required by the Code of Virginia
of 1950, as amended, the Board of Supervisors may adopt (and thereafter
amend as necessary) a fee schedule to cover the cost of making inspections,
issuing permits, advertising of notices, processing of rezoning applications
and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter
or to the filing or processing of any appeal or amendment thereto.
A copy of the fee schedule shall be maintained in the Zoning Administrator's
office.