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Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines;

(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lots shall be construed as following such lot lines;

(3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following City limits;

(4) Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks;

(5) Boundaries as indicated following shorelines shall be construed to follow the ordinary high-water line of such shorelines and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines;

(6) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections (1) through (5) of this section shall be also construed as indicated in subsections (1) through (5) of this section. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map;

(7) Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map or in other circumstances not covered by subsections (1) through (6) of this section, the Hearing Examiner shall interpret the district boundaries.

(8) Upon vacation of public right-of-way, zoning shall extend to the centerline of said vacated right-of-way. [Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 § 25.16.030.]