Colfax Municipal Code § 17.20.030 Custody and maintenance of official maps

To carry out the purposes and provisions of this code, the city is divided into zones as specified in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

A. The boundaries of zones described in this chapter are as shown upon the official zoning map as originally adopted, as amended by all previous ordinances and as may be amended by future ordinance of the city as from time to time enacted.

B. The official zoning map, all notations thereon, references and other information contained thereon are incorporated herein as though set forth in this chapter in full and are declared to be part of this title.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

A. The official zoning map, properly attested, shall be and remain on file in the office of the city clerk.

B. The official zoning map on file in the office of the city clerk shall be conclusively presumed as correctly reflecting the boundaries of the zones described in this title and shall be the final authority thereon.

C. The official zoning map shall be maintained, amended and updated by such city staff as designated by the city manager.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)

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

A. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.

B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following plotted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

C. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the city limits shall be construed as following such city limits.

D. Boundaries indicated as following railroad tracks shall be construed to be midway between such railroad tracks.

E. Where a public street or alley is officially vacated by the city, the property within the vacated portion of the street or alley shall be the zoning on the adjoining property. Where the vacated street or alley was the boundary of two or more districts, the new district boundary shall be determined by the planning director at the time of abandonment.

F. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of the features described in subsections A. through E. of this section shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map.

G. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the zoning map or in other circumstances not described in subsections A. through F. of this section, the planning director shall interpret the district boundaries.

H. Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership on July 25, 1967, the planning director may permit the extension of the regulations for either portion of the lot, not to exceed fifty (50) feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the lot, as a special exception.

(Ord. No. 519, 8-8-2012)