Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.2 - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Zoning Atlas Amendments

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Article 1: Administra Section 1.2: Official Zoning Atlas (E) The Planning Director shall be responsible for entering amendments to the Official Zoning Atlas. (F) The Planning Director shall authenticate the entry of each amendment to the Off ial Zoning Atlas and shall maintain a record of the nature and date of entry of eac' amendment. (G) Changes to the Official Zoning Atlas, other than those authorized by duly 'proved amendments to this Ordinance, shall not be made. The making of unau orized changes .• the Official Zoning Atlas shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance. (H) A •endments to this Ordinance that result in the change in classific. ion of any piece of Ian. hall become effective immediately upon enactment by the Bard of County Com •ssioners. The Board of County Commissioners, upon a ding of due cause, may extend e effective date of any such amendments. (I) When all • part of the Official Zoning Atlas becomes dama2ed, lost, destroyed, worn or hard to inte 'ret by reason of its age, condition, number o• changes or otherwise, the Atlas shall be eplaced by the Planning Director. This n••w edition of the Official Zoning Atlas may not c'ange the zoning status of any prope . Such replacements shall be authenticated by e Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners and shall bear the date of replacement. 1.2.2 Interpretation of Zoning Dist "ct Boundaries When there is any uncertainty as • the intended lo :tion of any zoning district boundary on the Zoning Atlas, the Planning Director .hall make an terpretation of the Atlas upon request of any person. Any person aggrieved by an, such inte •retation may appeal such interpretation to the Board of Adjustment. The Planning Di -ctor a'd the Board of Adjustment, in interpreting the Zoning Atlas or deciding any appeal, sh. a.sly the following standards: (A) Boundaries indicated as approxi : ely following the centerlines of streets; highways or alleys shall be construed as folk in. such centerlines; (B) Boundaries indicated as app •ximately .flowing lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines; (C) Boundaries indicated as approximately folio' ing City Limits shall be construed as following such City Li s; (D) Boundaries indicate. as following railroad lines all be construed to be the center line of the main track; (E) Boundaries incl. ated as following shorelines shall b- construed to follow such shorelines; in the event • change in the shoreline, the boundary shall be construed as moving with the actual s'orelines; (F) Boundar.-s indicated as approximately following the cente •nes of streams, rivers, canals akes or other bodies of water shall be construed as •flowing such centerlines; (G) Boundaries shown as approximately following designated floc). azard area limits shall be onstrued as following such limits; (H) :oundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through E above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically in.• ated on the Zoning Atlas shall be determined by reference to the scale of the Atlas; .nd (I Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance ith those shown on the Zoning Atlas, or in other circumstances not covered by Subs- tions A through F above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundari-s. Flood Hazard Area Overlay District: (J) The boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District shall be determined utilizing the Flood Insurance Study; Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-8