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Article 1: Administration Section 1.2: Official Zoning Atlas Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-8 (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 Official Zoning Atlas and shall maintain a record of the nature and date of entry of each amendment. (G) Changes to the Official Zoning Atlas, other than those authorized by duly approved amendments to this Ordinance, shall not be made. The making of unauthorized changes to the Official Zoning Atlas shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance. (H) Amendments to this Ordinance that result in the change in classification of any piece of land shall become effective immediately upon enactment by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners, upon a finding of due cause, may extend the effective date of any such amendments. (I) When all or part of the Official Zoning Atlas becomes damaged, lost, destroyed, worn or hard to interpret by reason of its age, condition, number of changes or otherwise, the Atlas shall be replaced by the Planning Director. This new edition of the Official Zoning Atlas may not change the zoning status of any property. Such replacements shall be authenticated by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners and shall bear the date of replacement. 1.2.2 Interpretation of Zoning District Boundaries When there is any uncertainty as to the intended location of any zoning district boundary on the Zoning Atlas, the Planning Director shall make an interpretation of the Atlas upon request of any person. Any person aggrieved by any such interpretation may appeal such interpretation to the Board of Adjustment. The Planning Director and the Board of Adjustment, in interpreting the Zoning Atlas or deciding any appeal, shall apply the following standards: (A) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets; highways or alleys shall be construed as following such centerlines; (B) Boundaries indicated as approximately following lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines; (C) Boundaries indicated as approximately following City Limits shall be construed as following such City Limits; (D) Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be the center line of the main track; (E) Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines; in the event of change in the shoreline, the boundary shall be construed as moving with the actual shorelines; (F) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed as following such centerlines; (G) Boundaries shown as approximately following designated flood hazard area limits shall be construed as following such limits; (H) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through E above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Atlas shall be determined by reference to the scale of the Atlas; and (I) Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Zoning Atlas, or in other circumstances not covered by Subsections A through F above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries. In addition, the following guidelines shall be required in determining the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District: (J) The boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District shall be determined utilizing the Flood Insurance Study; 91