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Article 1: Administration Section 1.3: Board of County Commissioners Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-9 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; (K) In areas between official cross sections, the Special Flood Hazard Overlay District shall be determined by scaling the distances on Flood Insurance Study maps; and (L) The regulatory flood protection elevation must in all cases be the controlling factor in locating the outer limits of the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District.9 SECTION 1.3: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1.3.1 Responsibilities The Orange County Board of Commissioners shall have the following responsibilities in relation to the administration of this Ordinance: (A) Hear and decide applications for amendments to the text, schedules, and map portions of this Ordinance, which shall be processed in accordance with the provisions detailed herein. In exercising this power, the Board is bound by the State enabling legislation, the terms of this Ordinance, and applicable court decisions in carrying out its legislative function. (B) Hear and decide applications for the approval of Class A Special Use permit as noted in the Schedule of Permitted Uses as requiring approval of the Board of Commissioners, which shall be processed in accordance with the provisions detailed herein. In exercising this power, the Board is bound by the State enabling legislation, the terms of this Ordinance, and applicable court decisions in carrying out its decision making function within a quasi-judicial capacity and shall make its decisions based on substantial 9 As we are eliminating the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District, these provisions are no longer necessary. 32