§ 27-402. Zoning map.

A.

Adoption and maintenance. The location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by the Unified Development Ordinance are shown on the City of Fort Smith Zoning Map, which is maintained by the planning and zoning department. The zoning map shall be considered a part of the Unified Development Ordinance by reference. If there is any dispute regarding the zoning classifications of properties which are subject to the Unified Development Ordinance regulations, the zoning map kept by the planning and zoning department shall govern.

B.

Location of district boundaries. The following rules shall apply in interpreting zoning district boundaries when the location of such boundaries are unclear:

1.

Where zoning district boundary lines are indicated as following alleys, streets, or railroads, the boundary lines are located and measured along the center line of the street right-of-way, railroad, or alley.

2.

Where a legal description is not available, zoning district boundary lines are generally intended to coincide with property lines. Where a boundary line coincides approximately, but not exactly, with a property line, the boundary line shall be considered to be the property line.

3.

Streets or other rights-of-way that have been vacated fall into the same zoning district as the lots or parcels abutting both sides. If the lots or parcels were classified in different zoning districts before the vacation, the center line of the vacated right-of-way shall be interpreted as the boundary line between the districts.

4.

Zoning boundaries which are indicated as approximately following the city or extraterritorial jurisdiction boundaries shall be interpreted to follow such boundaries.

5.

Reserved.

6.

Questions about the location of zoning boundaries may be subject to interpretation by the director pursuant to section 27-336.

(Ord. No. 70-11, § 2, 9-6-11; Ord. No. 27-13, § 1, 7-9-13)