§ 260-11
Zoning district boundaries
The following rules shall be used to determine the precise location of any zone boundary line shown on the Zoning Map:
- A. Municipal boundary. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following the Town's municipal boundary line shall be construed to follow such municipal line.
- B. Streets. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following streets shall be construed to follow the center lines of such streets.
- C. Property lines. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following property lines as shown on the Westerly Tax Maps shall be construed to follow such Tax Map property lines. In the event that there is a conflict between the boundary lines shown on the Westerly Tax Maps and the recorded legal description of the property, the recorded legal description of the property shall govern.
[Amended 5-13-2019 by Ch. No. 1956]
- D. Railroad lines. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines.
- E. Shorelines of tidal water bodies. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following the shorelines of tidal water bodies shall be construed to follow the mean high waterlines of such water bodies and, in the event of change in the mean high waterline, shall be construed to move with the actual mean high waterline.
- F. Streams, rivers, other watercourses. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following streams, rivers, or other continuously flowing watercourses shall be construed to follow the channel center line of such watercourses taken at mean low water, and, in the event of a natural change in the location of such streams, rivers, or other watercourses, the zone boundary line shall be construed to move with the channel center line.
- G. Ponds. Zone boundary lines shown as approximately following the shorelines of ponds shall be construed to follow the annual high waterline of such pond.
- H. Parallel distances. Zone boundary lines shown as separated from, and approximately parallel to, any of the features listed in Subsections A through G above shall be construed to be parallel to such features and at such distances therefrom as are shown on the Tax Map.