The boundaries between districts are, unless
otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets, lanes, watercourses
and rights-of-way of power lines, railroads and other public utilities
or such lines extended or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries
of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite
sides of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a
power line or other public utility for any portion of its length,
the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire
bed of such street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of such
power line, railroad or other public utility lying within such portion
of its length. Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any
said boundaries as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall
apply:
A. Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately
following the center line of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or
right-of-way of a power line or other public utility, such center
line shall be construed to be such boundary.
B. Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately
following a lot or other property line, such lot or property line
shall be construed to be such boundary.
C. Where a boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided
property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified
by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the
scale appearing on said map.
D. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between
a street and a district boundary, they shall indicate that the district
boundary runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom
equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise specified.
Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures, the figures
shall control.
Whenever federal or state-owned property is
included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the
provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the Constitution
and laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 12-262Z]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to land and buildings owned for the performance of the governmental
functions of the Township of Montgomery.