Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Unless otherwise indicated on the zoning map, the boundaries are lot lines, the center lines ofstreets or alleys, or the corporate limit lines as they exist at the time of the enactment of the zoning code. Questions concerning the exact locations by district boundaries shall be determined by the board of zoning appeals.

Where a district boundary divides a lot existing at the time the zoning code takes effect and the major portion of said lot is in the less restricted district, the regulations relative to that district may extend as well to such portions of said lot as are not more than twenty (20) feet within the more restricted district.

Where the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets is in a business or industrial district and the property on the intersecting street, except the corner or corners, is in a residential district, the business or industrial use shall be limited to the property facing or fronting the street zoned for business throughout the block, and any property in the rear thereof facing or fronting the intersecting street, even though it appears to be in a business or industrial district, shall be governed by the use prevailing on the street in that block. It is the purpose of chapters 1 through 8 of this title to limit business and industrial uses to the property facing or fronting the street zoned for business or industry and to forbid business or industrial uses facing or fronting the street zoned for residential uses. In all cases of ambiguity due to the actual layout of the property or other circumstances, the board of zoning appeals shall have authority to determine on which street the business or industrial use shall face or front so that the spirit of the zoning code shall be observed. (1982 Code, § 11-303)