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following such lot lines. <br /> <br />3. Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as <br /> following city limits. <br /> <br />4. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between <br /> the main tracks of the railroad line. <br /> <br />Boundaries indicated as following stream or creek lines shall be construed to follow such <br />stream or creek lines, and in the event of change in the stream or creek line, shall be <br />construed as moving with the actual stream or creek line. <br /> <br />Boundaries indicatext as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in paragraphs 1 <br />through 5 shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the zoning map <br />shall be determined by the scale of the map. <br /> <br />Where the street or property layout existing on the ground is at variance with that shown <br />on the zoning map or in other circumstances not covered by paragraphs 1 through 6 <br />above, the Board of Zoning Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries. <br /> <br />Where any street, road or alley is hereafter officially vacated or abandoned, the <br />regulations applicable to each parcel of abutting property shall apply to that portion of <br />such street, mad or alley added to the property by virtue of such vacation or <br />abandonment. <br /> <br />G. Floodplain Overlay District <br /> <br />Notwithstanding the boundaries of the districts which make up this ordinance, a floodplain <br />overlay district is hereby created which may modify the terms and conditions of this <br />ordinance. The basis for the delineation of this district shall be the flood insurance study for <br />the City of Martinsville prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal <br />Insurance Administration dated October 1, 1980, as amended. All development with the <br />boundaries of this district shall comply with all requirements of the City of Martinsville's <br />Flood Plain Ordinance, found in the Office of the Building Official, adopted August 27, <br />1991, as amended. <br /> <br />SECTION II: DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />For the purpose of this ordinance, the following words and terms shall have the meanings <br />indicated herein. All words used in the present tense shall include the future tense; all words <br />used in the singular number shall include the plural number; and all words in the plural <br />number shall include the singular number, unless the natural construction of the wording <br />indicates otherwise. The word "occupied" includes the words "arranged, intended or <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />