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Commissioners move to clarify that streets and alleys can mark zoning lines but not change property ownership
Summary
Siskiyou County planning commissioners discussed language to make clear that using streets or alleys as district boundaries is a zoning designation only and does not affect underlying property lines, citing local examples where centerline ambiguity has caused confusion.
At a meeting of the Siskiyou County Planning Commission, commissioners reviewed proposed draft language intended to prevent confusion where road centerlines are used as zoning boundaries. Commissioner Fowle read the suggested insertion: "the use of such streets and alleys for district boundaries is only for the purpose of designating zones, and such boundaries do not have an effect, legal or otherwise, on the underlying property lines, easements, or other accessory interests of the property owners upon which the boundaries lie." The commission agreed the wording would clear up property-line gray areas raised during prior meetings.
Commissioners cited local examples in Scott Valley and along Highway 3 where parcel lines meet road centerlines and said clarifying the ordinance would avoid implying a change in ownership. Planning staff said the change would be sent to consultants for inclusion in the draft code. "That makes sense," Commissioner Fowle said after the text was read aloud.
