For the purpose of this Ordinance, the Town of Alto is hereby divided into use district as set out below

R-I Single-Family Residential District

R-II Moderate Density Residential District

R-III Multiple Family Residential District

MHP Manufactured or Mobile Home Park District

R-IV Estate Residential District

O-P Office-Professional District

NS Neighborhood Shopping Business District

HB Highway Business District

CBD Central Business District

CB Commercial Business District

M-I Light Industrial District

M-II Heavy Industrial District

A Agricultural District

PDD Planned Development District

The location and boundaries of the above-listed districts are hereby established as shown on a map entitled Official Zoning Map of the Town of Alto, Georgia. Said map, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this Ordinance.

The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the Town Clerk, and bear the seal of the Town or that of a Notary Public under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Article IV of the Zoning Ordinance, Town of Alto, Georgia", together with the date of the adoption of the Ordinance. The Official Zoning Map may be reproduced so that additional copies of said map may be made available, upon proper certification as described above.

If an accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the applicable laws of the State of Georgia, changes are made in boundaries or other matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the Town Council, with appropriate entry or indication of such amendment on the Official Zoning Map. The formal action by the Town Council to change the boundaries of the Official Map shall be sufficient to make such zoning district change effective. Upon such changes, the Zoning Administrator is authorized to enter such changes on the Official Zoning Map, and readoption of the said map shall not be required.

No changes of any nature shall be make in the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this Ordinance. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this Ordinance.

Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the Official Zoning Map which may from time to time be made or published, the Official Zoning Map shall be located in the Office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Town of Alto and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and other structures in the Town.

In the event that the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the Governing Body may adopt a new Official Zoning Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. The new Official Zoning Map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original Official Zoning Map or any subsequent amendment thereof. The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the Town Clerk, and bear the seal of the Town or a Notary Public under the following words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map re-adopted (new date of re-adoption) supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted (date of adoption of map being replaced) as part of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Alto, Georgia."

Unless the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost, or has been totally destroyed, the prior map or any significant parts thereof remaining, shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.

404.1 Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerline of streets or highways, street right-of-way lines or railroad right-of-way lines or such lines extended, such centerline, street right-of-way lines, or railroad right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

404.2 Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following the corporate limit line of the Town, such corporate limit line shall be construed to be such boundaries.

404.3 Where boundaries are indicted as approximately following property lines or such lines extended, such property lines or such lines extended, as indicated by boundary survey, deed or legal description maintained in the official file of said zoning adoption or amendment, if available, shall be construed to be such boundaries.

404.4 Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of stream beds or river beds, such centerline shall be construed to be such boundaries.

404.5 In the case where the exact location of a boundary cannot be determined by the foregoing methods, the Governing Body shall, upon application, determine the location of the boundary.

Where a boundary lines as appearing on the Official Zoning Map divides a lot in single ownership at the time of the enactment of these regulations, the requirements for the district in which the greater portion of the lot lines may be extended to the balance of the lot without recourse or amendment procedures, provided that this provision shall not apply to a double frontage lot. In the case of a double frontage lot, the restrictions of the district applying to the adjoining lots which front on the same street as the lot frontage in question shall apply.

Where a public street, alley or other right-of-way is officially vacated or abandoned, the regulations applicable to the property to which it reverted shall apply to such vacated or abandoned public street, alley, or right-of-way.