In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this ordinance, the city shall be divided into the following zoning districts:

(1)

Residential Districts

(2)

Commercial Districts

(3)

Industrial Districts

(4)

Special Districts

(5)

Overlay Districts

Floodplain Management Districts

Heritage Preservation District

Airport District

Shoreland Management District

Planned Unit Development

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)

Primary zoning districts include the districts listed in Sections 5-10(1) through (4). All property in the city shall be located within a primary zoning district. Overlay districts shall include the districts listed in Section 5-10 (5).

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)

The locations and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this ordinance shall be set forth on the official zoning map, to be maintained by the City Planner. The official zoning map is incorporated herein by reference.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)

The following rules shall be used to determine the precise location of any zoning district boundary, as shown on the official zoning map:

(1)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following the municipal limits shall be construed as following such limits.

(2)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following streets shall be construed to follow the centerlines of such streets.

(3)

Boundary lines that follow or approximately follow platted lot lines or other property lines as shown on the zoning map shall be construed as following such lines.

(4)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following section lines, half-section lines, or quarter-section lines shall be construed as following such lines.

(5)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines.

(6)

Boundaries shown as following or approximately following shorelines of any lakes shall be construed to follow the mean high water line of such lakes, and, in the event of change in the ordinary high water line, shall be construed as moving with the actual mean high water line.

(7)

Boundaries shown as following, or approximately following, the centerlines of streams, rivers, or other continuously flowing watercourses shall be construed as following the channel centerline of such watercourses taken at mean low water, and, in the event of a natural change in the location of such streams, rivers, or other watercourses, the zoning district boundary shall be construed as moving with the channel centerline.

(8)

Boundaries shown as separated from, and parallel or approximately parallel to, any of the features listed in numbers (1) through (7) above shall be construed to be parallel to such features and at such distances therefrom as shown on the zoning map.

(9)

Appeals concerning the exact location of zoning district boundary lines shall be made to the Planning Commission and City Council, as specified in Section 2-110.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)

Where a single parcel of land is bisected by one (1) or more zoning district boundary lines, land in the more restrictive district shall not be included as a part of the required yards or minimum lot area for any structures or uses not allowed in said district.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)

Annexed property shall be placed within the TUD, Transitional Urban Development District, unless special action is taken at the time of annexation to designate it otherwise.

(Ord. No. 99-20, § 1, 11-23-99)