(1)

Zoning districts established. Areas that are subject to the jurisdiction of this ordinance are hereby divided into zoning districts for the purpose of achieving compatibility of land uses within each zoning district, to implement the Sauk County Comprehensive Plan, and to achieve the purpose of this ordinance as described in Section 7.003.

(2)

Official zoning maps. Zoning districts established by this ordinance are shown on the official zoning map of Sauk County, which is made part of this ordinance by reference. Where the official zoning map does not indicate a zoning district for a particular area, the area is either within the corporate limits of a city or village, within extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction by a city or village, under the jurisdiction of town zoning, or is not zoned. The official zoning map of Sauk County is a digital compilation within the County's geographic information system. This map shall be the official map for the purpose of enforcement of this ordinance. Responsibility for the maintenance of this map is vested with the Zoning Administrator.

(3)

Interpretation of zoning district boundaries. Where the exact location of the zoning district boundary as shown on the official zoning map is uncertain, the boundary location shall be determined by the Zoning Administrator. The following rules shall be used by the Zoning Administrator to determine the precise location of any zoning district boundary shown on the official zoning map of Sauk County.

(a)

Zoning district boundaries shown as following or approximately following the limits of any city, village, town, extraterritorial zoning, or County boundary shall be construed as following such limits.

(b)

Zoning district boundaries shown as following or approximately following roads or railroad rights-of-way shall be construed as following the centerline of such road or railroad line.

(c)

Zoning district boundaries shown as following or approximately following platted lot lines or other property lines as shown on the Sauk County tax parcel map shall be construed as following such lines.

(d)

Zoning district boundaries shown as following or approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, or other continuously flowing water courses shall be construed as following the channel centerlines of such watercourses and, in the event of natural change in the location of such streams, rivers, or other water courses, the zoning district boundary shall be construed as moving with the channel centerline.

(e)

Where a road is officially vacated or discontinued, the property that was formally in the road will be included within the zoning district boundary of the adjoining property on either side of the centerline of the vacated or discontinued road.

(f)

Zoning district boundaries shown as separated from any of the features noted in this subsection shall be construed to be at such distances as shown on the official zoning map.

(g)

Any legal description that may have been filed with a petition to rezone property filed with the Sauk County Clerk and that was adopted by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors.