For the purposes of this ordinance, the City of Greenville, Alabama, is hereby divided into eleven (11) zones or districts, designated as follows:

R-A Residential-Agricultural District

R-1 Low-Density Residential District

R-2 Medium-Density Residential District

R-3 High-Density (Multifamily) Residential District

R-4 High-Density (General) Residential District

R-TH Residential Townhouse/Patio-Garden Home District

C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

C-2 General Commercial District

C-3 Highway Commercial District

M-1 Light Industrial District

M-2 General Industrial District

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1983-2, adopted June 6, 1983, amended the zoning ordinance by the addition of provisions regarding the R-TH Residential Townhouse District; the editor has incorporated the requisite changes into § 401.

(Ord. No. 1988-2, § 3, 2-1-88)

The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map, City of Greenville, Alabama." Said map, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared a part of this ordinance.

402.1 The official zoning map shall be identified by the signature of the mayor attested by the city clerk, and shall bear the seal of the city, together with the date of the adoption of this ordinance.

402.2 If, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, changes are made in district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the zoning map, such changes, with a notation of the date of amendment shall be entered on the zoning map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the city council. No amendment to this ordinance which involves matter portrayed on the zoning map shall become effective until after such change and entry has been made on said map.

402.3 No changes of any nature shall be made in the official zoning map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this ordinance.

402.4 The zoning map which shall be located in the office of the city clerk shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and other structures in the town [city].

402.5 In the event that the zoning map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the city council may by resolution adopt a new zoning map which shall supersede the prior zoning map.

(a)

The new zoning map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior zoning map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original zoning map or any subsequent amendment thereof.

(b)

The new zoning map shall be identified in the manner specified in subsection 402.1.

(c)

Unless the original 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.

Unless otherwise indicated, the following rules shall apply in determining the location of the district boundaries:

403.1 Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.

403.2 Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

403.3 Boundaries indicated as approximately following the corporate limits shall be construed as following such corporate limits.

403.4 Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.

403.5 Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed to follows such center lines.

403.6 Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections 403.1 through 403.5 above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically on the zoning map shall be determined by use of the scale of said zoning map.

403.7 Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by above, the board of adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.

403.8 Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance, the board of adjustment may permit, as a special exception, the extension of the regulations for either portion of the lot not to exceed fifty (50) feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the lot.