a.

In order to classify, regulate and restrict the location of businesses, trades, industries, residences, and other land uses and the location of buildings designed for specified uses; to regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected, reconstructed, or altered; to regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas, and to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts, and other open spaces within and surrounding such buildings, City of Hernando, Mississippi, is hereby divided into twenty-four districts. The use, height, and area regulations are uniform in each district, and said districts shall be known as:

b.

A base district designation shall apply to each lot or site within the City and its planning jurisdiction. A site must be in one (1) base district. An overlay district designation may be applied to any site or any portion thereof, in addition to a base district designation. More than one (1) overlay district may apply to the same portion of a site.

c.

The boundaries of these districts are indicated upon the Zoning District Map of the City of Hernando, Mississippi, which map is made a part of this ordinance. The said Zoning District Map of City of Hernando, Mississippi, and all the notations, references, and other matters shown thereon shall be as much a part of this ordinance as if the notations, references, and other matters set forth by said Zoning District Map were all fully described herein; which Zoning District Map is properly attested and are on, file with the City Clerk of the City of Hernando, Mississippi.

d.

All territory which may hereafter become a part of the incorporated area of the City of Hernando by revision of corporate boundaries of any village, town, or city, shall remain in its existing municipal classification until such time as such classification may be changed by amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as provide by law.

e.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning District Maps accompanying and made a part of this ordinance. The following rules shall apply:

i.

Where a boundary line is given a position within a street, road or alley, it shall be deemed to be in the center of the street, road, or alley; and if the actual location of such street, road, or alley varies from the location as shown on the Zoning District Map, then the actual location shall control.

ii.

Where a boundary line is shown as approximately following municipal, county, or state boundaries, it shall be construed to follow such boundaries.

iii.

Where a boundary line is indicated as approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water, it shall be construed to follow such centerline.

iv.

Where a boundary line is shown as being located a specific distance from a street or road line or other physical feature, this distance shall control.

v.

Where a boundary line is shown adjoining or coincident with a railroad, it shall be deemed to be in the center of the railroad right-of-way and distances measured from a railroad shall be measured from the center of the designated mainline track.

vi.

In unsubdivided areas where district boundaries as shown on the Zoning District Map does not coincide or approximately coincide with street lines, alley lines, or lot lines, and no dimensions are shown, the location of such district boundary lines shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the Zoning District Map.