For the purposes of this zoning ordinance, the City of Holyoke is hereby divided into the following districts:

There are also hereby established the following overlay districts:

(Ord. of 2-19-02 [45th amd.], § 3.0; Ord. of 11-18-08 [83rd amd.], § 1)

The above-referenced districts are located and bounded as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of Holyoke, Massachusetts," dated February 19, 2002, and on file in the offices of the city clerk and the planning board. The zoning map, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 2-19-02 [45th amd.], § 3.0)

Editor's note— The map referred to in § 3.2 is not included herein, but is on file with the city.

Where in doubt or dispute, the delineation of districts on the zoning map shall be governed by the following rules of construction.

1.

Where a boundary is shown as following a street, railroad, or utility, the boundary shall be deemed to be the centerline thereof unless otherwise indicated.

2.

Where a boundary is shown following a watercourse, the boundary shall coincide with the centerline thereof as said line existed at the date of the zoning map.

3.

Where a boundary is shown approximately parallel to a street, railroad, or utility, the boundary shall be deemed parallel to the centerline thereof at the distance, in feet, indicated by the figure appearing between the boundary and the centerline.

4.

Where not otherwise indicated as above, a district boundary shall be deemed to coincide with a property line, as such line existed at the time the ordinance or amendment thereto was adopted.

5.

Where a district boundary line divides a lot, the regulations applying to the portion of such lot in the less restricted district may be considered as extending not more than 50 feet into the more restricted portion, but only if the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted district.

6.

Where the location of a boundary line is uncertain, the building commissioner shall determine its position in accordance with the distance in feet from other lines as given or as measured from the scale of the map.

(Ord. of 2-19-02 [45th amd.], § 3.0)