(a)

The city, having previously been divided and zoned into use districts, with subsequent rezoning in the several districts, adopts and declares to be a part of this chapter that map prepared in 1986, and subsequently updated and adopted on March 6, 1990, and updated again on October 6, 1998, as the official zoning map.

(b)

The map shall be signed by the zoning administrator to attest to its accuracy.

(c)

The map shall be signed by the mayor to attest to its adoption by the city council.

(d)

The map shall be signed by the city secretary to attest to its authenticity and to its receipt on the date of adoption.

(e)

The map shall be displayed in a secured transparent-faced case at a public location selected by the zoning administrator.

(f)

Changes to the official zoning map shall be made only under the direct supervision of the zoning administrator.

(g)

Changes made to the corporate limits of the city or additions or subdivisions approved by the council and subsequently recorded shall be added to the map and a marginal notation made giving the annexation ordinance number and adoption date, along with the volume and page where recorded, or the subdivision/addition name and the plat book and page where recorded. The notation shall be dated and initialed by the zoning administrator.

(h)

Rezoned tracts shall be individually outlined on the map. Each rezoned tract shall be marked with a sequential key number and a marginal notation made giving the key number, new zoning designation, agency approving such action, and a reference to the ordinance or court order authorizing such action. The notation shall be dated and initialed by the zoning administrator.

(i)

Copies of all or part of the official zoning map may be made for use, sale, or reference; but only the original of the official zoning map, as amended, shall be deemed as the official current zoning status within the city.

(j)

If the official zoning map becomes difficult to interpret due to damage or due to the number and/or nature of changes or additions thereto, the council may adopt by ordinance a new official zoning map which shall supersede the prior map. The new official zoning map may also correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the prior map. The new official zoning map shall reference the effective date of the prior map and shall be attested and authenticated as in subsections (b), (c), and (d), of this section.

(k)

Should the official zoning map become lost or destroyed, a new official zoning map shall be reconstructed by the zoning administrator from any reliable source of copies and from such other documentation available. After a public hearing concerning the accuracy thereof, the council may adopt by ordinance such map to be the new official zoning map. The new official zoning map shall be attested and authenticated as in subsections (b), (c), and (d), of this section. Should the lost map be discovered prior to amendment of the reconstructed map, the reconstructed map shall be void. If one or more amendments have been made to the reconstructed map, such corrections to the reconstructed map, as are needed to bring it into conformity with the previously lost map, shall be made by the zoning administrator as in subsection (h) above, and those property owners affected by the corrections notified by ordinary mail. The reconstructed map shall then continue in effect as the official zoning map.

(l)

Any superseded official zoning map, or remaining portions thereof, along with documentation of actions modifying such maps shall be maintained in the files of the city.

(Ord. No. 90-03, pt. 2, 3-6-90; Code 1982, § 28-2-1; Ord. No. 98-29, § II, 10-6-98)

Where uncertainties exist with respect to the intended boundaries of the various districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

(1)

Unless otherwise clearly shown on the map, where district boundaries follow the centerline of a street, alley, waterway, railroads, or other rights-of-way, the centerline of such or, where appropriate, the extension or continuation of the centerline shall be construed to be the district boundary.

(2)

Unless otherwise clearly shown on the map, where district boundaries follow approximately along lot or tract lines, the actual lot or tract line or, where appropriate, the extension thereof, shall constitute the boundary.

(3)

When property is hereafter subdivided into lots and blocks and the district lines on the official zoning map differ from the platted lines, the nearest platted line shall become the district boundary unless indicated otherwise on the plat of such subdivision.

(4)

Where a district boundary crosses an existing platted or described lot or tract, the nearest existing property line, as of January 1, 1986, shall be construed to be such district boundary.

(5)

Where a district boundary crosses an unsubdivided tract larger than two acres, the location of such boundary shall be determined from the nearest identifiable line shown on the map by use of the scale appearing on the map.

(6)

When none of the above apply or there is a dispute as to actual location of the district boundary, the commission shall make such determination.

(Ord. No. 90-03, pt. 2, 3-6-90; Ord. No. 94-03, pt. 1(1), 2-1-94; Code 1982, § 28-2-2)

Any area hereafter annexed shall be classified as A-O (agricultural-open space). Subsequent rezoning must be in accordance with the procedures of section 64-128. Subsequent rezoning should be, where feasible, consistent with the land use plan.

(Ord. No. 90-03, pt. 2, 3-6-90; Code 1982, § 28-2-3)