For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community, the Town of Marcellus is hereby divided into the following zones:

In addition, overlay controls shall apply in designated areas as shown on Zoning Map. Subdivisions of these types and additions of other types may be made as amendments to this chapter.

Said zones are bounded and defined as shown on a map titled "Zoning Map of the Town of Marcellus, New York," dated July 2009, and certified by the Town Clerk which accompanies and which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter. Such Zoning Map is hereby adopted as the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Marcellus and shall supersede and replace any and all other Zoning Maps of the Town of Marcellus.[1]

Where zone boundaries are indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets or highways, street lines or highway right-of-way lines, such center lines or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.

Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center lines of streets, or the center lines of right-of-way lines of highways, such zone boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such district therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on said Zoning Map.

Where the boundary of a zone follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway between the main tracks of said railroad line.

Where the boundary of zone follows a stream, lake or other body of water, said boundary line shall be deemed to be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the Town of Marcellus unless otherwise indicated.