For the purposes of this Ordinance, the City of Newaygo is hereby divided into the following Zoning Districts:

The locations and boundaries of these Districts are hereby established on a map entitled "The Zoning Map of the City of Newaygo" which is hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this Ordinance. Regardless of the existence of copies of the zoning map, which may be made or published, the official Zoning Map shall be located in the office of the Zoning Administrator and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status in the City. No amendment to this Ordinance, which involves matter portrayed on the office Zoning Map, shall become effective until such change and entry has been made on said map. The official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Zoning Administrator and attested to by the City Clerk. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of the Zoning Districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Where boundaries are indicated as approximately following the streets, alley, or highways, the centerline of said streets, alleys, or highways, or such lines extended shall be construed to such boundaries.

B.

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

C.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following City boundary lines shall be construed as following such City boundaries.

D.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to be the centerline of the railroad right-of-way.

E.

Boundaries indicated as approximately parallel to the centerline of streets or highways shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distances therefrom as indicated on the official Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the official Zoning Map.

F.

Boundaries following the shoreline of a stream or other body of water 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 centerline of streams or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerline.

G.

Where the application of the aforesaid rules leaves a reasonable doubt as to the boundaries between two (2) zoning districts, the Zoning Board of Appeals, after recommendation from the Zoning Administrator, shall interpret the district boundaries.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way has been officially vacated by official governmental action, the zoning of this land shall be determined by the adjoining property. If two different zones adjoin the property, then the land shall follow the procedures for rezoning.

Whenever any fill is placed in any lake or stream the land thus created shall automatically and without further governmental action thenceforth acquire and be subjected to the same zoning regulations and be used for the same purposes as are permitted under this Ordinance for such adjoining lands. No use of the surface of any lake or stream shall be permitted for any purpose not permitted on the land from which the use emanates.

All buildings and uses in any district shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3, General Provisions, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.

Whenever territory is annexed or brought into the City through any means, the land shall be zoned Rural Residential (RR) until such time as the City determines the most appropriate zoning classification for that property.

When District boundaries hereafter become changed, any legal nonconforming use may still be continued, but subjected to all other provisions of this Ordinance.