As shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Norton, Massachusetts," dated June 7, 1999, as amended from time to time, the Zoning Map is specifically by reference incorporated herein and made a part of the bylaw, the Town of Norton is hereby divided into the following districts:

The original tracing of the Zoning Map of the Town of Norton, Massachusetts, which may consist of one or more sheets, shall be identified as such by a statement reading as follows: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Norton, Massachusetts, adopted as a part of the Norton, Massachusetts Zoning Bylaw of 1974 on April 16, 1974, by vote of the Norton Town Meeting under Article 6 of the Warrant," and as amended by vote of Town Meeting through the date shown on the Zoning Map signed by the majority of the Board of Selectmen and attested by a signature of the Town Clerk and the imprint of the Town Seal. The original tracing shall be held in custody of the Town Clerk, who shall cause to be prepared and certify copies thereof and may charge a reasonable fee therefor. Notwithstanding the existence of copies or prints, the original tracing, including the amendments or any explanatory matter thereon, shall be the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Norton.

The Zoning Map may be amended from time to time by vote of the Town Meeting in the same manner as the Zoning Bylaw and such amendments, adding, deleting or modifying district lines and designations or dimensions of districts, shall be made on the Zoning Map as soon as possible upon the approval of the amendments by the Attorney General, together with a notation on the map signed by the Town Clerk and indicating the date of the Town Meeting vote, the number of the warrant article and in brief the substance of the amendment, but the failure to show an amendment on the map shall not affect its validity.

In the event that the Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to read because of the nature of amendments, the Town Meeting may, in the manner provided for the adoption and amendment of the Zoning Map, replace it with a new Zoning Map.

Unless otherwise shown on the Zoning Map, the boundaries of districts shall be the center lines of streets, railroad baselines, mean water lines of rivers, brooks and ponds, or lines parallel to, and dimensioned district from the center lines of streets or mean water lines, but no change in street or lot boundary lines or watercourses and bodies subsequent to the adoption of the Zoning Map shall have the effect of changing or relocating district boundaries from their original location.