For the purpose of these regulations, the Town is hereby divided into districts, which are established as follows:

Every parcel of land and every building or structure in the Town shall be subject to the regulations, restrictions and requirements specified for the district in which it is located.

For the purposes of this chapter, the zoning districts established by § 300-7 above shall be of the number, size, shape and location shown on the Oakland Zoning Map which is hereby adopted and included in its entirety as a part of this chapter, along with all current amendments, notations, explanatory matters, dimensions, references, and designations shown thereon.

Regardless of the existence of copies of the Zoning Map which may from time to time be made or published, the Official Zoning Map which shall be maintained in the office of the Zoning Administrator, and at Oakland City Hall, shall be that which included the latest changes and amendments thereto by the Town Council as provided for herein and it shall be the final authority as to the current zoning and/or use status of land, buildings, and structures within the Town.

Boundaries drawn approximately along the center lines of streams, drainageways, streets, roads, alleys, or railroads or other rights-of-way shall be construed to follow such center lines.

Boundaries drawn approximately parallel to the center lines of streams, drainageways, streets, roads, alleys, or railroads or other rights-of-way, or parallel to property lines shall be construed to lie parallel to such center lines or property lines at the distance therefrom noted upon the Zoning Map.

Boundaries drawn approximately along platted lot lines or other property lines shall be construed to follow such lines.

The location of boundaries otherwise in question shall be determined by the dimensions or notations upon the Zoning Map.

In unsubdivided property or where a district boundary line divides a lot, the location of any such boundary (unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on said map) shall be determined by use of the scale shown upon said map and scaled to the nearest foot.

All areas to be annexed to the Town after the effective date of this chapter shall be zoned according to the provisions of Article 23A, § 9(c) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1996 Replacement Volume. Such areas shall automatically be classified in a zoning category in accordance with their designation on the Garrett County Master Plan or in the closest zoning category thereto available under this chapter, provided the Mayor and Town Council may, after public notice and hearing, provide for the classification of such annexed areas or part thereof in another zoning district or districts, effective upon the date of such annexation, subject to the provisions of Article 23A, § 9(c).

If the Mayor and Town Council do not provide in advance for the zoning classification of newly annexed areas in the manner provided in Subsection A, above, the Planning Commission may, within six months of the date of such annexation, prepare and recommend to the Mayor and Town Council comprehensive development plans and recommendations for the appropriate zoning classification(s) for such annexed areas, taking into account the requirement of Article 23A, § 9(c).