Zoning districts.

Zoning Map. The boundaries of the zoning districts are shown on the map entitled "Town of Oneonta Zoning Map," a copy of which is attached to and hereby made a part of this chapter.[1] The Zoning Map may from time to time be amended in the manner specified in Article XIX of this chapter. The Zoning Map shall show the date of its original adoption, together with the date of the latest amendment shown thereon, and shall be certified by the Town Clerk. The Town Planning Board may from time to time publish copies of the Zoning Map, provided that such copies bear the following notice: "This copy of the Town of Oneonta Zoning Map contains amendments adopted through the date shown hereon, and the user hereof shall consult the map on file with the Town of Oneonta Planning Board for any subsequent amendments."

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways, railroad or public utility easements, said boundaries shall be construed to be coincident with such lines.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways, railroads or public utility easements, said boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distances as are indicated on the Zoning Map or as shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the town boundary line, property lines, lot lines or projections thereof, said boundaries shall be construed to be coincident with such lines or projections thereof.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the town boundary line, property lines, lot lines or projections thereof, said boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distances therefrom as are indicated on the Zoning Map or as shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.

Where a street, highway, railroad or public utility easement center line or right-of-way line is coincident with a zoning boundary line and varies from the actual on-the-ground physical monument or mark, then such on-the-ground physical monument or mark shall determine said zoning boundary.

Where uncertainty exists in determining the precise location of any district boundary line, the Zoning Board of Appeals with advice from the Planning Board shall interpret the intent and purpose of the Zoning Map.

No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered except in conformity with the regulations herein set forth for the district in which it is located.

Any lot held in single and separate ownership prior to the adoption of this chapter whose area and/or width and/or depth are less than the specified minimum lot requirements of this chapter for that district may be considered as complying with such minimum lot requirements and no variance shall be required, provided that:

Any lot in a subdivision whose final plat has been approved by the Planning Board and properly filed prior to the passage of this chapter and whose area and/or width and/or depth are less than the specified minimum lot requirements of this chapter for that district may be considered as complying with such minimum lot requirements and no variance shall be required, provided that such lot complies with Subsection B.