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Page County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

Zoning Map and Zoning Districts

§ 125-5 Official Zoning Map.

Page County is hereby divided into zones or districts, as shown on the Official Zoning Map, which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be part of this chapter, together with all future notations, references and amendments.[1]
A. 
Identification of Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the governing body and attested to by the Secretary of that body, together with the date of the adoption of this chapter.
B. 
Changing the Official Zoning Map.
(1) 
If in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Code of Virginia, as amended, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the governing body.
(2) 
No changes of any nature shall be made in the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this chapter or any state law, if applicable. All changes shall be noted on the Official Zoning Map by date, with a brief description of the nature of the change.
C. 
Location of Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map shall be located in a public place, as designated by the governing body, and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas in the County, regardless of unofficial copies which may have been made or published from time to time. The Official Zoning Map shall be available to the public at their immediate request.
D. 
Replacement of Official Zoning Map. In the event that the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the governing body must, by resolution, adopt a new Official Zoning Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. The new map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original map or any subsequent amendment thereof. The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the governing body, attested by the Secretary of that body and bearing the following words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted _______________________ as part of Ordinance No. __________ of Page County, Virginia." Unless the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost or has been totally destroyed, the prior map or any significant parts thereof remaining shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.

§ 125-6 Classes of districts.

[Amended 6-13-2000; 9-16-2014]
For the purpose of this chapter, the County is hereby divided into classes or districts which shall be designated as follows:
P-R
Park-Recreation
W-C
Woodland-Conservation
A-1
Agriculture
R
Residential
C-1
Commercial
I-1
Industrial
A-F
Agricultural and Forestal Districts pursuant to Title 15.2, Chapter 43, Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act, of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended
MHP-1
Manufactured Home Parks as more particularly described in § 125-19 below.

§ 125-7 Interpretation of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Designation of district boundaries. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streets, railroads, rights-of-way, streams, rivers, existing lot lines or municipal boundary lines shall be construed to follow such features indicated. Where a district boundary line does not follow such a line, its position may be shown on said Official Zoning Map by a specific dimension expressing its distance in feet from a street right-of-way line or other boundary line as indicated and running parallel to said line.
B. 
Determination of location of boundaries. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map or if uncertainty exists as to the true location of a district boundary line in a particular instance, the Zoning Administrator shall request the Board of Zoning Appeals to render its determination with respect thereto.