For the purpose of this Ordinance, the City of Parchment is hereby divided into the following districts:

The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Districts Map, City of Parchment Zoning Ordinance, which accompanies this Ordinance, and which map with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon shall be as much a part of this Ordinance as if fully described herein. [Said map is on file and available for inspection in the office of the city clerk.]

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning Districts Map, the following rules shall apply:

1.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways, or alleys, shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

2.

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

3.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following corporate limits shall be construed as following actual corporate limits.

4.

Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be the midway between the main tracks.

5.

Boundaries indicated as following shorelines 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, rivers, canals, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

6.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections 1. through 5. above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map.

7.

Where physical or natural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections 1. through 6. above, the board of appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.

8.

Insofar as some or all of the various districts may be indicated on the zoning map by patterns which, for the sake of map clarity, do not cover public rights-of-way it is intended that such district boundaries do extend to the center of any public right-of-way.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way, within the City of Parchment shall be vacated, such street, alley or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zoning district as the property to which it attaches.

Wherever any area is annexed to the City of Parchment, the following will apply:

1.

Land that is annexed into the city shall be classified as being in the zoning district, as defined by this Ordinance, most appropriate to the City of Parchment. Such classification shall be recommended by the planning commission to the city commission, which shall approve same by the procedures used for amending ordinances of the city.