For the purposes of this ordinance the City of Petoskey is hereby divided into the following districts:

(Ord. No. 606, 7-20-1987; Ord. No. 643, § 1, 11-15-1993; Ord. No. 659, § 1, 10-20-1997; Ord. No. 759, § 8, 2-19-2018)

State Law reference— Districts authorized, MCL 125.2101.

The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map, City of Petoskey 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.

Editor's note— The zoning map has been omitted from the appendix and is on file in the office of the city clerk.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the zoning 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 city limits shall be construed as following city limits.

4.

Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be 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, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

6.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extension 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 a 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 Petoskey shall be vacated, such street, alley, or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zone district as the property to which it attaches.

All buildings and uses in any district shall be subject to the provisions of Article XVII General Provisions and Article XVIII General Exceptions.