(A)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following classifications of zoning districts are hereby established for use within the City:

(B)

The zoning ordinance was amended and updated in 1999 to implement the City's revised Comprehensive Plan and for consolidation of similar zoning districts. The following districts have been removed and consolidated and are no longer a part of the Code. Properties with these designations as of adoption of these revisions in 1999 are considered legal nonconforming uses with regards to use and development standards as previously applied provided they have received a final local development order for that use prior to the effective date of these amendments.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Am. Ord. 02-130, § 1(Exh. A), 2-10-03; Am. Ord. 10-62, § 1, 8-9-10)

The location of any zoning district boundaries shown on the zoning map shall be determined by the following rules:

(A)

Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow center lines of streets or alleys, street, or railroad rights-of-way, or water courses, or to be parallel or perpendicular thereto, unless the zoning district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions shown on the zoning map.

(B)

Where zoning district boundaries approximately follow platted lot lines on the zoning map, those lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries.

(C)

Where zoning district boundaries approximately follow City corporate limits, those limits shall be construed to be the boundaries.

(D)

Where zoning district boundaries approximately follow section lines or subsection lines, those lines shall be construed to be the boundaries.

(E)

Where the foregoing rules cannot be applied to a zoning district boundary traversing unsubdivided property, or where a zoning district boundary divides a platted lot, the location of any boundary shall be determined by dimensions as may be shown upon the zoning map or by use of the scale shown upon the map.

(F)

If, after the application of the foregoing rules, uncertainty exists as to the exact location of a zoning district boundary, the zoning administrator shall interpret and determine the location in accordance with the intent and purpose of this chapter. Appeal from the interpretation of the zoning administrator shall be only to the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with procedures prescribed in sections 158.335 through 158.341.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99)

(A)

Establishment of Zoning Map. The locations and boundaries of zoning districts established within the City shall be shown on a map entitled "City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida Official Zoning Map," and that map may be amended subsequent to the adoption thereof; and the map, together with all notations, dimension, designations, references, and other data shown thereon, is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter and the City of Port St. Land Development Regulations to the same extent as if the information set forth on the map were fully described and incorporated herein.

(B)

Zoning Map Adopted. The City zoning map containing the entire municipal area of the city, together with all prior ordinances as same are shown and designated upon the map by zoning classification as set forth in this chapter, together with amendments thereto, is hereby officially adopted.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, 12-7-15)

Location and maintenance. The official zoning map shall be located in the Planning and Zoning Department and maintained in a published version and format as determined by the department.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, 12-7-15)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, adopted December 7, 2015, amended § 158.023, to read as set out herein. Previously § 158.023 was titled "Replacement of Official Zoning Map."

The official zoning map may be amended as provided in article XVI of this chapter. If, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and applicable provisions of State law, changes are made in district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official zoning map, these changes shall be entered promptly on the official zoning map after the amendment has been approved by the City Council; the official zoning map shall contain a listing of the identification numbers and dates of approval of all ordinances involving changes of district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official zoning map. No amendment to this chapter which involves matter portrayed upon the official zoning map shall become effective until established as prescribed by law.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, 12-7-15)

No change of any nature shall be made in the official zoning map or any matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set out in this chapter. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this chapter and punishable as provided by section 158.999.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99)

Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the zoning map which may from time to time be made or published, the official zoning map which shall be located in the office of the Zoning Administrator shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of all lands and waters within the City.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99)