A.

Porter Township is hereby divided into zoning districts, as shown on the official zoning map which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance.

B.

If, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, changes are made in zoning district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official zoning map, such changes shall be entered on the official zoning map within ten days after the amendment has been approved by the township board.

C.

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 ordinance.

D.

Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the official zoning map which may from time to time be made or published, the official zoning map shall be located in the office of the township clerk and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and other features and structures in the township.

A.

In the event that the official zoning map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature of number of changes and additions, the township board may by resolution adopt a new official zoning map which shall supersede the prior official zoning map. The new official zoning 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 official zoning map or any subsequent amendment thereof.

B.

Unless the prior official zoning map has been lost or totally destroyed, the prior map, or any significant parts thereof remaining, shall be preserved together with all available records pertaining to it(s adoption or amendment.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any of the zones as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Zone boundary lines are intended to be parallel or perpendicular to street, alley, or lot lines, unless such zone boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, as shown on said zoning map.

B.

Where zone boundaries are indicated as approximately following street or alley lines or proposed street lines, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

C.

Where zone boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow lot lines and are not more than 25 feet distance therefrom such lot lines shall be such boundaries.

D.

In unsubdivided property or where a zone boundary divides a lot, the location of any such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on such maps, or described in the text of the ordinance, shall be determined by the use of the map scale shown thereon, and scaled to the nearest foot.

E.

If all or any portion of any public street, alley, right-of-way, easement or land which is not included in any zone shall ever revert to or come into private ownership or shall ever be used for any purpose other than a public purpose, said land shall be subject to all of these regulations which apply within the zone immediately adjacent thereto, or within the most restricted of the immediately adjacent zones, if there be more than one.

A.

For the purpose of this ordinance, Porter Township is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:

B.

The location and boundaries of the zones established in the township shall be shown on a map entitled Zoning Map of Porter Township, and as same may be amended subsequent to the adoption thereof; and said map, section or portion thereof, together with all notations, dimensions and other data shown thereon, are hereby made a part of this ordinance to the same extent as if the information set forth on said map were fully described and incorporated herein.

D.

The official copy of the zoning map shall be in the custody of the Porter Township Clerk.