For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance, the City is divided into the zoning districts set forth below:

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS:

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS:

In addition, the following overlay districts are also hereby established in Section 8.0:

(Ord. No. 6-10-10, § II; Ord. of 5-24-12, § I; Ord. of 5-26-22(1), § 2; Ord. of 07-11-24(2), § I)

2.3.1 Establishment. The location and boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of the City of Salem" dated August 27, 1965, as may be amended, on file in the office of the City Clerk, which map, with all explanatory matter thereon, is declared to be a part of this Ordinance.

2.3.2 Amendment. If, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the General Laws, Chapter 40A, amendments are approved by the City Council which involve changes in district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the zoning map, such changes shall be made promptly on the zoning map.

2.3.3 Official Copy. Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the zoning map which may be made or published from time to time, the zoning map on file in the office of the City Clerk shall be the final authority on the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and structures in the City.

2.3.4 Interpretation of District Boundaries. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of 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 as following such centerlines.

2.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following plotted 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, or track, of said railroad line.

5.

Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed as following such shorelines at mean low water level.

6.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in rules 1. through 5. above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale shown on the zoning map. In case of dispute in measurement, the boundary lines shall be determined by the current official assessor's plan.

7.

Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by rules 1. through 6. above, the Building Commissioner shall interpret the district boundaries.

2.3.5 Islands. All islands within the city limits of Salem including, but not limited to, the islands known as Great Misery, Little Misery, Baker's, North and South Gooseberry's, Eagle, Cat, Tinker's, Coney, Great Haste, Jeggle, and the Marblehead Rock shall be construed as being in a residential-conservation district, whether or not any such islands are shown or designated on the zoning map.

Where a district boundary line divides a lot of record at the time such line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend not more than thirty (30) feet into the more restricted portion, provided that the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted district.