This ordinance, and ordinances supplemental or amendatory thereto, shall be known, and may be cited hereafter, as the Zoning Ordinance of South Holland, Illinois.

Wherever the word "village" appears in this ordinance, it shall be deemed to refer to the Village of South Holland, Illinois.

In determining the boundaries of districts, and establishing the regulations applicable to each district, due and careful consideration has been given to existing conditions, the character of buildings erected in each district, the most desirable use for which the land in each district may be adapted, and the conservation of property values throughout the village.

Where uncertainty exists as to the exact boundaries of any district as shown on the zone map, the following rules shall apply:

a.

Where district boundaries are indicated as following street, alley, or lot lines, or approximately along such lines, such lines shall be construed to be the district boundaries.

b.

In unsubdivided areas, or where a district boundary subdivided a lot, the exact location of the boundary shall be determined by use of the scale of the zone map.

c.

In the case of further uncertainty, the board of appeals shall interpret the intent of the zone map as to the location of the boundary in question.

Territory annexed to the Village of South Holland after the effective date of the zoning ordinance, shall be considered automatically zoned as residential unless concurrently with the annexation of territory there shall be adopted, after statutory hearing, a zoning ordinance zoning the property for such purposes as is prescribed by the amendatory ordinance. Such amendatory ordinance may be adopted as prescribed by statute after annexation, as well as concurrently with annexation.

Whenever any street, alley, public way, railroad right-of-way, waterway, or other similar area is vacated by proper authority, the districts adjoining each side of such street, alley, public way, railroad right-of-way, waterway, or similar areas, shall be extended automatically to the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation shall then and thenceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts. (Chapter 14, Article IX.)