St Paul City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 5
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
§ 5-1 Maintenance of Zoning Map.
The Official Zoning Map shall be kept in the office of the Town Secretary.
It shall be the duty of the Town Engineer and Town Secretary to keep the Official Map current, herein provided for, by entering on such maps any changes which the Town Council may from time to time order by amendments to the zoning regulations of the Town or the zoning map.
The Town Secretary, upon the adoption of this Ordinance, shall affix a certificate identifying the Map in the Secretary's office as the Official Zoning Map of the Town. The Town Secretary shall likewise officially identify the copies directed to be kept by the Commission. All amendments of the Map shall be made immediately after their enactment and the date of the change shall be noted on the Certificate.
(Ordinance 130D, sec. 5-1, adopted 12/8/14)
§ 5-2 Rules for the Interpretation of District Boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be said boundaries. |
Where district boundaries are so dedicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries. |
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following a parallel to a drainage course or other prominent physical feature, such drainage course, other prominent physical feature, or parallel line shall be construed to be said boundaries. |
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the centerline or street lines of streets, or the centerlines of right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimensions are determined by the use of the scale of said Zoning Map. |
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately perpendicular to the centerline of right-of-way lines of streets, highways, or drainage courses, such district boundaries shall be construed to be perpendicular to said street, highways, or drainage courses. |
If unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the Zoning Map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the Map. |
In the case of a district boundary line dividing a lot into two (2) parts, the district boundary line shall be construed to be the lot line nearest the district boundary line as shown. |
Whenever any street, alley, or other public way is vacated by official action of the Town Council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley, or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such variation [vacation] and all area included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts. |
Where the streets or alleys on the ground differ from the streets or alleys as shown on the Zoning Map, the streets or alleys on the ground shall control. |
(Ordinance 130D, sec. 5-2, adopted 12/8/14)