4-1.1 Conventional districts. For the purpose of this ordinance, the city shall have the following use districts:

4-1.2 Special district. The special FL and BB districts are superimposed on the conventional districts and are designated as follows:

(Ord. No. 2023-05, § 1(Exh. A), 6-20-23)

4-2.1 The boundaries of each district are hereby established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map, City of Stone Mountain, Georgia," adopted in 2007, and certified by the city clerk.

Said map and all explanatory matter thereon accompanies and is hereby made a part of this ordinance; it shall be on file in the office of the city clerk.

4-2.2 Amendment to official zoning map. If, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, changes are made in district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official zoning map, such changes shall be entered on the official zoning map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the mayor and city council, with an entry in the minutes of such council meeting as follows:

"On _______, 20___ by official action of the Mayor and City Council, the following change/changes was/were made to the Official Zoning Map: (brief description of nature of change/changes)"

Said entry shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk or designee. No amendment of this ordinance is official until such change and entry is made on said map. 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.

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 which shall be located in the office of the city clerk or designee shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of the city.

4-2.3 Replacement of official zoning map. In the event that the official zoning map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the mayor and city council 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, and said map shall be identified by the signature of the mayor, attested by the city clerk or designee and bearing the seal of the city under the following words:

"This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted _______, 20___, as part of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Stone Mountain, Georgia."

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

4-2.4 Rules for interpretation of district boundaries. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the location of the boundaries of any zoning district in the city, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Where a zoning district boundary line is shown as approximately following a corporate limits line, a militia district line, a land lot line, a lot line or the center line of a street, a county road, a state highway, an interstate highway, or a railroad right-of-way or such lines extended, then such lines shall be construed to be the zoning district boundary lines.

B.

Where a zoning district boundary line is shown as being set back from a street, a county road, a state highway, an interstate highway or a railroad right-of-way, and approximately parallel thereto, then such zoning district boundary line shall be construed as being at the scaled distance from the center line of the street, county road, state highway, interstate highway or railroad right-of-way and as being parallel thereto.

C.

Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot, the location of the line shall be the scaled distance from the lot lines.

D.

In the case of a double frontage lot fronting on two approximately parallel streets that is divided by a zoning district boundary line paralleling the streets, the restrictions of the zoning district in which each frontage of the double frontage lot lies shall apply to that portion of the double frontage lot.

E.

Where zoning district boundaries are in doubt, the planning commission shall make such interpretation using the appropriate scale from the official zoning map.

4-2.5 Annexation.

A.

Any land subsequently annexed to the city shall be annexed in accordance with the procedures adopted by mayor and council that are based upon state law and are part of the city code. It shall, immediately upon annexation, be classified into a zoning category compatible with adjacent zoning and land uses, and sound planning principles in accordance with the procedure in sections 2-1.4 and 2-1.5, and applicable state law.

(Ord. No. 2020-06, Pt. I, 7-7-20; Ord. No. 2023-05, § 1(Exh. A), 6-20-23)