Establishment. The locations and boundaries of the zoning districts established herein shall be and are shown on the zoning map that is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Code. The zoning map, together with all officially authorized notations, references and other information shown thereon and all amendments thereto, shall be a part of this Zoning Code and shall have the same force and effect as if the zoning map, together with all notations, references and other information shown thereon, were fully set forth and described herein.

Maintenance. The City Clerk or his/her designee shall maintain the zoning map and shall be responsible for making any officially approved changes thereto.

Zoning Of Streets, Alleys, Public Ways, And Railroad Rights-Of-Way. All streets, alleys, public ways, and railroad rights-of-way, if not otherwise specifically designated, shall be deemed to be in the same zone as the property immediately abutting upon such alleys, streets, public ways, or railroad rights-of-way. Where the centerline of a street, alley, public way, or railroad right-of-way serves as a district boundary, the zoning of such areas, unless otherwise specifically designated, shall be deemed to be the same as that of the abutting property up to such centerline.

General Revisions To Zoning Map. The City may from time to time formally replace the zoning map of the City by ordinance as may be deemed appropriate in the public interest. Such ordinance shall not be subject to any procedures for adoption above and beyond the mandatory requirements for amending zoning district boundaries and regulations as set forth in Sections 89.050 — 89.060, RSMo. Any revisions to the zoning map thereafter as authorized by Subsection (B) of this Section by the City Clerk shall include placement on the map of the date the map has been revised.

This Chapter is enacted to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City and to avoid street congestion, achieve appropriate population distribution, provide necessary spaces for light, air and recreation, protect the natural environment and existing property values, and secure the proper future development of the City in accordance with the Master Development Plan by regulating the use, bulk and density of land and structures and providing standards and procedures.

This Chapter is not intended to abrogate, annul, or void any easement, covenant, indenture or other private agreement or legal relationship. This Chapter and amendments shall be separate from any such private agreement or relationship.

In interpreting and applying this Chapter, the provisions contained herein are minimum requirements for the purposes set forth. Whenever the requirements of this Chapter are at variance with the requirements of any easement, covenant, agreement or other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.

When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular; the words "shall," "will," or "must" are mandatory, not merely directory.

If any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any Article, Section, Subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Chapter to be invalid or unconstitutional, or unlawful for any reason, such portion shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a separate, distinct, and independent provision of this Chapter and such ruling shall not affect the validity of any other provisions of this Chapter not specifically included in said ruling.

If any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any Article, Section, Subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Chapter to be invalid or unconstitutional, or unlawful for any reason as applied to a particular land, parcel, lot, district, use, building or structure, such ruling shall not affect the application of such portion to any other land, parcel, lot, district, use, building or structure not specifically included in said ruling.