For the purpose of these regulations, the City of Wilmore is hereby divided into the following Zones:

A-1	Agricultural
R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-1T	Residential
R-2	Residential
R-3	Residential
R-5	Rural Transitional (Cluster)
F-P	Floodplain
P-1	Professional
B-1	Highway Commercial
B-2	Local Commercial
I-1	Light Industrial
I-2	Heavy Industrial
C-P	Conservation Preservation
RC	Retreat/Conference

Effective on: 1/1/1901

The above zones are bounded and defined as shown on a map entitled "Official Zoning Map-Wilmore, Kentucky."

In addition to its title, the Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk, and bearing the seal of the city under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Section 2.12 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Wilmore, Kentucky, adopted by the City Council of Wilmore, Kentucky.

If, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations and Kentucky Revised Statutes, changes are made in zoning boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be made by the local governing body together with an entry on the Official Zoning Map (brief description of nature of change), which entry shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk. No amendment to these regulations shall become effective until after such change and entry have been made on said map.

No changes of any nature shall be made on the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth herein. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of the regulations and punishable as provided under Section 5.4 herein.

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 County Court Clerk shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land, buildings, and other structures within the city.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of zones as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

1. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines;
2. Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following city limits;
3. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following platted lot lines;
4. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks;
5. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, valleys, ditches, gullies, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines;
6. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features listed in Numbers A through E above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map;
7. Where physical or man-made features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map or in other circumstances not covered by A through F above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the zone boundaries.

Flood Proofing: A combination of structural provisions, changes, or adjustments to properties and structures subject to flooding, primarily for the reduction or elimination of flood damages to properties, water and sanitary facilities, structures, and contents of buildings in a flood-hazard area.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Obstruction: Any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pike, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or regulatory flood-hazard area which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the same downstream to the damage of life or property.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Reach: is a means of dividing the length of a stream into sections, with the word "Reach" denoting a longitudinal stream segment, with the beginning and ending points of each reach often being a tributary branch, bridges, culverts, or other characteristics.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Regulatory Flood: For purposes of this ordinance, the regulatory flood shall be a flood of a 100-year frequency, and the regulatory flood protection elevation shall be one (1) foot above the water surface elevations of the regulatory flood. The 100-year flood frequency shall be the basis for determining the regulatory flood discharge, flood profile, flood protection elevation, floodway, and flood fringe.

Effective on: 1/1/1901