All the area within the corporate limits of the Town of Winnsboro is hereby divided into districts, as shown on the Official Zoning Map which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. These districts are as follows:

The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the mayor of the Town of Winnsboro, attested to be [by] the town clerk, and the chairman of the Winnsboro Planning Commission, and shall bear the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Article 1, Section 1.01 of Ordinance Number 610 of the Town of Winnsboro, Louisiana, adopted on February 16, 1976."

Changes made in the district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map in accordance with the provision of this ordinance shall be made on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the legislative body of the municipality. It will be the duty of the town clerk, or secretary, to file with the chairman of the Winnsboro Planning Commission a copy of the ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map within five (5) days after such an amending ordinance is adopted by the town council. It will be the duty of the chairman to have recorded the district boundary change on the Official Zoning Map, together with the number of the amending ordinance and the date of its passage, within five (5) days after the amending ordinance has been transmitted to him by the town clerk, or secretary. Any amendment involving changes in the district boundaries or involving a change in the zoning classification of the land shall not become effective until after such an entry has been made on said map. The final authority as to the current zoning status of lands, building, and other structures shall be the Official Zoning Map which shall be located in the office of the planning commission.

When an ordinance is adopted which amends the text of the zoning ordinance, it will be the duty of the town clerk, or secretary, to prepare an addendum to the zoning ordinance text and to transmit a suitable number of copies of such an addendum to the chairman of the Winnsboro Planning Commission for the purpose of distribution to interested parties. It will be the duty of the director or chairman to make an entry in the copies of the zoning text reserved for distribution to the general public calling attention to the particular article and section which has been amended.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries 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 lines.

2.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following the platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

3.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following town limits shall be construed as following town limits.

4.

Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be mid-way between the main tracks.

5.

Boundaries indicated as following shore lines shall be construed to follow such shore lines and in the event of change of the shore line shall be construed as moving with the actual shore line.

6.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections 1 through 5 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 the street or property layout existing on the ground is at variance with that shown on the Official Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections 1 through 6 above, the board of adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries.

Where a district boundary divides a lot existing at the time this ordinance takes effect, and the major portion of said lot is in the less restrictive district, the regulations relative to that district may extend as well to such portion of said lot as is not more than twenty (20) feet within the more restrictive district.