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CHAPTER 60 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

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60.360 THE ZONING MAP:

Zoning districts established by this ordinance are bounded and defined as shown on the Official Zoning Map of Rochester which, together with all explanatory materials contained thereon, is hereby made a part of this ordinance.  The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the President of the City Council and the Mayor, attested to by the City Clerk, indicating it is the zoning map referred to in this chapter and citing the date of adoption and the effective date thereof.

60.361

Official Copy to be Maintained:  The Official Map, properly attested, shall remain on file in the Office of the City Clerk of Rochester

30.362

Amendments to the Zoning Map:  Ordinances adopted by the Council amending the zoning map shall set forth by plat, metes and bounds, or other appropriate description the change made in the district boundaries, and upon final adoption, such amendments shall be recorded by reference on the zoning map and filed in the Office of the City Clerk.  The Council may at such time as it deems appropriate, adopt a new Official Zoning Map incorporating all amendments thereto as of that date.  Amendments to the boundaries of corporate and extraterritorial limits shall be adopted as provided by state statute and entered on the map in the same manner as amendments to the zoning district boundaries.

30.363

Zoning Administrator to Maintain Current Map:  The zoning administrator shall maintain a current zoning map drawn on a base material that will provide a reproducible master so that copies may be readily made.  The current zoning map shall show the current boundaries of all zoning districts and corporate and extraterritorial limits, but need not show the certifications entered on the Official Zoning Map.

60.364

Interpretation of Boundaries:  The following rules shall be used to determine the precise location of any zone boundary shown on the Official Zoning Map:  

1. boundaries indicated as approximately following governmental incorporation or extraterritorial jurisdiction boundaries shall be construed as following such boundaries;
2. boundaries indicated as following or approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines;
3. boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines;
4. boundaries shown as following or approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines;
5. boundaries shown as following or approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers or other continuously flowing water courses shall be construed as following the channel centerline of such water courses taken at mean low water, and in the event of a natural change in the location of such streams, rivers or other water courses, the zone boundary shall be construed as moving with the channel centerline;
6. boundaries shown as following shorelines of any lake shall be construed to follow the mean high waterline of such lakes, and in the event of change in the mean high waterline, shall be construed as moving with the actual mean high waterline;
7. boundaries shown as following section lines, half‑section lines, or quarter‑section lines shall be construed as following such lines;
8. boundaries indicated as following the contours of certain elevations or soils of a particular type shall be construed as following the actual height or soil contour as determined by accepted surveying practice;
9. boundaries indicted as separated from, and parallel or approximately parallel to, any of the features listed in paragraphs 1 through 8 above shall be construed to be parallel to such features and at such distances there from as are shown on the map.

Where uncertainties continue to exist after application of the above rules, appeals may be taken as provided in Article 60.160, Interpretations.  For the purposes of that section, a zoning district boundary determination is considered a non‑use interpretation.





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