(A) Districts established. For purposes of this chapter, the village is hereby divided into the following districts:
(1) Residential districts.
(a) R1A Single-Family Residential District;
(b) R1B Single-Family Residential District;
(c) RM Moderate-Density Residential District; and
(d) MH Mobile Home Park District.
(2) Nonresidential districts.
(a) NOC Neighborhood Office Commercial;
(b) O Office;
(c) CBD Central Business District;
(d) C Commercial; and
(e) M Industrial.
(3) Special districts.
(1) PUD Planned Unit Development District; and
(2) WO Waterfront Overlay District.
(B) District boundaries. The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the zoning map, which accompanies this chapter, and which map with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon shall be as much a part of this chapter as if fully described herein.
(C) District boundaries interpreted. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply.
(1) Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, highways, or alleys, shall be construed to follow such centerline.
(2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
(3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following village limits shall be construed as following city limits.
(4) Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be the midway between the main tracks.
(5) Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
(6) Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated 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 natural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by the above, the Board of Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.
(8) Insofar as some or all of the various districts may be indicated on the zoning map by patterns which, for the sake of map clarity, do not cover public rights-of-way, it is intended that such district boundaries do extend to the center of any public right-of-way.
(D) Zoning of annexed areas. Whenever any area is annexed to the village the zoning classification and regulations applicable to that area shall be subject to the provisions of Public Act 171 of 1958, being M.C.L.A. § 125.311. The Village Council may zone the area to an appropriate village zoning district at any time following annexation. The zoning or rezoning of the annexed land shall comply with the rezoning amendment procedures of § 157.011 which include a public hearing and notice to surrounding property owners. Rezoning procedures may be initiated concurrently with the annexation of the property so that the rezoning is effective immediately after annexation.
(E) Zoning of vacated areas. Whenever any street, alley, or other public way, within the village shall be vacated, such street, alley, or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zone district as the property to which it attaches. Ownership of vacated rights-of-way shall be by adjacent property owner to site, unless other arrangements are specified by the village.
(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012)