(A) The city adopts and declares to be a part of this chapter that map prepared in 2008, and adopted on the date of passage of this chapter as the official zoning map.
(B) The map shall be signed by the Zoning Administrator to attest to its accuracy.
(C) The map shall be signed by the Mayor to attest to its adoption by the City Council.
(D) The map shall be signed by the City Secretary to attest to its authenticity and to its receipt on the date of adoption.
(E) The map shall be displayed in a secured transparent-faced case at a public location at City Hall.
(F) Changes to the official zoning map shall be made only under the direct supervision of the Zoning Administrator.
(G) Changes made to the corporate limits of the city or additions or subdivisions approved by the Council and subsequently recorded shall be added to the map and a marginal notation made giving the annexation ordinance number and adoption date, along with the volume and page where recorded, or the subdivision/addition name and the plat book and page where recorded. The notation shall be dated and initialed by the Zoning Administrator.
(H) Rezoned tracts shall be individually outlined on the map.
(1) Each rezoned tract shall be marked with a sequential key number and a marginal notation made giving the key number, new zoning designation, agency approving the action, and a reference to the ordinance or court order authorizing the action.
(2) The notation shall be dated and initialed by the Zoning Administrator.
(I) Copies of all or part of the official zoning map may be made for use, sale or reference; but only the original of the official zoning map, as amended, shall be deemed as the official current zoning status within the city.
(J) If the official zoning map becomes difficult to interpret due to damage or due to the number and/or nature of changes or additions thereto, the Council may adopt by ordinance a new official zoning map which shall supersede the prior map.
(1) The new official zoning map may also correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior map, but no correction shall have the effect of amending the prior map.
(2) The new official zoning map shall reference the effective date of the prior map and shall be attested and authenticated as in divisions (B), (C) and (D) above.
(K) Should the official zoning map become lost or destroyed, a new official zoning map shall be reconstructed by the Zoning Administrator from any reliable source of copies and from the other documentation available.
(1) After a public hearing concerning the accuracy thereof, the Council may adopt by ordinance the map to be the new official zoning map.
(2) The new official zoning map shall be attested and authenticated as in divisions (B), (C) and (D) above.
(3) Should the lost map be discovered prior to amendment of the reconstructed map, the reconstructed map shall be void.
(4) If one or more amendments have been made to the reconstructed map, the corrections to the reconstructed map, as are needed to bring it into conformity with the previously lost map, shall be made by the Zoning Administrator as in division (H) above, and those property owners affected by the corrections notified by ordinary mail.
(5) The reconstructed map shall then continue in effect as the official zoning map.
(L) Any superseded official zoning map, or remaining portions thereof, along with documentation of actions modifying the maps shall be maintained in the files of the city.
(Ord. 08-347, passed - -2008)