The area of the City shall be divided into zones as identified in Articles
IX and
X. The use of land, buildings, and structures shall conform to the standards of the zone in which it is located except as otherwise provided in this chapter. In addition, all uses shall conform to Chapter
265: Floodplain Management, Chapter
270: Shoreland Zoning, and Chapter
275: Subdivision of Land.
The location and boundaries of the above zones are hereby established
as shown on a map titled "Official Zoning Map of the City of Sanford"
dated February 1, 2014, certified by the attested signature of the
City Clerk and kept on file at City Hall and on the Airport Clear Zone Map, Airport Protection
Overlay Zone Map, Transmitter Tower Overlay Zone Map, Rushton Street
Institutional Controls Overlay Map and Public Water Supply Protection
Districts Maps, which maps, with all explanatory matter thereon and
all amendments thereto, shall be deemed to be and are hereby made
a part of this chapter.
The location of the zones shall be as shown on the Official
Zoning Maps. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries
of the various zones as shown on the Zoning Maps, the following rules
shall apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines
of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such
center lines.
B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following well-established
lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines, even if
the location of such lines is inaccurately represented on the Zoning
Maps or tax maps.
C. Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipal limits
shall be construed as following municipal limits.
D. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to
follow the normal high-water line, and in the event of natural change
in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline;
boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of
streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be
construed to follow such center line.
E. Boundaries indicated as being parallel to or extensions of features indicated in §
280-9-3A through D shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map. Any conflict between the Zoning Map and description of metes and bounds in a deed shall be resolved in favor of the description by metes and bounds.
F. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground deviate from those shown on the Zoning Map or as described in this section, or in circumstances where the items covered by §
280-9-3A through E are not clear, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall interpret the zone boundaries.
Zone boundaries shall follow property lines as of the date of
this revision, February 1, 2014. If it is found that a boundary line
of a zone divides a lot, then the property owner may petition the
Planning Board for one (1) of the zone designations for the entire
lot. Where the boundary line of a zone divides a lot having frontage
on a street in the less restricted zone, the provisions of this chapter
covering the less restricted portion of such lot may extend to the
entire lot, but in no case for a distance of more than thirty (30)
feet beyond the zone boundary. Where the boundary line of a zone divides
a lot having frontage only on a street in a more restricted zone,
the provision of this chapter covering the more restricted portion
of such lot shall extend to the entire lot.