Page County is hereby divided into zones or
districts, as shown on the Official Zoning Map, which, together with
all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and
declared to be part of this chapter, together with all future notations,
references and amendments.[1]
A.
Identification of Official Zoning Map. The Official
Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the governing
body and attested to by the Secretary of that body, together with
the date of the adoption of this chapter.
B.
Changing the Official Zoning Map.
(1)
If in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and the Code of Virginia, as amended, changes are made in district
boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map,
such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly
after the amendment has been approved by the governing body.
(2)
No changes of any nature shall be made in the Official
Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures
set forth in this chapter or any state law, if applicable. All changes
shall be noted on the Official Zoning Map by date, with a brief description
of the nature of the change.
C.
Location of Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning
Map shall be located in a public place, as designated by the governing
body, and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status
of land and water areas in the County, regardless of unofficial copies
which may have been made or published from time to time. The Official
Zoning Map shall be available to the public at their immediate request.
D.
Replacement of Official Zoning Map. In the event that
the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult
to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions,
the governing body must, by resolution, adopt a new Official Zoning
Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. The new map
may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official
Zoning Map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending
the original map or any subsequent amendment thereof. The new Official
Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the governing
body, attested by the Secretary of that body and bearing the following
words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes
and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted _______________________
as part of Ordinance No. __________ of Page County, Virginia." Unless
the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost or has been totally destroyed,
the prior map or any significant parts thereof remaining shall be
preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption
or amendment.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Amended 6-13-2000; 9-16-2014]
For the purpose of this chapter, the County
is hereby divided into classes or districts which shall be designated
as follows:
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P-R
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Park-Recreation
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W-C
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Woodland-Conservation
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A-1
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Agriculture
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R
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Residential
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C-1
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Commercial
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I-1
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Industrial
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A-F
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Agricultural and Forestal Districts pursuant
to Title 15.2, Chapter 43, Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act,
of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended
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MHP-1
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Manufactured Home Parks as more particularly described in § 125-19 below.
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Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules
shall apply:
A.
Designation of district boundaries. Boundaries indicated
as approximately following the center line of streets, railroads,
rights-of-way, streams, rivers, existing lot lines or municipal boundary
lines shall be construed to follow such features indicated. Where
a district boundary line does not follow such a line, its position
may be shown on said Official Zoning Map by a specific dimension expressing
its distance in feet from a street right-of-way line or other boundary
line as indicated and running parallel to said line.
B.
Determination of location of boundaries. Where physical
or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those
shown on the Official Zoning Map or if uncertainty exists as to the
true location of a district boundary line in a particular instance,
the Zoning Administrator shall request the Board of Zoning Appeals
to render its determination with respect thereto.
