A.
For the purpose of these regulations, the Town is
hereby divided into districts, which are established as follows:
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CBA
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Central Business Area
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TC
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Town Center
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TR
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Town Residential
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SR
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Suburban Residential
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C
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Commercial
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EC
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Employment Center
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PD
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Preservation District
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RIP
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Residential Institutional-Professional
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B.
Every parcel of land and every building or structure
in the Town shall be subject to the regulations, restrictions and
requirements specified for the district in which it is located.
A.
For the purposes of this chapter, the zoning districts established by § 300-7 above shall be of the number, size, shape and location shown on the Oakland Zoning Map which is hereby adopted and included in its entirety as a part of this chapter, along with all current amendments, notations, explanatory matters, dimensions, references, and designations shown thereon.
B.
Regardless of the existence of copies of the Zoning
Map which may from time to time be made or published, the Official
Zoning Map which shall be maintained in the office of the Zoning Administrator,
and at Oakland City Hall, shall be that which included the latest
changes and amendments thereto by the Town Council as provided for
herein and it shall be the final authority as to the current zoning
and/or use status of land, buildings, and structures within the Town.
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is maintained
in the office of the Zoning Administrator, and it is also available
at Oakland City Hall.
The following rules shall apply for interpreting
the location of the zoning district boundary lines drawn on the Zoning
Map:
A.
Boundaries drawn approximately along the center lines
of streams, drainageways, streets, roads, alleys, or railroads or
other rights-of-way shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B.
Boundaries drawn approximately parallel to the center
lines of streams, drainageways, streets, roads, alleys, or railroads
or other rights-of-way, or parallel to property lines shall be construed
to lie parallel to such center lines or property lines at the distance
therefrom noted upon the Zoning Map.
C.
Boundaries drawn approximately along platted lot lines
or other property lines shall be construed to follow such lines.
D.
The location of boundaries otherwise in question shall
be determined by the dimensions or notations upon the Zoning Map.
E.
In unsubdivided property or where a district boundary
line divides a lot, the location of any such boundary (unless the
same is indicated by dimensions shown on said map) shall be determined
by use of the scale shown upon said map and scaled to the nearest
foot.
A.
All areas to be annexed to the Town after the effective
date of this chapter shall be zoned according to the provisions of
Article 23A, § 9(c) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1996
Replacement Volume. Such areas shall automatically be classified in
a zoning category in accordance with their designation on the Garrett
County Master Plan or in the closest zoning category thereto available
under this chapter, provided the Mayor and Town Council may, after
public notice and hearing, provide for the classification of such
annexed areas or part thereof in another zoning district or districts,
effective upon the date of such annexation, subject to the provisions
of Article 23A, § 9(c).
B.
If the Mayor and Town Council do not provide in advance for the zoning classification of newly annexed areas in the manner provided in Subsection A, above, the Planning Commission may, within six months of the date of such annexation, prepare and recommend to the Mayor and Town Council comprehensive development plans and recommendations for the appropriate zoning classification(s) for such annexed areas, taking into account the requirement of Article 23A, § 9(c).
