Chapter 17.10
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections:
17.10.030 Interpretation of boundaries—When uncertainty exists.
17.10.040 Interpretation of boundaries—When street or alley vacated or abandoned.
17.10.010 Established.
The city is divided into the following use districts:
P Public lands district;
R-A Single-family residential district;
R-B Single- and two-family residential district;
R-C Multiple-family residential district;
R-R Rural residential district;
R-N Semi-rural residential district;
R-M Residential mobile home district;
N-C Neighborhood commercial district;
C-R Commercial residential district;
CBD Central business district;
G General commercial district;
W-C Waterfront commercial district;
W-I Waterfront industrial district;
VCT Valdez Container Terminal district;
L-I Light industrial district;
H-I Heavy industrial district;
HI-G Heavy industrial, gravel extraction district;
A Airport district;
UL Unclassified lands district;
CO Conservation district;
A-H Avalanche hazard district. (Ord. 07-11 § 1: prior code § 30-9)
17.10.020 Official maps.
A. Generally. The use districts are bounded and defined on official zoning maps of the city entitled “Zoning Maps of the City of Valdez, Alaska” and identified by the signature of the mayor and attested to by the city clerk. These maps are by this reference made a part of this title.
B. Charges.
1. No changes of any nature shall be made to the official zoning maps or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this title. Any unauthorized change of any kind whatsoever by any person or persons shall be considered a violation of this title and punishable as provided in Section 17.06.170.
2. Regardless of the existence of proposed copies of the official zoning maps which may from time to time be made or published, the official zoning maps shall be located in the office of the community development director where they can be kept current and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status lands, water areas, buildings and other structures in the city.
C. Replacement. In the event that the official zoning maps become damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of the changes and additions, the city council, after recommendation from the planning and zoning commission, may by ordinance adopt new official zoning maps which shall supersede the prior official zoning maps. (Prior code § 30-10)
17.10.030 Interpretation of boundaries—When uncertainty exists.
When uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the official zoning maps, the following rules shall apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerline of streets and highways shall be construed as following such centerlines.
B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following the lot lines in effect at the time the zoning district was approved.
C. Boundaries indicated as approximately following section or section subdivision lines shall be construed as following such section or section subdivision lines; boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following city limits.
D. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed as following the mean water line of that shore. In the event of change, the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline affected by that change; boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
E. In unsubdivided property, the location of any district boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on the same map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the map.
F. Boundaries indicated as parallel to the extensions of features indicated in subsections A through E of this section shall be construed as such. Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning maps shall be determined by the scale of the map.
G. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the zoning maps, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections A through F of this section, the planning and zoning commission shall interpret the district boundaries. (Ord. 05-12 § 6; prior code § 30-11)
17.10.040 Interpretation of boundaries—When street or alley vacated or abandoned.
Where any public street or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the regulations for the abutting property shall be the existing public land laws. (Prior code § 30-12)