§ 16-531. Official zoning map.

(a)

Adoption. The official zoning map is an integral part of this article. It is to be entitled the "Official Zoning Map of Los Alamos County," signed by the chair of the county council and attested to by the county clerk.

(b)

Amendment. The official zoning map shall be amended in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article. The official zoning map may be amended by an ordinance containing only textual material, or by an ordinance containing textual material and a revision of all or part of the official zoning map. If the amending ordinance contains only textual material, then such amending ordinance shall bear the legend "Revision No. _____ in textual form, to the official zoning map of Los Alamos County, effective ________." In addition, such changes shall be made to the official zoning map. This is to be signed by the community development director and attested to by the county clerk. If the amending ordinance shall include a revision to all or part of the official zoning map, such amending ordinance shall bear the legend "Revision No. _____ to the official zoning map of Los Alamos County, effective ________," and it shall be signed by the chair of the county council and attested to by the county clerk. In addition, such changes shall be made to the official zoning map.

(c)

Location; authority. The official zoning map and all revisions shall be maintained in the office of the county clerk. That map, as it may from time to time be revised, or a copy certified by the county clerk to be a true copy of the map or of the map as revised, shall be conclusive on any question of the zoning district in which a particular parcel may be located.

(d)

Replacement. In the event of the destruction, damage or loss of the official zoning map, or if the official zoning map becomes difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of amendments, the county council may by resolution adopt a replacement official zoning map. Upon adoption, the replacement official zoning map shall be signed by the chair of the county council and attested to by the county clerk. The replacement official zoning map shall thereupon become the official zoning map and a part of this article. The replacement official zoning map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior official zoning map, but no change of substance shall be made by the adoption of the replacement official zoning map. 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.

(Ord. No. 85-210, § 3, 1994; Code 1985, § 17.30.010)