§ 2.02.01. Establishment of Official Zoning Atlas

A.

The location and boundaries of the zoning districts established in this LDC shall be set forth and shown on the Official Zoning Atlas of Collier County, which is incorporated by reference into this LDC as if fully described and set forth herein. The district symbol or symbols as set forth in this LDC shall be used to designate each district on the Official Zoning Atlas.

B.

Each page of the Official Zoning Atlas shall be identified by the signature of the chairman of the BCC and attested by the clerk of the circuit court, and shall bear the seal of Collier County under the following words: "This is to certify that this is page _______ of the Official Zoning Atlas referred to and adopted by reference by Ordinance No. _______ of the County of Collier, Florida, adopted _______, 20___."

C.

A copy of the Official Zoning Atlas shall be located at all times for inspection by the general public during regular business hours in the Office of the County Manager or his designee and the clerk to the BCC.

D.

No changes of any nature shall be made in the Official Zoning Atlas or any matter shown thereon, or in the zoning districts or regulations contained herein, except in conformity with the procedures established in this LDC and consistent with the Collier County GMP. Any unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person shall be considered a violation of this LDC.

E.

If, pursuant to the terms of this LDC and the applicable Laws of Florida, amendments are made to the districts, boundaries, or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Atlas Official Zoning Atlas, such amendments shall be entered on the Official Zoning Atlas by the County Manager or designee within twenty (20) days after amendment. Failure to so enter any such amendments within twenty (20) days shall not affect the validity of any such amendments. However, no amendment to this LDC which involves a matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Atlas shall become effective until such change and entry has been made on the Official Zoning Atlas in the manner herein established. Each amended page of the Official Zoning Atlas shall contain an entry which reads as follows: "On _______, 20___, by Ordinance No. _______, the following amendments were made to the Official Zoning Atlas: (include brief description of nature of amendment)," which entry shall be attested by the clerk of the circuit court.

F.

Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the Official Zoning Atlas or other parts of this LDC, which from time to time may be made or published, the Official Zoning Atlas located in the office of the clerk shall be the final authority as to the current zoning of all land and water in unincorporated Collier County; and the LDC located in the office of the clerk to the BCC shall be the final authority as to the various zoning districts and regulations herein established.

G.

If the Official Zoning Atlas, or any page or portion thereof, becomes damaged, lost, destroyed, or difficult to interpret by reason of the nature or number of changes, the BCC may, by ordinance, adopt a new Official Zoning Atlas, or any page or pages thereof, which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Atlas or page or pages thereof. The new Official Zoning Atlas, or page or pages thereof, may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Atlas, or page or pages thereof, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the original Official Zoning Atlas, or page or pages thereof.

1.

If, in the process of adopting a replacement Official Zoning Atlas, or any page or pages thereof, district boundaries are changed or altered , then action in regard to such change of district boundaries shall be taken only in the form of an amendment to this LDC.

2.

The Official Zoning Atlas, or portion thereof, shall be authenticated as the original, with wording to the following effect: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Atlas (or page or pages thereof) by Ordinance No. _______ dated _______, 20___, replaced the Official Zoning Atlas (or page or pages thereof) adopted _______, 20___, as part of Ordinance No. _______ of the County of Collier, Florida."

3.

Unless the prior Official Zoning Atlas has been lost, or has been totally destroyed, the prior Official Zoning Atlas or any significant parts thereof remaining shall be preserved as a public record, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.

H.

All zoning maps or atlases, or remaining portions thereof, which have had the force and effect of official zoning maps or atlases for Collier County prior to the effective date of adoption of this zoning code shall be retained as a public record as a guide to the zoning status of lands and waters prior to such date. Upon the date of adoption of this zoning code, the immediately prior official zoning atlas of that date shall be microfilmed and such filmed record retained permanently in a place separate from the original prior official zoning atlas.