Title: Urban Services Boundaries: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015
- Polygon data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2015
- Coverage: 2015
Publishers
- County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department
Summary
This polygon shapefile contains urban services boundaries in the County of Santa Cruz, California as defined by County Code Section 17.02.030. Boundaries are defined in the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan as areas planned to accommodate urban densities of development as based on the pattern of existing urban services and those projected to be established in the planning period. The urban services line is subject to change in the future where consistent with the requirements of the Coastal Act, the needs of the community and the availability of supporting urban infrastructure. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data. County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Urban Services Boundaries: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/jx021ps3680. GIS Layer Number = 07/ Boundaries were first converted from 1"=800' and 1"=2000' General Plan maps to AutoCAD drawing files. These were plotted and reviewed by the County's Advanced Planning staff. County of Santa Cruz Planning Department General Plan (adopted May 24, 1994): http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/SustainabilityPlanning/GeneralPlan.aspx County of Santa Cruz Urban Services Line and Rural Services Line Code: http://www.codepublishing.com/ca/santacruzcounty/html/SantaCruzCounty17/SantaCruzCounty1702.html These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- Boundaries
- Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
- Regional planning
- Land use--Planning
- Community development, Urban
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-122.072702, -121.730066, 37.080641, 36.894505)
- Geometry: BBOX (-122.072702, -121.730066, 37.080641, 36.894505)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Garcia, Paul, Price, Matt. Urban Services Boundaries: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/jx021ps3680
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- English