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Land use zone boundaries and zoning categories for parcels contained. Zoning ordinances typically regulate land use and building dimension for built improvements made on all properties within a city’s borders. As such, zoning impacts many aspects of our communities and daily lives — from the location of your local supermarket (and what you can purchase there) to the size and height of your home.
Having access to the mapped zones (GIS shapefiles or GeoJSON files) of designated permitted land uses in your city can help empower a better understanding of the forces shaping your community. Alternatively, the data might be provided in tabular format with an attribute giving location, such as a parcel ID. Either way, descriptions of allowed uses for each zone must be publicly available, often in a separate zoning regulations document. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, JSON, KML, KMZ | |
| findable | 3 | |
| findable_steps | Clicked "Geospatial Data" on the Buffalo open data website; the zoning map was the first link that came up. | |
| licence_url | Under "Licensing and Attribution" description, the license is listed as "Public Domain" | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | |
| collector_name | Office of Strategic Planning | |
| characteristics | Zone location — the data should be either (1) a GIS shapefile or GeoJSON, or (2) a table with parcel IDs or addresses | |
| location | https://data.buffalony.gov/Economic-Neighborhood-Develo - Buffalo Zoning Map |
