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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 | GeoJSON, XLS | |
| findable | 2 | |
| findable_steps | Started at Fairfax County's website, then searched for "Open Geospatial Data" | |
| licence_url | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/datas | The Custom License link needs to be clicked on |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 2 | |
| collector_name | GIS and Mapping Services | Mostly going to assume that Fairfax County has all responsibilities on this and associated data sets. |
| characteristics | Zone name/type (with accompanying descriptions of allowed uses in each zone) | |
| location | https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/open-geospatial-data - Fairfax County's GIS site | Within the site, you need to utilize a search function within one of the frames within the page. |
