Urban Services Boundaries: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- 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.
- Purpose
- 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.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 4.516 |
Place | Santa Cruz, California, US |
Publisher | County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department |
Date valid | 2015 |
Publication date | 2015 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; EPSG::2227 W 122°4ʹ28ʺ--W 121°43ʹ46ʺ/N 37°5ʹ2ʺ--N 36°53ʹ27ʺW 122°4ʹ22ʺ--W 121°43ʹ48ʺ/N 37°4ʹ50ʺ--N 36°53ʹ40ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Garcia, Paul | |
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Creator | Price, Matt |
Subjects
Subject | Regional planning |
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Subject | Land use > Planning |
Subject | Community development, Urban |
Subject | Santa Cruz County (Calif.) |
Subject | 2015 |
Subject | Boundaries |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Supplemental information |
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 |
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Use limitation | 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. |
WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/jx021ps3680 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- 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.
Collection
Santa Cruz County, California GIS Maps & Data
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