County Service Area 38: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015

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Abstract
This polygon shapefile depicts the boundary for County Service Area 38 in the County of Santa Cruz, California representing an extended police protection area. This coverage displays the entire County except for incorporated areas. In unincorporated areas, basic services like water, sewer, police and fire protection are provided by the county. Because counties often consist of large and diverse geographical areas, providing a consistent and adequate service level across all areas can be difficult. Residents of urban communities may want more services than those residing in rural areas. The County Service Area Law (Government Code §25210.1 et seq.) was created in the 1950’s to provide a means of providing expanded tailored service levels in areas where residents are willing to pay for the extra service. When a County Service Area exists, property owners will pay taxes and fees to the County Service Area instead of the county for the services provided. 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
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°19ʹ10ʺ--W 121°34ʹ53ʺ/N 37°17ʹ34ʺ--N 36°50ʹ32ʺW 122°19ʹ2ʺ--W 121°34ʹ56ʺ/N 37°17ʹ10ʺ--N 36°50ʹ56ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Garcia, Paul
Creator Price, Matt

Subjects

Subject Special districts
Subject Unincorporated areas
Subject County services
Subject Police
Subject Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
Subject 2015
Subject Boundaries
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

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/wf490yq2151

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

County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). County Service Area 38: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/wf490yq2151.

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Santa Cruz County, California GIS Maps & Data

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