General Plan Special Communities: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015

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Abstract: This polygon shapefile depicts special communities in the County of Santa Cruz, California as defined in General Plan adopted May 24, 1994.These communities include established urban and rural villages, as well as Coastal Special Communities recognized for their unique characteristics and/or popularity as visitor destination points. These Areas may have specific Community Plans to which any changes to the County General Plan must conform. 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.

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°12ʹ28ʺ--W 121°53ʹ48ʺ/N 37°7ʹ52ʺ--N 36°57ʹ8ʺW 122°12ʹ20ʺ--W 121°53ʹ50ʺ/N 37°7ʹ41ʺ--N 36°57ʹ20ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creator	Garcia, Paul
Creator	Price, Matt

Subject	Administrative and political divisions
Subject	County government
Subject	Regional planning
Subject	Community development
Subject	Land use > Planning
Subject	Communities
Subject	Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
Subject	2015
Subject	Planning and Cadastral
Subject	Society
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Supplemental information	GIS Layer Number = 23/ 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. The boundaries have been updated to reflect changes from the 1994 General Plan update, and Board of Supervisor resolutions passed since the General Plan update. County of Santa Cruz Planning Department General Plan (adopted May 24, 1994): http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/SustainabilityPlanning/GeneralPlan.aspx
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/hd340tr2941

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). General Plan Special Communities: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/hd340tr2941.

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