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<br />covering zoning district labels and types, utilities, parcel information, subdivision
<br />titles, public art, streetlights, legal places to place posters, child care facilities,
<br />truck routes, view cones, and even Olympic venues. Passing the cursor over a prop-
<br />erty lights up a zone district designation for the parcel, and clicking on a P?rcel cim
<br />light up all bfthe contiguous properties in the same zone district. GIS information'is
<br />presented on maps with a cursor drag box zoom feature and links to satellite
<br />orthophotography. Like Seattle, Vancouver
<br />has a standout GIS/mapping system.
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<br />particularly weak. This may be because future land-use des-
<br />ignati?ns are considered "softer" (i.e. advisory) ~nd because
<br />plannin'g lines are more general than lines representing plat-
<br />ted lots, zoning distri,cts, or built infrastructure. Indeed,
<br />some city attomeys and planners might resist mapping
<br />future land-use designations for precisely these reasons, but
<br />mapping them (even with appropriate disclaimers) would
<br />help educate the public about the anticipated future for their
<br />block and neighborhood and could involve them more effec-
<br />tively In the planning process.
<br />The second area of progress is in the area of
<br />address-based queries for zoning and planning informa-
<br />tion. Based on available GIS information and a specific
<br />property address, we should be able to tell property own-
<br />ers what steps would be required forvarious zoning per-
<br />mits and approvals-taking into account neighboring land
<br />uses, existing and adjoining variances, nonconforming
<br />uses, and structures on his lot and 0[1 adjoining lots and
<br />the dates those structures were built. This is still far from
<br />the case, however. While several ofthe survey cities had
<br />address-based querying capability, it was linked mostly to
<br />GIS data layers and not designed to answer planning and
<br />zoning questions. In short, the evolving web-based sys-
<br />tems can lead users to lots of data about the current state
<br />of the property and services in the neighborhood (and,
<br />increasingly, to neighborhood groups concerned ~ith land
<br />use and zoning in the area). But they cannot yet tell the
<br />owner much about how to go about changing the planning
<br />
<br />SUMMARY TABLE
<br />Although the art of compiling and presenting
<br />GIS planning, zoning, subdivision, and utility
<br />data is evolving rapidly, the linkages between
<br />those types of data is still incomplete. None
<br />of the 10 cities surveyed had completely
<br />implemented any of the four planning and
<br />zoning-oriented,innovations identified in A
<br />Better Way to Zone, though some were dose.
<br />The performance of each city against those
<br />four bench,marks is summarized in the table
<br />at right.
<br />
<br />Portals link
<br />planning, zoning,
<br />subdivision and
<br />utility information
<br />
<br />City
<br />
<br />Anchorage
<br />
<br />Partial
<br />
<br />Partial, but on
<br />different maps
<br />Partial-links to
<br />utilities incomplete
<br />Partial-links to '
<br />utilities incomplete
<br />Partial-links to
<br />planning incomplete
<br />
<br />Ch icago
<br />
<br />Denver
<br />
<br />Henderson
<br />
<br />Indianapolis
<br />
<br />CONCLUSION
<br />Ofthe four web-based zoning and planning
<br />improvements suggested in A Better Way to
<br />Zone, the surveyed cities had made the most
<br />progress on the first-creation of web portals
<br />that link information about planning, zoning,
<br />subdivisions, ail'd utilities. All 10 cities had por-
<br />tals that linked at least two, if not thre'e, of
<br />those levels. Unfortunately for planners, link-
<br />ages between GIS layers (usually including sub.
<br />division parcel maps and utilities, and some-
<br />times zoning) and planning designations are
<br />
<br />Minneapolis
<br />
<br />Partial
<br />
<br />Portland
<br />
<br />Partial-links to
<br />planning incomplete
<br />
<br />Partial
<br />
<br />Partial.,-links to
<br />planning and
<br />subdivision incomplete
<br />
<br />Partial-links to
<br />planning incomplete
<br />
<br />San Diego
<br />
<br />Seattle
<br />
<br />Vancouver
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No '
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<br />Maps clarify
<br />between
<br />planning and
<br />zoning
<br />designations
<br />
<br />Address-based
<br />queries for
<br />zoning approvals
<br />based on lot and
<br />structure history
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />querieS possible
<br />
<br />Steps for
<br />zoning approvals
<br />and mapped.
<br />, notification areas
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />queries possible
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />, queries possible
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />Partial-links to
<br />district descriptions' No
<br />and general
<br />procedures,
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />queries possible
<br />
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />No
<br />
<br />No
<br />No
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />queries possible
<br />
<br />Partial-some
<br />cjueries possible
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