Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/06/2008

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:":-::'-~~-~~_.--'-..-"'-~_-"":''"-'-'''''-_.'' - -:---.-------.-- _.,- -- - ~-- Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage maintains multiple maps to display planning and zon- ing information. These include a generalized land-use map for the. entire city with companion maps showing residential intensity, commercial intensity, and community facilities-all in PDF format -that c~n be zoomed but with some lo'ss of resolution. Unfortunately, map legends .are not visible once you have zoomed in-you need to zoom back out or pan laterally to read them. Separate maps cover streets, wetlands, streams, assembly dis- tricts, z~ning districts, and land-use categories, but do not include address searchability. An online platting and zoning notice system shows actiVe cases with case numbers, but notthe notification areas (in fact, none of the cities surveye~ had a parcel-based noti- fication are~ feature). One nice feature is that the zoning and plan- ning cases are searchable by neighborhood or community organi- zation area. Zoning is show.n by a letter designation, zoning boundaries by colored lines, and general existing (not future) land use by shading. Most of the different maps are linked but some use different base maps. Chicago Chicago's municipal code is maintained by American Legal Publishing and has separate chapters for its Land Use Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance. Fortunately, information related to both chapters has been packaged together through its website. The Land Use Ordinance covers topics like Lake Michigan and Chicago waterfront protection, flood protection, planned manufacturing, enterprise zones, adult uses, and impact fees, while zoning infor- mation is grouped by type of district. The map interface is very usable and accessed through a single map: using the cursor to highlight a smaller area zooms to that smaller area. Information layers are easy to turn on and off without zooming back out or . returning to a master map. Information is searchable by street address to find information on parcels, wards, ward offices, schools, and neighborhood features. Planning information is not well linked with GIS and zoning infor- mation. To access planning data, users must navigate to a separate web portal hosted by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (WWW.got02040. org) that is not linked to the city's master map. The online resources for the 10 cities mentioned in this article are available at the following addresses: .. ANCHORAGE: www.muni.org/iceimages/Planning/ LandUse%20~Plan_11X17.pdf; www.muni.org/Planning/Maps.cfm: http://munimaps.muni.org/mox52/advanced.cfm .. CHICAGO: http:// ma ps.cityofch i cago.org/website/ zon ing . DENVER: www.denvergov.org/DenverMaps/report.asp ?rpt=zon e&cat=cprop . HENDERSON: WWW.cityofhenderson.com/gis /i nteractive_m a ps. p h p .. INDIANAPOUS: http://imaps.indygov.org/Zoning/ .. MINNEAPOUS: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/zoning/maps .. POIffiAND: www.portlandmaps.com .. SAN DIEGO: www.sandiego.gov/developm.ent-services/zoning/zoninggri d ma p.shtm I: I www.sandiego.gov/p[anning/genplan/pdf/peir/pei l33ithru341. pdf; www.sandiego.gov/planning/genplan/figures.shtml; www.sandlego.gov /planning/ community/profiles .. SEAlllE: www,seattle.gov/d pd/Research/Zoni n~Maps/ d efu u It.asp: http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/maps/; http://web1.seattle.gov /dpd/ maps / dpdgis.aspx .. VANCOUVER: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/vanmap/: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/com msvcs I currentplann i ngl c.oloured_zonin~map.pdn. ZONINGPRACTICE 10.08 AMERICAN PlANNING ASSOClATlON I page 3 95