Parcel-Based Land Use in Westchester County, NY

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Westchester County Department of Planning
Publication_Date: December 2009
Title:
Parcel-Based Land Use in Westchester County, NY
Edition: First
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Westchester County GIS Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: White Plains, NY USA
Publisher: Westchester County Department of Planning
Online_Linkage: http://giswww.westchestergov.com/download/wclanduse.zip
Online_Linkage: http://giswww.westchestergov.com
Description:
Abstract:
Dataset identifies land use categories at the tax parcel level in Westchester County, NY, and includes other boundary and ownership references for the internal use of the County.  Comprised of the most recent tax parcel files available as of publication date, originally obtained from the various Towns and cities, and modified by the Westchester County Department of Planning.
Purpose:
Intended for general planning purposes only, this dataset may not be appropriate for site specific analysis.
Supplemental_Information:
Coordinate System - New York State Plane, FIPS zone: 3101 (Formerly East Zone 4801), Units: Feet, North American Datum 1983.  This dataset can be downloaded from the Westchester County GIS web site along with additional Westchester County data layers: http://giswww.westchestergov.com
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 12-21-09
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.983615
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.479564
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.369488
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.874402
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Land Use
Theme_Keyword: Municipal and Government Boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Westchester County
Place_Keyword: New York State
Place_Keyword: U.S.A.
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword: Tax Parcels
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
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Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 231277
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 62
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 62
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 144
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Transverse Mercator
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999900
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -74.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 38.833333
False_Easting: 492125.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: wclanduse
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SBL
Attribute_Definition:
Section Block Lot number, may not exist in all feature classes.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WCDP_RPS
Attribute_Definition:
Westchester County Department of Planning modified Land Use Code.  This land use coding scheme represents an enhancement of the original municipally assigned land use codes, and was donein an effort to address both the disparities in the coding of similar type sites (from one municipality to another) and to provide for updates of a parcels original land use code (e.g. vacant sites that have since been developed). Also, a few new codes wer established to identify distinct land uses such as condominiums, homeowner association/common lands, and Interstate and Parkway rights-of-way.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADDRESS
Attribute_Definition:
Full Street Address.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STREETNUM
Attribute_Definition:
Street Number of the Full Street Address.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STREETNAME
Attribute_Definition:
Street Name of the Full Street Address.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NO_UNITS
Attribute_Definition:
Number of Residential Units in the tax parcel. A variety of sources were used to determine this information. In some instances where an exact unit count could not be determined, an estimate was made based on review of aerial photos of the site.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PRINT_KEY
Attribute_Definition:
Print_Key number, may not exist in all feature classes.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PIN
Attribute_Definition:
Parcel Identification Number, may not exist in all feature classes.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ORPSORIG
Attribute_Definition:
Original Office of Real Property Services (ORPS) designated land use code, as assigned by municipal tax assessors.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GENCODENUM
Attribute_Definition:
Generalized Land Use Code Number.  The smallest, most general land use categorization grouping system containing 16 categories.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GENCODENAM
Attribute_Definition:
Generalized Land Use Code category name.    The smallest, most general land use categorization grouping system containing 16 categories.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WCDP_LUNUM
Attribute_Definition:
WCDP Land Use Category Number.  Largest land use categorization grouping system, containing 61 categories.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WCDP_LUNAM
Attribute_Definition:
WCDP Land Use Category Name.   Largest land use categorization grouping system, containing 61 categories.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RESDENSITY
Attribute_Definition:
Residential Density.  Equals the number of residential units per acre, by parcel.  Calculated by dividing the number of units in a parcel by the total acreage in the parcel.  Only determined for residential parcels.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition:
Total acreage for the parcel.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBCATFULL
Attribute_Definition:
The full ORPS description of the parcels' land use designation.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUNIASSESS
Attribute_Definition:
Municipal Tax Assessment Entity Name of the Parcel
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIQUEID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique Identification Number created by WCDP.  For official use by Westchester County only  for the possible future joining in of missing data.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LURCAT
Attribute_Definition:
Categorization Schema used for the preparation for the 2009 land use report.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECTION
Attribute_Definition:
Parcel Section number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BLOCK
Attribute_Definition:
Parcel Block number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOT
Attribute_Definition:
Parcel Lot number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Information included in the original tax parcel file provided by the respective municipal entity.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LUCAT
Attribute_Definition:
Land Use Categorization system designation.  Similar to the Generalized Land Use Categorization system, but also includes residential density designations for low, medium-low, medium-high and high density residential areas.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Westchester County Department of Planning.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Westchester County GIS
Contact_Position: Westchester County GIS Data Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
148 Martine Avenue Rm 214
City: White Plains
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 10601
Country: USA
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (914) 813-4116
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisdata@westchestergov.com
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Westchester County makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the county's GIS database, and will not be held responsible for any omissions or inaccuracies.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 0.191
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20091221
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Gisondo
Contact_Organization: Westchester County Department of Planning
Contact_Position: Associate Planner
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
148 Martine Ave., Room 414
City: White Plains
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10601
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pxg3@westchestergov.com
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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