Data Description

Data Set Name

Zoning Districts in Lorain, Ohio

Description Abstract

Zoning districts in Lorain County, Ohio. This coverage was created using Census Bureau TIGER/Line files and paper maps with "heads up" digitizing

Progress/Completeness

Completed December 1996

Geographic Extent

Lorain County, Ohio

Keywords

 Zoning,Lorain, Ohio

Projection

Lat Long

Positional Accuracy

± 100 ft.

Time Period

December 1996

Access Constraints

None

Data Source Information

Native Data Set Format

MapInfo

Lineage

Paper-copy maps provided by municipal Zoning Inspectors. Generalized zoning was determined by NOACA, and the generalized zoning information was prepared according to instructions.

Citation Information and Reference

Zoning Districts in Lorain, Ohio (1996). Cleveland: Northern Ohio Data and Information Service, The Urban Center, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Afairs, Cleveland State University

Data Distribution

Distributor

Northern Ohio Data and Information Service, The Urban Center, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Afairs, Cleveland State University, 1737 Euclid Avenue #45, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA

contact: Jim Wyles
wyles@wolf.csuohio.edu
phone: 216/687-2221

Distribution Liability

Use at own risk.

Data Transfer Formats

FTP, ZIP disks, 3.5" floppy disks, CDR, WWW (in self-extracting zip file)

Use Constraints

None

Available Formats

MapInfo and ArcInfo (E00)

Cost

free, except for storage media

Download

Download native Mapinfo Format (self-extracting zip archive for DOS, 213K)

Download Mapinfo Exchange Format (pkzip 2 compatible archive, 138K)

Attribute Information

Attribute1 Name

ZONECODE

Attribute1: Value Domain

Codes for zoning catagories used by individual communities (e.g., R-1 for residential type 1, Agricu for Agricultural, C-2 Commercial type 2). Consistent only within each community, not for comparison

Attribute1 Lineage

 Provided by individual city zoning inspectors

Attribute2 Name

 COMMUNITY

Attribute2 Value Domain

 Names of municipalties and villages

Attribute3 Name

ZONENAME

Attribute3: Value Domain

description of individual community zoning catagory corresponding to ZONECODE (e.g., residential, light industry, trailer park)

Attribute4 Name

GENZONE

Attribute4 Value Domain

1-15, standardized for all communities.

  1. = parks / recreation;
  2. = single family greater than 3 acres;
  3. = single family 1.5-3 acres;
  4. = single family 0.5-1.5 acres;
  5. = single family 15K sq.ft. - 0.5 acres;
  6. = single family 15K sq.ft. and less;
  7. = multi-family less than 10 units per acre;
  8. = multi-family 10 or more units per acre;
  9. = mixed commercial, single-family and multi-family;
  10. = mixed commercial and multi-family;
  11. = commercial;
  12. = commercial and industrial;
  13. = industrial;
  14. = airport / institutional;
  15. = lakes / ponds

Attribute4 Lineage

generalized zoning classification provided by NOACA