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Local zoning descriptions – NE Ohio
Zoning districts and boundaries, by local unit of government, for XXXXX counties. Both specific zoning designations, and a generalization into 15 standardized zoning categories for purposes of regional comparison.

Cuyahoga County

Zoning, 1981, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
26 categories
Zoning of Vacant Land, including Agriculture, 1981, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
25 categories
Zoning of vacant land excluding agr, 1981, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
25 categories

Geauga County

Zoning Districts
This data set was created for the "Upper Cuyahoga River Riparian Protection Plan" project by the Geauga Soil & Water Conservation District with data provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Technical Assistance from the Applied Geography Laboratory of Kent State University.
Zoning, 1975, Geauga County, Ohio
10 categories of zoning classifications

Lake County

Zoning Districts in Lake, Ohio
Zoning districts in Lake County, Ohio. This coverage was created using tiger files and paper maps with "heads up" digitizing.
zoning, 1977, Lake, OH
This data shows local zoning in 1977, as provided by the Lake County Planning Commission. This coverage was digitized from boundaries drafted onto USGS quadrangle maps utilizing a run length encoding technique sampling along horizontal lines which represented the midline of cells with a height of 250 ft.

Lorain County

Zoning Districts in Lorain, Ohio
Zoning districts in Lorain County, Ohio. This coverage was created using tiger files and paper maps with "heads up" digitizing. Download of Mapinfo format is available.
Dwelling Unit Density, 1978, Lorain County, Ohio
Eight categories.
Zoning, 1977, Lorain, OH
This theme shows generalized zoning in Lorain County as provided by the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission. This data was digitized from data drafted onto USGS quadrangle maps using a run length encoding technique sampling along horizontal lines which represented the midline of cells with a height of 250 feet.

Medina County

Zoning Districts in Medina, Ohio
Zoning districts in Medina County, Ohio. This coverage was based on a parcel map with "heads up" digitizing

Portage County

Zoning districts in Portage County, Ohio.
This coverage was created by digitizing the base maps provided by the Portage County Regional Planning Commission in August 1996. This coverage describes the various zoning codes for different residential densities, commercial, and industrial land use in the county. This coverage was created as a part of GIS database for the project, "Containing Urban Sprawl in Portage, Ohio."
Simulated land use of year 2015 in Portage County, Ohio under the Continued Growth Model.
This coverage was created with simulated land use growth based on observed trends detected from 1977, 1987, to 1995. The simulation applied no control or management in growth pattern. This coverage was created as a part of GIS database for the project, "Containing Urban Sprawl in Portage, Ohio."
Simulated land use of year 2015 in Portage County, Ohio under the Managed Growth Model.
This coverage was created with simulated land use growth based on observed trends detected from 1977, 1987, to 1995. The simulation applied method of management in growth pattern in the format of open space development in new residental subdivisions in townships and villages that adopted the policy. This coverage was created as a part of GIS database for the project, "Containing Urban Sprawl in Portage, Ohio."
Simulated land use of year 2015 in Portage County, Ohio under the Controlled Growth Model.
This coverage was created with simulated land use growth based on observed trends detected from 1977, 1987, to 1995. The simulation applied aggressive control of management in growth pattern by implementing the open space development and growth centers at each townships. This coverage was created as a part of GIS database for the project, "Containing Urban Sprawl in Portage, Ohio."

Summit County

Summit County Concept Plan, 1997
Land use concept plan for future development
Summit County Zoning, 1997
Zoning layer based on individual communities zoning source maps.
201 Planning Areas, Summit County, Ohio
Water quality planning information based on watersheds. 47 areas
Traffic Zones, 1971, Summit County, Ohio
548 mapping units
Zoning, 1978, Summit County, Ohio
88 mapping units

Trumbull County

Traffic Zones, Trumbull County, Ohio
299 traffic zones

Wayne County

Septic Tank Limitations/ land use, Wayne County, Ohio
no abstract available

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