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Development Standards Geographies
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Summary
Depicts portions of unincorporated King County area (geographies) where development standards are detailed by specific sections of the King County municipal code (KCC) 21A.09.
Description
Depicts portions of unincorporated King County area (geographies) where development standards are detailed by specific sections of the King County municipal code (KCC).
The geographies are referenced in Title 21A.09.
The boundaries of these geographies are defined by the following other GIS layers: Urban Growth Area, Potential Annexation Areas, Cities, and Rural Towns.
Layer information
| Layer Name | dev_standards_geographies_area |
| Subject Category | Planning |
| Title | Development Standards Geographies |
| Feature Count | 6 |
| Feature Type | Polygon |
| Spatial reference | EPSG:2926 |
| Control ID | 3029 |
| Place Keywords | Washington State, King County, WA, Pacific NW |
| Theme Keywords | Planning, Planningcadastre |
| Supplemental Information | None |
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Attribute information
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OBJECTID
From Esri |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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EDITDATE
From King County |
Description
Shows the date and time in UTC when the record was last edited DomainNot Found |
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USERID
From King County |
Description
Shows the username of the data connection when the record was last edited DomainNot Found |
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DSG_Name
From King County |
Description
The textual description of the geography taken directly from the relevant King County Municipal code (KCC) section. This describes in plain language which portion of unincorporated King County the geography includes. DomainFALL CITY RURAL TOWN, NORTH HIGHLINE SUBAREA GEOGRAPHY, RURAL AREA GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCE LANDS OUTSIDE OF RURAL TOWNS, SKYWAY-WEST HILL SUBAREA GEOGRAPHY, SNOQUALMIE PASS AND VASHON RURAL TOWNS, URBAN AREA OUTSIDE OF SKYWAY-WEST HILL AND NORTH HIGHLINE SUBAREA GEOGRAPHIES |
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KCC_Section
From King County |
Description
The relevant King County Municipal code (KCC) section that contains the detail development standards associated with the geography. Domain21A.09, 21A.09D, 21A.09H, 21A.09L, 21A.09P, 21A.09T |
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Shape
From Esri |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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Shape.STArea()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry. DomainDouble |
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Shape.STLength()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. DomainDouble |
Contact information
| Maintained by | DLS - Permitting |
| Primary |
Paul McCombs
paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of Use
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
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Links
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| Sharing Status | Public |
Summary
Depicts portions of unincorporated King County area (geographies) where development standards are detailed by specific sections of the King County municipal code (KCC) 21A.09.
Description
Depicts portions of unincorporated King County area (geographies) where development standards are detailed by specific sections of the King County municipal code (KCC).
The geographies are referenced in Title 21A.09.
The boundaries of these geographies are defined by the following other GIS layers: Urban Growth Area, Potential Annexation Areas, Cities, and Rural Towns.
Contact information
| Maintained by | DLS - Permitting |
| Primary |
Paul McCombs
paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of use and copyright
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
Change history
| 7/3/2025 |
**** Procedure to create the Layer + Select features in Community_service_detail_area where ~CSA_NAME = 'West King County Areas'~ + union the following to create development_standards_geographies_area 1. Urban_growth_area 2. Rural_town_area 3. Community_service_detail_area + Erase city_area from development_standards_geographies_area to produce development_standards_geographies_area2 + Delete the following fields: + FID_Urban_Growth_area + FID_community_service_detail_area + Unincorporated + FID_rural_town_area + CPLU + EDITDATE_1 + USERID_1 + Use Multipart to Singlepart on FID_community_service_detail_area2 to create FID_community_service_detail_area3 + Fix the UGA change from KCCP2024 LUZMA amendment #1 + Select features in development_standards_geographies_area3 where ~UGASIDE = 'u' And CSA_NAME <> 'West King County Areas'~ + Starting with the largest area, review the features larger than 4,000 square feet and delete any that match the following categories: + Water bodies only + ROW only + Isolated Slivers + Delete any remaining features less than 4,000 square feet, these are slivers. + Select features in development_standards_geographies_area3 where ~UGASIDE = 'u' And CSA_NAME = 'West King County Areas'~ + Starting with the largest area, review all the features and delete any that match the following categories: + Water bodies only + ROW only + Isolated Slivers + Select features in development_standards_geographies_area3 where ~UGASIDE = 'r' And TOWN_NAME = '' + Starting with the largest area, review all the features larger than 500 square feet and delete any that match the following categories, and merge any that are mistakenly coded and rural and in the West King County Areas CSA: + Water bodies only + ROW only + Isolated Slivers + Delete any remaining features less than 500 square feet, these are slivers. + Select and delete features where UGASIDE = '' + Starting with the largest area, review all the features and delete any that match the following categories: + Water bodies only + ROW only + Isolated Slivers + Delete any remaining features less than 4,000 square feet, these are slivers. + Add fields to development_standards_geographies_area3 + *DSG_Name 100 character string* + KCC_Section 10 character string + Populate the DSG_Name field accordingly: | UGASIDE | CSA_SUBAREA_NAME | TOWN_NAME | KCC_Section | DSG_Name | |---------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 'r' | | 'Fall City' | 21A.09P | FALL CITY RURAL TOWN | | 'u' | 'North Highline' | | 21A.09 | NORTH HIGHLINE SUBAREA GEOGRAPHY | | 'r' | | NOT 'Fall City' AND NOT 'Town of Vashon' AND NOT 'Snoqualmie Pass' | 21A.09T | RURAL AREA GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCE LANDS OUTSIDE OF RURAL TOWNS | | 'u' | 'Skyway West Hill' | | 21A.09D | SKYWAY-WEST HILL SUBAREA GEOGRAPHY | | 'r' | | 'Town of Vashon' OR 'Snoqualmie Pass' | 21A.09L | SNOQUALMIE PASS AND VASHON RURAL TOWNS | | 'u' | NOT 'North Highline' AND NOT 'Skyway West Hill' | | 21A.09H | URBAN AREA OUTSIDE OF SKYWAY-WEST HILL AND NORTH HIGHLINE SUBAREA GEOGRAPHIES | |---------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | <35> | <35> | | <20> | + Delete the following fields from development_standards_geographies_area3: + UGASIDE + CSA_NAME + CSA_SUBAREA_NAME + TOWN_NAME + ORIG_FID. |