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Rural Towns Designated in King County Comprehensive Plan
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Summary
This layer was created from the comprehensive plan land use layer to allow rural towns to be mapped and labled with their community names
Description
Derived from King County comprehensive plan data.
The rural towns allow urban land uses in the rural area.
They are historic communities that were not incorporated, and subsequent to the Washington State GMA, and the adoption of the King County Urban Growth Boundary, are not eligable to be incorporated.
Layer information
| Layer Name | rural_town_area |
| Subject Category | Planning |
| Title | Rural Towns Designated in King County Comprehensive Plan |
| Feature Count | 3 |
| Feature Type | Polygon |
| Next Update | As needed |
| Spatial reference | EPSG:2926 |
| Control ID | 862 |
| Place Keywords | Washington State, King County, WA, Pacific NW |
| Theme Keywords | Urban Growth, Land Use, Planning, Planningcadastre |
| Supplemental Information |
None |
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Attribute information
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CPLU
From ESRI |
Description
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Code Domainrt - Rural Town |
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EDITDATE
From DDES |
Description
Most recent date the feature was edited. DomainMM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM |
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USERID
From DDES |
Description
User who most recently edited feature. DomainGenerally last name plus first initial. |
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OBJECTID
From ESRI |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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Shape
From ESRI |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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TOWN_NAME
From DDES |
Description
Community Name DomainMixed case string |
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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 |
Use this Data
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Links
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| Sharing Status | Public |
Summary
This layer was created from the comprehensive plan land use layer to allow rural towns to be mapped and labled with their community names
Description
Derived from King County comprehensive plan data.
The rural towns allow urban land uses in the rural area.
They are historic communities that were not incorporated, and subsequent to the Washington State GMA, and the adoption of the King County Urban Growth Boundary, are not eligable to be incorporated.
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
| 8/19/2025 |
Posted with editor tracking disabled. |
| 6/12/2025 |
Implemented Land Use and Zoning map amendments from the 2024 King County Comp Plan Amendment ordinance #19881, Effective January 2nd, 2025. Changed shape field type to MS SQL Server Native geometry. |
| 4/6/2018 |
The Vashon Town was amended by ORD# 18623 on 2017-12-04 to remove the exclusion for Ober Park. This update removed that exclusion and was aligned for parcel adjustments in Fall City and Snoqualmie Pass. |