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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

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Attribute information

CPLU

From ESRI

Description

Comprehensive Plan Land Use Code

Domain

rt - Rural Town

EDITDATE

From DDES

Description

Most recent date the feature was edited.

Domain

MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM

USERID

From DDES

Description

User who most recently edited feature.

Domain

Generally last name plus first initial.

OBJECTID

From ESRI

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Shape

From ESRI

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

TOWN_NAME

From DDES

Description

Community Name

Domain

Mixed case string

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.

Domain

Double

Shape.STLength()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance.

Domain

Double


Contact information

Maintained by DLS - Permitting
Primary Paul McCombs

paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

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


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.