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Zoning for Unincorporated King County
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Summary
The most recent parcel-based zoning data within unincorporated areas of King County, including current zoning designation, any potential zoning designation, and development condition suffixes.
Description
The most recent parcel-based zoning polygons with their designations within unincorporated areas of King County.
The features are defined by official King County zoning ordinances in reference to parcels, cities, and other property data maintained by King County Department of Assessments.
Current and potential zoning designation are provided including development condition suffixes.
Detailed information about the significance of these suffixed is available in the Development Conditions layer.
This layer was originally created from generalized tax parcel mapping done as part of the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan.
Layer information
| Layer Name | zoning_area |
| Subject Category | Planning |
| Title | Zoning for Unincorporated King County |
| Feature Count | 5312 |
| Feature Type | Polygon |
| Next Update | As needed |
| Spatial reference | EPSG:2926 |
| Control ID | 450 |
| Place Keywords | Washington State, Pacific NW, King County, WA |
| Theme Keywords | Planning, Urban Growth, Land Use, Planningcadastre |
| Supplemental Information |
None |
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Attribute information
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Shape
From ESRI |
Description
Feature Geometry DomainCoordinates defining the features |
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CURRTEMP
From DDES |
Description
current zoning codes without P, SO, or DPA codes DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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OBJECTID
From ESRI |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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CURRZONE
From ESRI |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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Shape.STLength()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. DomainDouble |
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SHAPE
From ESRI |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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POTENTIAL
From DDES |
Description
potential zoning code DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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USERID
From ESRI |
Description
Length of feature in internal units. DomainPositive real numbers that are automatically generated. |
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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 |
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
The most recent parcel-based zoning data within unincorporated areas of King County, including current zoning designation, any potential zoning designation, and development condition suffixes.
Description
The most recent parcel-based zoning polygons with their designations within unincorporated areas of King County.
The features are defined by official King County zoning ordinances in reference to parcels, cities, and other property data maintained by King County Department of Assessments.
Current and potential zoning designation are provided including development condition suffixes.
Detailed information about the significance of these suffixed is available in the Development Conditions layer.
This layer was originally created from generalized tax parcel mapping done as part of the 1994 King County Comprehensive Plan.
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
| 9/5/2025 |
Implement Map Amendment #1 (Attachment A) from Ordinance 19940, Effective on or about August 9th, 2025. "Effect: Amends the zoning atlas to repeal the Remote Tasting Room Demonstration Project A to all or a portion of 13 parcels within the Sammamish Valley near the City of Woodinville." |
| 8/18/2025 |
Corrected an error in the CURRTEMP field for the 'I-P' zoned area in the vicinity of Preston. |
| 6/13/2025 |
Aligned features with parcels in Greater Maple Valley/Cedar River Subarea Plan. 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. |
| 1/9/2024 |
Edit zoning designation for 5 blocks in Skyway/West Hill to reflect the removal of the p-suffix adopted in the 2020 King County Comp Plan amendment. |
| 11/8/2023 |
Reinstate correct original zoning (R-6 Potential R-24) for parcel 5624200762, mistakenly changed along with it's neighboring parcels which were amend to R-24 as part of the North Highline package of land use amendments in the 2022 King County comp plan. This parcel remains as the only parcel on the block with the unchanged original zone. It is owned by King County DNRP and its comp plan land use designation was amended to King County Owned Open Space System in the 2022 KC comp plan. |
| 10/19/2023 |
Reinstate KCCP2022 zoning change for parcel 1524079003, mistakenly reverted in May 2023 process step. Now correctly showing as "CB-SO". |
| 5/31/2023 |
Replace features in the Snoqualmie Valley/NE King County community planning area with features aligned to modern parcel boundaries created as part of the community plan update to be included in the 2024 KCCP ordinance. Incidental clean up and alignment to fit these changes with adjacent features. |
| 2/7/2023 |
Implement 2022 King County Comprehensive Plan Update, Zoning Map Amendments (attachment D) Adopting Ordinance is #19555 - Effective Date is 1/1/2023 |
| 10/28/2022 |
Corrections to Zoning_area and Development Condition Area: 1. Added missing "-P" suffix to zoning for 1522049053 2. Corrected zoning for 1522049162 3. Reinstated incorrectly retired p-suffix GR-P03 4. Added missing "-P" suffix to zoning for 2426069010 & 2426069011 5. Created P-suffix SV-P38 which was not implemented when adopted in 2008.. . |
| 8/8/2022 |
Adjusted many features in disparate parts of the county to align with parcels due to historic research conducted while developing a historic zoning change data layer covering years 1995 to present. |
| 6/17/2021 |
Implemented KCCP2020 LUMA changes that affected Urban Growth Boundary due to requirement for UGA: LUMA 5.a - East Cougar Mountain; LUMA 6 - Maple Valley UGA Changes. These changes had previously been implemented in the layer after the adoption of the 2020 KC Comprehensive Plan, then rolled-back due to changes to the corresponding King County Countywide Planing Policies needing to be ratified, which happened June 1, 2021. |
| 2/24/2021 |
Replaced an obsolete phone number with my current phone number where it occured the data, because it has been reassigned to someone else. |
| 2/12/2021 |
+ Updated Zoning_area with the following edits: 1. Repaired editing error near enumclaw where RA-5 zoned area was incorrectly mapped as F in 2009 2. Added -DPA suffix to zoning designation for the following Demonstraton Project Areas: a. Remote Tasting Room b. Vashon Island, Low-impact Development and BuiltGreen c. North Highline, Low-impact Development and BuiltGreen d. North Highline and Vashon Rural Town, Alternative Housing 3. Applying adjacent zoning to vacated roads in North Highline 4. Applying adjacent zoning to parcels formerly part of the BNSF railroad but now under other ownership near Covington . |
| 1/23/2021 |
Updated Zoning_area and Development_Conditon_area to remove rezone to I-P and GR-P03 p-suffix condition mistakenly applied to 1522049162 by a 2001 rezone that should only have applied to the parcel immediately to the north. Jim Chan Director of KC DLS Permitting Division and Cristy Craig of KC PAO made determined that this correction was neccesary. |
| 11/24/2020 |
+ Posting Layer: ~maint.DDES.Zoning_area_Erase_20201124~ + Replaced Null values in POTENTIAL with Empty strings. + Corrected "-SO" boundary in vicinity of 3222039001 to match original mapping. It had been misaligned with a more recent boundary line. Now correctly aligned with quarter section boundary. + Aligned zoning in vicinity of 3223039111 + Rolled-back KCCP2020 LUMA changes that affected Urban Growth Boundary due to requirement for UGA: LUMA 5.a - East Cougar Mountain; LUMA 6 - Maple Valley UGA Changes. |
| 10/7/2020 |
Correct boundary changed by 2020 King County Comprehensive Plan Update LUMA 1 - Woodinville Roundabout. |
| 9/25/2020 |
Implement 2020 King County Comprehensive Plan Update, Land Use Map Amendments (attachment D) and Special District Overlay amending sections in the main body of the ordinance. Adopting Ordinance is #19146 - Final Action 7/24/2020 - Effective Date is 8/20/2020. |
| 10/8/2019 |
Updates near Bellevue to align zoning with redrawn parcels and correct an ommision that occurred circa 2000. |
| 10/3/2019 |
Updates near South Park to implement KC Ordinance# 14156 from July 2001, which was has not previously been implemented. |
| 7/9/2019 |
Edited zoning to align with parcels in vicinity of Fall City Rural Town and unincorporated island is Auburn |
| 4/4/2019 |
Edited zoning boundaries to remove rights-of-way in the Bear Creek UPD vicinity. |
| 9/14/2018 |
Edited zoning boundaries to match underlying cadastral changes. Focused in Vashon Town (Ober Park) and split zoning parcels near city of Black Diamond. |
| 8/9/2018 |
Implemented Franklin Ridge Rezone from RA-10 potential M to M. Parcels 3021079042 and 3021079025. Ordinance # 17981. |
| 5/1/2018 |
Removed newly incorporated areas. Aligned zoning with redrawn parcel boundaries. Made updates for KC ordinances that changed zoning over the past several years. There are still some ordinances that need to be implemented. |
| 12/9/2015 |
Made minor edits to align zoning with redrawn cadastral features, |
| 10/2/2015 |
Fixed an error introduced to the zoning layer in 2005. Made minor edits to align zoning with redrawn cadastral features, eliminated slivers, merged adjacent polygons with matching attributes. |
| 7/25/2014 |
Made minor edits to align zoning with redrawn cadastral features Implemented a long outstanding rezone |
| 5/6/2014 |
1 Made minor edits to align zoning with redrawn cadastral features, and 2 additions made to road rights-of-way. |
| 6/13/2013 |
Corrected an error Near North Bend and I-90. |
| 1/29/2013 |
Implemented 2012 King County Comprehensive Plan Map amendements. Note 3 of the map amendments have pre-effective conditions and were not implemented pending notification of the pre-effective conditions being met: Taylor Mountain, Pacific Raceways, and Melki. Various zoning boundaries were adjusted to match parcel boundaries where they had been moved in the vicinity of the other edits. |
| 5/24/2012 |
Updated some boundaries in South Vashon & Maury Island to match cadastral improvements, involved doing some reseach for SO-140, the Ground Water SDO, and checking against the 1994 zoning layer. |
| Update 32 |
Edited zoning for 3451000230 and portion of 3451000235 due to rezone adopted by Ordinance #18443 signed 1/10/2017 |
| Update 33 |
*** Parcel aligments in the vicinity of the lower green river |
| Update 34 |
Removed incorrect zone from tidelands near Maury Island |
| Update 35 |
Removed incorrectly shown zone in tidelands near Maury Island. |
| Update 36 |
Made zoning changes to reflect KCCP 2016 changes. Made minor edits to algin zoning with redrawn cadastral features. |
| Update 37 |
Updated zoning that was effective in April 2013. 2012 King County Complan, Land Use and Area Zoning Map Amendment 10. Melki property. Rezone the northerly 246.14 feet of parcel 1475000005 from Office - Potential Regional Business to Regional Business with multiple property specific development conditions. Pre-effective condition requirement conservation easement recorded under King County recording number 20130403000987. |
| Update 38 |
Change field name CURRENT to CURRENT_ because of SQL Server reserved word |
| Update 39 |
Zoning self-intersecting and short segment problems that must be repaired before converting to SDE |
| Update 40 |
Converted from shapefile - |
| Update 41 |
Data Update: Rezone L99TY401 Technical Corrections - West Hill 8 parcels north of S 129th Street, and area west of Bellevue along Lake Washington realigned to parcels. |