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New Jersey Tax Parcels - Somerset County, 2005

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Community Cartography
Publication Date
2005
Title
New Jersey Tax Parcels - Somerset County, 2005
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
tabular digital data
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/halcrow_njtax_somerset_2005.zip
Abstract
New Jersey Tax Parcels - Somerset County, 2005 dataset represents tax lot information for Somerset County, New Jersey. The table is derived from the MOD-IV file maintained by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Each mapped tax parcel has its own record, which is updated as part of the regular tax assessment process. The complete statewide file is 1.6 GB in size. This MS-Access file contains individual tables for each city, borough and township in the county and several lookup tables.
Purpose
For research purposes only.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2005
Bounding Box
West
-74.798466
East
-74.401607
North
40.757871
South
40.37
Theme Keyword
Tax Parcels
Tax lots
Property
Real Estate
Finance
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
planningCadastre
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
New Jersey
Somerset County (N.J.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2004
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
CommunityCartography
Delivery Point
1200 MacArthur Blvd
City
Mahwah
State
NJ
Postal Code
07430
Contact Telephone
1-877-MakeMap
Contact Facsimile Telephone
201-529-5728
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@comcarto.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Entity and Attribute Information
Attributes
ID
unique record ID
MUNCODE
4-digit county and district code
COUNTY
county, linked field
DISTRICT
municipal district, linked field
TAXLOT
concatenated block lot
BLOCK
tax block
LOT
tax lot
QUALIFY
qualification code
W
Ward
S
Sector
T
Cell Tower
B
Billboard
QFARM
Qualified Farmland
LOT
Land Assessed Separate From Building
BLDG
Building assessed separately from land
CXXX
Condominium unit
MXXXX
Mobile home
FP
Portion lies within floodplain
X
Exempt portion
HL
Portion lies within highlands
HM
Within jurisdiction of Hackensack Meadowlands Commission
PL
Portion with Pinelands
Z
Portion within Coastal Zone
L
Portion within Wetlands
LOT_CT
number of residential parcels sharing district, block and lot
TRANS_DT
date of last change
TRANS_UP
number of accepted transaction listing for last change
ACCOUNT
tax account number, for utility billing
PROP_CL
property class code
CLASSDESC
property class description, linked field
LOCATION
property location/street address
buildesc
building description, includes (in order): stories, exterior structural material, style, number of stall, type of garage
S
prefix S with number of stories
AL
aluminum siding (structure code)
B
brick (structure code)
CB
concrete block (structure code)
RC
reinforced concrete (structure code)
S
stucco (structure code)
SS
structured steel (structure code)
F
frame (structure code)
ST
stone (structure code)
M
metal (structure code)
W
wood (structure code)
A
commercial (style code)
B
industrial (style code)
C
apartments (style code)
D
Dutch colonial (style code)
E
English Tudor (style code)
L
colonial (style code)
M
mobile home (style code)
R
rancher (style code)
S
split level (style code)
T
twin (style code)
W
row home (style code)
X
duplex (style code)
Z
raised rancer (style code)
O
other (style code)
2
bi-level (style code)
3
tri-level (style code)
AG
attached garage (prefix number of cars) (garage code)
UB
unattached garage (prefix number of cars) (garage code)
LANDDESC
size of parcel in square feet, acres, or actual dimensions
ADDLOT1
additional lots assessed with the primary parcel
ADDLOT2
additional lots assessed with the primary parcel
ZONING
zoning designations
MAPPAGE
tax map page number
OWNER
owner name
ADDRESS:
street address of owner
CITY_ST
city and state of owner
ZIPCODE
zip code of owner
NM_OWNER
number of owners, where property tax deduction exists
DEDUCTION
number of owners, where property tax deduction exists
BANKCODE
bank code of lending institution holding mortgage
DEEDBOOK
deed book number
DEEDPAGE
deed page number
DEED_DT
date of deed for property sale
SALEPRIC
sales price on deed, if 1=nominal consideration sale
SALEASMT
assessment at time of sale
SR1A_UN
sale SR1A UN code
NM_DWELL
number of residential units
NM_COMM
number of commercial units
EPL_OWN
exempt property list code for owner
EPL_USE
exempt property list code for use
EPL_DESC
exempt property list code description
INIT_DT
initial filing date for application for tax exemption (MMDDYY)
FURTH_DT
further filing date when application for continuation is returned (MMDDYY)
STATUTE
exempt statute number for local taxes
FACILITY
tax exempt facility name
BLDG_CL
building class code from appraisal manual for NJ assessors
YR_CONST
construction year
ASMNT
assessment code, P=improvement not complete by October 1st of pre-tax year,
LAND_VAL
assessed land value
IMPR_VAL
assessed value of all improvements
NET_VAL
net taxable value (land value + improvement value - limited exemptions)
SP_TAX1:
special taxing district code 1
F
Fire
G
Garbage
L
Light
S
Special improvement district
W
Water
SP_TAX 2:
special taxing district code 2
SP_TAX 3
special taxing district code 3
exempt1
limited exemption/abatement code 1
E
fire suppression
F
fallout shelter
P
pollution control
W
water supply control
B
commercial/industrial
H
household improvement
M
multifamily dwelling improvement
I
dwell exemption
J
dwell abatement
K
new dwell conv exemption
L
new dwell conv abatement
G
commercial/industrial exemption
N
multi dwell exemption
O
multi dwell abatement
U
urban enterprise zone abatement
EX_CODE1
limited exemption/abatement description 1, linked table
EX_AMT1
limited exemption/abatement amount 1
exempt2
limited exemption/abatement code 1
E
fire suppression
F
fallout shelter
P
pollution control
W
water supply control
B
commercial/industrial
H
household improvement
M
multifamily dwelling improvement
I
dwell exemption
J
dwell abatement
K
new dwell conv exemption
L
new dwell conv abatement
G
commercial/industrial exemption
N
multi dwell exemption
O
multi dwell abatement
U
urban enterprise zone abatement
EX_CODE2
limited exemption/abatement description 2, linked table
EX_AMT2
limited exemption/abatement amount 2
exempt3
limited exemption/abatement code 1
E
fire suppression
F
fallout shelter
P
pollution control
W
water supply control
B
commercial/industrial
H
household improvement
M
multifamily dwelling improvement
I
dwell exemption
J
dwell abatement
K
new dwell conv exemption
L
new dwell conv abatement
G
commercial/industrial exemption
N
multi dwell exemption
O
multi dwell abatement
U
urban enterprise zone abatement
EX_CODE3
limited exemption/abatement description 3, linked table
EX_AMT3
limited exemption/abatement amount 3
SENIOR
deduction - senior citizen, S $250
VETERAN
deduction - veterans, V $250
WIDOW
deduction - widows, W $250
SURV_SPS
deduction - surviving spouse, R $250
DISABLED:
deduction - disabled persons, $250
OLD_ID
old block and lot if changed
prop_use
property use code, for commercial or class 4 properties
020
APT - GARDEN
021
APT - HIGH RISE
029
APT - OTHER
030
AUTO SHOW ROOM*
031
AUTO SALES LOT
050
BANK - MAIN OFFICE
051
BANK - BRANCH
059
BANK - OTHER
060
BILLBOARD - WOOD*
061
BILLBOARD - OTHER*
070
BOWLING ALLEY
073
CAMPGROUND*
074
CEMETARY*
075
COLLEGE*
100
COMMERCIAL - OTHER*
110
CAR WASH
120
DAIRY FARM
130
CHURCH - RESIDENCE
190
FUNERAL HOME
191
FIRE / RESCUE STATION*
210
GARAGE - SERVICE / GAS
211
GARAGE - PARKING
212
PARKING LOT*
218
GAS / STORAGE TANK*
219
GARAGE - OTHER
220
GARAGE - STORAGE*
221
GOV'T BUILDING*
222
GREENHOUSE / NURSERY*
270
HOSP - CONVELESCENT
271
HOSP - GENERAL
272
HOSP - VETERINARY
273
HOSP - ASSISTED LIVING*
278
HOSP - NURSING HOME*
279
HOSP - OTHER
280
HOTEL
281
HOTEL - CONFERENCE CENTER*
282
ROOMING HOUSE*
330
INDUSTRIAL / MANUFACTURING
331
INDUSTRIAL - OTHER*
335
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY / PRISON*
430
KENNEL*
440
LUMBER YARD*
441
LAUNDRY / CLEANERS*
442
LIBRARY*
510
MARINA
511
MARINA - DOCK/SLIP*
512
MOBILE HOME PARK*
530
MOTEL
560
OFFICE - GENERAL
561
OFFICE - CORP. HEADQUARTERS
562
OFFICE - MEDICAL / MENTAL HEALTH
563
OFFICE - ENGINEERING / RESEARCH
564
OFFICE - GOVERNMENT*
565
OFFICE - W/ RESIDENTIAL*
569
OFFICE - OTHER
570
POST OFFICE*
571
FOOD BEVERAGE PROCESSING*
610
REC - CLUB HOUSE
611
REC - COMMUNITY CENTER
612
REC - COUNTRY CLUB
613
REC - GYMNASIUM
614
REC - HEALTH CLUB
615
REC - RINK / ICE
616
REC - RACQUET CLUB
617
REC - ROLLER RINK
618
REC - INDOOR
629
REC - OTHER
635
RESIDENTIAL CO-OP*
639
REST - TAVERN / NIGHT CLUB*
640
REST - DINER
641
REST - FAST FOOD
642
REST - BANQUET HALL*
649
REST - OTHER
660
SCHOOL*
670
SWIM CLUB*
730
STORE - CONVENIENCE
731
STORE - DEPARTMENT
732
STORE - MALL
733
STORE - SHOPPING CENTER
734
STORE - SUPERMARKET*
737
STORE - RETAIL*
738
STORE - W/ RESIDENTIAL*
739
STORE - OTHER
760
TELEPHONE BUILDING
761
PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING*
770
THEATER - DRIVE-IN
771
THEATER - MOVIE
772
THEATER - PLAYHOUSE
779
THEATER - OTHER
780
TOWER - RADIO
781
TOWER - TV
782
TOWER - OTHER
783
TOWER - CELLULAR*
790
TRUCK TERMINAL
950
WAREHOUSE - FREEZER
951
WAREHOUSE - GENERAL STORAGE
952
WAREHOUSE - MINI SELF-STORAGE
959
WAREHOUSE - OTHER
960
WAREHOUSE - ARCHIVES*
970
REFINERY*
999
NOT CATEGORIZED
PROP_CODE
property use description, linked table
RBT_FLAG
tenant rebate response flag,
N
no tenant rebate required
Y
tenant rebate notice required
RBT_YR
tenant rebate base year
RBT_VAL
tenant rebate base year net assessment value
Distribution Information
Distributor
CommunityCartography
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20071018
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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