Road Maintenance and Lighting County Service Areas: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015

Description:

This polygon shapefile depicts County Service Areas in the County of Santa Cruz, California representing road maintenance and lighting service areas.These special districts are governed by the Board of Supervisors, but actual boundaries are administered through Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and the State Board of Equalization, since they are derived from Tax Code Area boundaries. Because Counties often consist of large and diverse geographical areas, providing a consistent and adequate service level across all areas can be difficult. Residents of urban communities may want more services than those residing in rural areas. The County Service Area Law (Government Code §25210.1 et seq.) was created in the 1950’s to provide a means of providing expanded tailored service levels in areas where residents are willing to pay for the extra service. When a county service area exists, property owners will pay taxes and fees to the County Service Area instead of the county for the services provided. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data. County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Road Maintenance and Lighting County Service Areas: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/ym726rz2728. GIS Layer Number = 7T/The polygons for this layer are derived from existing tax code boundaries. They are parcel based and require alignment. Each polygon represents a County Service Area boundary which is associated with road maintenance or lighting. These special districts are governed by the Board of Supervisors, but actual boundaries are administered through Local Agency Formation Commission/State Board of Equalization (LAFCO/SBE). These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ym726rz2728

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ym726rz2728

Language:

English

Creator:

Garcia, Paul and Price, Matt

Publisher:

County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Subject:

Unincorporated areas, Special districts, County services, Municipal lighting, Roads, Boundaries, Utilities and Communication, and Transportation

Temporal Coverage:

2015

Date Issued:

2015

Spatial Coverage:

Santa Cruz County (Calif.)

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile