Description: Common Places within York, James City, Williamsburg, Newport News and Hampton include such features as Parks, Fire Stations, Libraries, Police Stations, Businesses, etc.. They are coded by the type of feature, and include street addresses. Some feature "types" are maintained by the E911 CAD Administrator.
Description: The original work of compilation and digitization of the tax parcel layer was performed by the Sirine Group, LTD from 1989-1995. Their work included researching each property's recorded plat or deed and page references. The plats or deeds, in conjuction with the currently available tax maps and digital orthophotography, were then used to compile a county-wide parcel layer. The parcel_arcs layer is continuously updated as new subdivision plats and surveys are recorded.
Description: The easements feature class contains the boundaries of major easements, such as the Virginia Power (formerly VEPCO) power lines. It was created by The Sirine Group, LTD at the same time they researched the parcel database, from 1989-1993. Most of the power lines and major easements were taken from recorded plats and surveys. Virginia Power easements were checked and corrected using the digital orthophotography from 1990, 1995, and the 20% flown in 1997. Beginning circa 2009 through 2012, several additional types of easements were captured by the County staff. Each subdivision plat was reviewed for easements, and those (primarily) that were conveyed to York County, were captured.
Description: The Planning_Docs layer provides the spatial extent covered by certain planning-related resolutions and ordinances. It also provides hyperlinks to the scanned documentation relating to the resolution/ordinance. The database of information relating to each document is maintained by the Planning Division and is stored in V:\Planning_Documents\Special_Use_Permits\New_use_permits.mdb. The table is then imported into SDE as a standalone table named PLANNINGDOCS, and presented to the users by joining on the [Application_Number] field in both the layer and the table.
Description: In accordance with policy guidance provided by the 1991 Comprehensive Plan, the Board of Supervisors amended the Zoning Ordinance in 1995 to include requirements to protect and preserve existing trees and vegetation within a 35-foot wide Greenbelt along certain designated road corridors. These provisions recognized the reality that commercial site design and development usually resulted in considerable disturbance within the front ten to twenty feet of a site, causing existing mature trees to be damaged or destroyed and thus altering significantly the views and vistas along that corridor. While some have argued that tall, spindly existing trees should be removed from a developing site and replaced with new landscaping, it is those same tall trees that create the pleasant vistas along many of the County's road corridors and that can be supplemented (rather than replaced) with new landscaping to create an even more attractive highway corridor. With these benefits in mind, the Board of Supervisors has recently amended the Greenbelt provisions to increase the width to 45 feet along certain corridors and to expand the provisions to additional residential and commercial corridors.
Description: This Mixed Use overlay designation is intended to create well-designed communities in which people can live, work, and recreate by providing opportunities for a mix of retail, office, and residential uses – and different types of residential uses (i.e., detached, attached, and apartments) – within a single, relatively compact development under a unified, coherent master plan. Proposed uses should have a high degree of physical and functional integration with one another, including extensive pedestrian and bicycle connectivity.
Description: The original work of compilation and digitization of the tax parcel layer was performed by the Sirine Group, LTD from 1989-1995. Their work included researching each property's recorded plat or deed and page references. The plats or deeds, in conjuction with the currently available tax maps and digital orthophotography, were then used to compile a county-wide parcel layer. The parcel layer is continuously updated as new subdivision plats and surveys are recorded.
Description: Route 17 Corridor Overlay District follows the parcel boundaries for those properties that are bounded (on at least one side) by the Route 17 roadway and are included in the overlay district as defined by the Planning Division.
Description: The SitePlan layer represents the physical extent of site plans that have been approved by the York County approval authority (EDS - Development & Compliance) since 2002. The layer also contains a hyperlink to the scanned site plan, and is used for quick reference to the document.
Description: Route 17 Commercial Corridor Revitalization Overlay District is a selected set of parcels that meet the criteria to be included in this planning district.
Description: The Land Use element is perhaps the element of the Comprehensive Plan with which citizens are most familiar. It describes the distribution of existing land uses and the potential for future development and also identifies the policies that will guide the arrangement and intensity of future additions or changes to existing land use patterns. While residential densities and use characteristics are generally described in the Land Use element, specific standards, such as minimum lot sizes and permitted uses, are set forth in the County's Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. Traditionally, the term land use has been fairly narrowly construed to encompass the basic category of use - i.e., residential, commercial, or industrial - that describes how land is or will be developed. More appropriate, however, is a broader definition encompassing not just the type of use but how it will be designed and what it will look like.
Description: The Land Use element is perhaps the element of the Comprehensive Plan with which citizens are most familiar. It describes the distribution of existing land uses and the potential for future development and also identifies the policies that will guide the arrangement and intensity of future additions or changes to existing land use patterns. While residential densities and use characteristics are generally described in the Land Use element, specific standards, such as minimum lot sizes and permitted uses, are set forth in the County's Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. Traditionally, the term land use has been fairly narrowly construed to encompass the basic category of use - i.e., residential, commercial, or industrial - that describes how land is or will be developed. More appropriate, however, is a broader definition encompassing not just the type of use but how it will be designed and what it will look like. Last comprehensive review and update was in March, 2013. Newly built properties are reviewed and updated twice a year, while demolitions are reviewed and updated irregularly.
Description: The PlatLink layer provides the means to research parcel configurations by capturing the area covered by each page of a subdivision plat that is legally recorded at the courthouse. Hyperlink fields are used to open the legal document.
Description: The subdivisions feature class is a polygon layer of residential subdivisions, apartment complexes, timeshares, industrial parks, commerce/shopping centers, and other similar areas in York County. This does not it include smaller family subdivisions.
Description: The Tourist Corridor Management Overlay District is a 250' buffer of the commonly used travel routes by tourists. They are designated by the Planning Commission, and are required to be shown on the York County Zoning Map.
Description: The zoning layer represents the boundaries of the various land used zones in York County. The zoning layer was created from the parcel data, and contains the most up-to-date board of Supervisors' approved designations.
Description: The original work of compilation and digitization of the tax parcel layer was performed by the Sirine Group, LTD from 1989-1995. Their work included researching each property's recorded plat or deed and page references. The plats or deeds, in conjuction with the currently available tax maps and digital orthophotography, were then used to compile a county-wide parcel layer. The parcel layer is continuously updated as new subdivision plats and surveys are recorded.