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Community Separators, Sonoma County, California, 2015

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Community Separators, Sonoma County, California, 2015
Originator
Geographic Information Systems, Sonoma County, California
Publication Date
2011-12-01
Revision Date
2011-12-01
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
The community separators dataset represents the Open Space and Resource Conservation Scenic Resources Element 2.1 of the Sonoma County General Plan 2020 as adopted on September 23, 2008 by Resolution No. 08-0808. This dataset includes revisions to the Community Separator adopted by Resolution #11-0463 on August 23, 2011. The community separators element assists in identifying eight areas that preserve the visual identities of communities by maintaining open space areas between cities and communities. These areas need to remain open or retain a rural character in order to avoid corridor-style urbanization. Therefore, the community separators function as rural open space to separate cities and other communities, contain urban development, and to provide city and community identity by providing visual relief from continuous urbanization. Although community separators are rural areas that have open space characteristics, many of these areas are also scenic. The lands within community separators are frequently subject to pressure for development because they are close to developed areas and major roads. The community separators represent one of three scenic resources component categories of the Sonoma County General Plan 2020 Open Space and Resource Conservation Element. The other scenic resource categories are Scenic Corridors and Scenic Landscape Units. The Figure OSRC-1 (http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/gp2020/adopted/fig-osrc1.pdf) shows these designated scenic resource areas. The following eight areas have been designated as Community Separators: Petaluma/Novato Petaluma/Rohnert Park Rohnert Park/Santa Rosa Santa Rosa/Sebastopol Windsor/Larkfield/Santa Rosa Windsor/Healdsburg Northeast Santa Rosa Glen Ellen/Agua Caliente The intent of the plan is that policies, guidelines, and standards be clear and direct so that property owners and citizens may easily understand its provisions and how they apply to parcels of land as well as their cumulative impact on future environmental conditions and quality of life. The broad purpose of the Sonoma County General Plan is to express policies which will guide decisions on future growth, development, and conservation of resources through 2020 in a manner consistent with the goals and quality of life desired by the county's residents. Under State law many actions on private land development, such as specific plans, area plans, zoning, subdivisions, public agency projects and other decisions must be consistent with the general plan. The goals, objectives, and policies set forth in the plan will be applied in a manner to insure their constitutionality. Per Title 7, Division 1 of the Government Code of the State of California. Article 5, Section 65300 et seq, the County of Sonoma is required to adopt a comprehensive general plan to guide its future physical development. Therefore, as required by law, the 2020 Sonoma County General Plan was officially adopted on September 23, 2008. Related Resources: Sonoma County General Plan 2020 Index [includes amendments since adoption] http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/gp2020/index.htm Sonoma County General Plan 2020 Open Space and Resource Conservation Scenic Resources Element http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/gp2020/adopted/osrce.pdf
Purpose
Since the GIS data was developed for planning purposes and use in publication of maps and/or database creation, the data is for illustrative purpose only and is not suitable for parcel specific decision making. Therefore, the GIS data presented herein are approximations and further land development determination is at the discretion of the PRMD planning staff which may require a parcel specific site review (to draw parcel specific conclusions).
Temporal Extent
Time Period
Begin
2011-12-01T00:00:00
End
Bounding Box
West
-122.858585
East
-122.486156
North
38.608082
South
38.178743
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
environment
Place Keyword
Sonoma County (Calif.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
geonames
Temporal Keyword
2011
Theme Keyword
Open spaces--California
Landscape protection
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
lsch
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
No part of this map may be copied, reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD), County of Sonoma, California. Maps contained in a planning document published by PRMD can be photocopied by members of the public for review and comment purposes.
Status
onGoing
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Geographic Information Systems (2015), Community Separators, Sonoma County, California. Geographic Information Systems, Sonoma County, California
Point of Contact
Contact
Geographic Information Systems, Sonoma County, California
Position Name
PRMD GIS Staff
Point of Contact
Contact
UC Berkeley Library
Position Name
GIS Librarian
Delivery Point
50 McCone Hall
City
Berkeley
Administrative Area
CA
Postal Code
94720
Country
US
Email
eart@library.berkeley.edu
Phone
510-642-2997

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
2226
Code Space
EPSG
Version
5.3(9.0.0)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Changed "SOCO_PRMD_GP_OS_Community_Separators.shp" to "Sonoma_communityseparators_2010.shp"
Process Date
2015-01-11T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
ArcGIS 10.2
Distributor
UC Berkeley Library
Online Access
Protocol
Name

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
8

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
28722/bk00169151k
Dataset URI
28722/bk00169151k
Metadata Date Stamp
2018-04-02
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf16
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