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Scenic Landscape, Sonoma County, California, 2010

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Citation
Title
Scenic Landscape, Sonoma County, California, 2010
Originator
Geographic Information Systems, Sonoma County (Calif.)., California
Publication Date
2011-05-01
Revision Date
2011-05-01
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
The scenic landscape unit's dataset represents the Open Space and Resource Conservation Scenic Resources Element 2.2 of the Sonoma County General Plan 2020 as adopted on September 23, 2008 by Resolution No. 08-0808. This dataset includes additions to the Scenic Landscape Units as of August 23, 2011 per Resolution #11-0463. As the County urbanizes, the scenic landscape unit element assists in identifying areas that require the maintenance of openness for visual relief from urban densities/development. The scenic landscapes units have little capacity to absorb substantial development without significant visual impact and this element assist in retaining the largely open, scenic character of these landscapes. Therefore, the preservation of these scenic resources is important to the general welfare and quality of life for County residents while maintaining the tourists and agricultural economy within the 15 major scenic landscape units designated. The scenic landscape units 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 Community Separators and Scenic Corridors. The Figure OSRC-1 (http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/gp2020/adopted/fig-osrc1.pdf) shows these designated scenic resource areas. The major Scenic Landscape Units have been identified as follows: The Coast Oak Valley Alexander and Dry Creek Valleys Hills East of Windsor Eastside Road River Road Laguna de Santa Rosa Bennett Valley Highway 116 Atascadero Creek Coleman Valley Sonoma Mountains Hills South of Petaluma Sonoma Valley/Mayacamas Mountains South Sonoma Mountains 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
2011-05-01T00:00:00
End
Bounding Box
West
-123.518332
East
-122.362785
North
38.856816
South
38.103701
ISO Topic Category
environment
Place Keyword
Sonoma County (Calif.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
geonames
Temporal Keyword
2010
Theme Keyword
Assessment, Landscape
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
Language
eng
Credit
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ACCESS AND USE CONSTRAINTS. PRMD REQUESTS YOUR FULL PARTICIPATION IN ABIDING BY THESE CONSTRAINTS.

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_Scenic_Landscape_Units.shp" to "Sonoma_sceniclandscape_2010.shp"
Process Date
2015-01-26T00:00:00

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
15

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
28722/bk001691590
Dataset URI
28722/bk001691590
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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