Description: This layer contains Legal City boundaries (as opposed to Postal City) within Los Angeles County. The boundaries will not line up with the Thomas Brothers® city layer. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shape file of these city boundaries for download at its Spatial Information Library.Principle attributes include:CITY_NAME is the city's name. Local, commonly used community names are not included.CITY_TYPE may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".FEAT_TYPE contains the type of feature each polygon represents:Land - Use this value for your definition query if you want to see only land features on your map.Pier - One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Man-made features may be regarded as extensions of the coastline.Breakwater - Examples include the breakwater barriers that shelter the Los Angeles Harbor.Water - Polygons with this attribute value represent internal navigable waters. Examples of internal waters are are found in the Long Beach Harbor and in Marina del Rey.3NM Buffer - Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles (a nautical mile is 1852 meters) from the coastline.
Copyright Text: These data are maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Contact: John Hickok, 626-458-7355, [email protected], Thierno Diallo, PE, 626-458-6920, [email protected]; Contact: Marianne Jeffers, PLS, 626-458-7113, [email protected]
Description: This layer contains Legal City boundaries (as opposed to Postal City) within Los Angeles County. The boundaries will not line up with the Thomas Brothers® city layer. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shape file of these city boundaries for download at its Spatial Information Library.Principle attributes include:CITY_NAME is the city's name. Local, commonly used community names are not included.CITY_TYPE may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".FEAT_TYPE contains the type of feature each polygon represents:Land - Use this value for your definition query if you want to see only land features on your map.Pier - One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Man-made features may be regarded as extensions of the coastline.Breakwater - Examples include the breakwater barriers that shelter the Los Angeles Harbor.Water - Polygons with this attribute value represent internal navigable waters. Examples of internal waters are are found in the Long Beach Harbor and in Marina del Rey.3NM Buffer - Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles (a nautical mile is 1852 meters) from the coastline.
Copyright Text: These data are maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Contact: John Hickok, 626-458-7355, [email protected], Thierno Diallo, PE, 626-458-6920, [email protected]; Contact: Marianne Jeffers, PLS, 626-458-7113, [email protected]