Zoning Rasters

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Zoning Rasters are 30x30 meter grid cells that standardize residential and nonresidential uses for high-level analysis, planning, and data integration.

WHAT ARE ZONING RASTERS FOR?

Data Integration · City and Regional Planning

Environmental Analysis · Land Use Research

Zoning Rasters reveal the future of our places.

Zoning Rasters offer a standardized overview of the types of residential and nonresidential uses allowed in a given geography, in a raster format. Existing land-use datasets from the USGS describe urban intensity on the ground today — but not what's buildable there. Zoning Rasters fill that gap. At 30x30m resolution, Zoning Rasters depict the residential and nonresidential uses permitted under current zoning rules, capturing housing density and 14 nonresidential use classifications — from retail and office to industrial, institutional, and protected open space — along with roadways, water surfaces, and state and federally protected lands. The result is a ground-truth land classification layer that integrates with existing geospatial environments.

  • Zoning Rasters offer a digitized and standardized overview of the types of residential and nonresidential uses allowed in a given geography, in geospatial format (API).

    • Jurisdictions

    • Counties

    • Core-Based Statistical Areas (i.e., metropolitan and micropolitan areas)

    • States

    • 30 × 30 meter raster cell

  • Zoning Rasters are custom-built and can provide information about the following regulatory outcomes:

    • Residential uses allowed

      • 1-family, 2-family, 3-family, and/or 4+-family housing

      • Accessory dwelling units

      • Planned residential developments

    • Nonresidential uses most relevant to the district, including the following categories:

      • Agricultural-Industrial

      • Cultural/Entertainment/Tourist

      • Industrial

      • Institutional/Government

      • Mining/Extractive

      • Mixed — Any/All Nonresidential

      • Mixed — Industrial-Commercial Uses

      • Mixed — Specified Commercial Uses

      • Retail/Service

      • Office

      • Open Space/Light Recreation

      • Research/Tech

      • Retail/Service

      • Transportation

      • Utilities

      More information about nonresidential uses.

    • GeoTIFF

Here’s an example.

The following image represents a sample of a Zoning Raster created using our residential and nonresidential categories.

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