The entity responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance to land management regulations and zoning ordinances on the North Slope is the NSB Permitting and Zoning Division, a division of the NSB Department of Planning and Community Services. The North Slope zoning districts are: - Barrow Mixed Uses (MU) District - Barrow Suburban Residential (S) District - Barrow Industrial and Storage (I) District - Barrow Reserve (R) District - Village (V) District - Conservation (C) District - Resource Development (RD) District - Transportation Corridor (TC) District.
This data set was automated for the official North Slope Borough Zoning maps.
Title 19 contains the North Slope Borough land management regulations and Barrow zoning ordinances, which were adopted in 1990 and are part of the North Slope Comprehensive Plan. The title creates a unique set of land management principles and procedures for development in the Borough. The ideas contained in it were developed by officials and residents of the Borough in many public meetings held to develop the Borough's Comprehensive Plan, Coastal Management Plan and other planning studies. The title's purpose is, a) to achieve the goals and objectives, and implement the policies of the North Slope Borough Comprehensive Plan, including the Coastal Management plan, b) to ensure that the future growth and developemnt of the Borough is in accord with the values of its residents, c) to identify and secure, for present and future residents. the beneficial impacts of development, d) to identify and avoid, mitigate or prohibit the negative impacts of development, and e) to ensure that future development is of the proper type, design and location, and is served by a proper range of public services and facilities.
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This data set is being archived as part of the Barrow Area Spatial Data Infrastructure effort. This project is made possible with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award OPP-0004401) and the US Geological Survey (USGS Award Number: 03HQAG0177) to the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC).
This data set is topologically correct.
Data set is considered complete.
This effort to document and archive Barrow Area data has been led by BASC through contracts with MSU and Nuna Technologies.
This data was compiled by Gregory Emmanuel under the direction of Jon Dunham. ArcInfo was used for data automation
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The North Slope zoning districts are: - Barrow Mixed Uses (MU) District - Barrow Suburban Residential (S) District - Barrow Industrial and Storage (I) District - Barrow Reserve (R) District - Village (V) District - Conservation (C) District - Resource Development (RD) District - Transportation Corridor (TC) District. - Science Research District
The attributes associated with this data set are comprised of the ESRI defaults associated with the shape file data format and were automatically generated by ArcGIS software. The North Slope zoning districts are: - Barrow Mixed Uses (MU) District - Barrow Suburban Residential (S) District - Barrow Industrial and Storage (I) District - Barrow Reserve (R) District - Village (V) District - Conservation (C) District - Resource Development (RD) District - Transportation Corridor (TC) District.
For additional information about the default attributes that are generated for ESRI shape files see the documentation associated with ArcGIS software or visit the ESRI web site at www.esri.com
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