City Boundaries

Abstract

This dataset contains city limits for the State of Florida. The data was compiled by the GeoPlan Center using tax code boundaries as defined in 2014 county parcel data from the Florida Department of Revenue (FDOR). This dataset is an update to the city limits shapefile par_citylm_2011.shp. (Abstract from FGDL)

Purpose

City boundaries are needed for a wide variety of uses, including taxation, implementation of city services within the boundary, zoning ordinances, etc.

Time Period of Content

Beginning date: 2010
Ending date: 2014

Publish Date

8/13/2015

Originator

County Property Appraisers, Florida Department of Revenue

Publisher

FGDL

Theme Keywords

city limit, municipal, boundary

Place Keywords

Florida

Source Scale

refer to Parcels

Horizontal Accuracy

refer to Parcels

Process Steps

GeoPlan acquired statewide parcel data from FDOR.
The TAXAUTHCD field define the municipal tax authority. This code was used to dissolve parcel boundaries to create city polygons.
Some manual adjustments made by GeoPlan.

Format

SHP

Format Details

Polygon

Projection

Florida Albers HARN

Field Names

Field	Description	Type
PLACEFP	Place FIPS Code	String (10.0)
BEBR_ID	Bureau of Economic and Business Research city code	Integer (4.0)
NAME	City name	String (50.0)
COUNTY	County name	String (25.0)
TAX_COUNT	Number of tax code numbers used to derive the city limit	Integer (4.0)
TAXAUTHCD	Tax code ID as defined in FDOR parcel data	String (130.0)
ACRES	Calculated acres of city limit polygon	Real (19.3)