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​The standard tax map layers are listed in this table.  Use the hyperlink in the table to jump to the description for each layer.

STANDARD TAX MAP LAYERS
AREABANKBANK-TEXTBAY-TEXTBIG-NAME
CITY-LIMITCOMMONCREEKCREEK-TEXTDIMENSION
EASEMENTEASEMENT-TEXTFENCEFOOTPRINTGENERAL
HIERARCHY​​KEY-CONTROL​​KEY-TEXTLAKE-TEXTLINK
LITTORALLITTORAL-IMPLITTORAL-TEXTMEANDERMEANDER-TEXT
MONUMENTNO CUTNOTATIONPARCEL-IDPERIPHERAL
PLAT-BOUNDARYPLAT-LINEPLAT-UNRECPOWER-SERVICEPOWER-TRANS
PROC-AUXPROC-NOROAD-EXISTROAD-NAMEROW
ROW-CLROW-TEXTROW-VACSEWERSHORELINE
SHORELINE-TEXTSHORT-PLATSUBSUB-TEXTSURVEY
SURVEY-VOL-PGTAX-LOTTICTIC-TEXTTOPO
UND-INTVIEW-EASEMENTWATER-BOUNDARYWELL-RESTWET-DESIG
WET-DESIG-TEXT WET-PHOTOWET-PHOTO-TEXTWFT

 

Layer Name                    Layer Description

​AREA​POLYLINES AND TEXT LABELS DENOTING AREA FOR PARCELS [12'].
​BANK​TOPS AND TOES OF BANKS AND RAVINES.
BANK-TEXT​LABELS FOR TOPS AND TOES OF BANKS & RAVINES [12'].
BAY-TEXT​LABELS FOR BODIES OF SALT WATER [48'].
BIG-NAME​ROAD NAMES FOR KEY MAP [60' WHERE 72' WON'T FIT].
CITY-LIMIT​POLYLINE INDICATING THE CITY LIMITS AND LABELS IE "CITY OF BREMERTON" ALONG AND INSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. TEXT MUST BE CHANGED TO COLOR 15 [12'].
​COMMON​NON-TAX LOT BOUNDARIES FOR COMMON AREA AND LABEL FOR COMMON AREA & BUFFERS IN SHORT PLATS, PLATS, LARGE LOTS, & SVYS [12'].
​CREEK​CREEK CENTERLINE AND/OR SHORELINE. FOR THE CREEK SHORELINE USE LINETYPE "SHORELINE", FOR APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS USE COLOR 12.
CREEK-TEXT​ID OF CREEKS [12'].
[DIMENSION]​TAX LOT DIMENSION TEXT.
​EASEMENT​EASEMENT BOUNDARIES
[​EASEMENT-TEXT]​EASEMENT WIDTH AND/OR DESCRIPTION (BLOCK "ELEAD") [12']
​FENCE​BOUNDARY CONTROLLING FENCE LINES USING BLOCK "POST" ABOUT 50' CENTERED (PICK "FENCE" FROM THE "DRAW" PULLDOWN MENU).
FOOTPRINT​BUILDING FOOTPRINTS
​[KEY-CONTROL]​SECTION SUBDIVISION LINES (IE GOVT LOT BDRY) FOR KEY MAP.
KEY-TEXT​GOVERNMENT LOT LABELS IE "GOVT LOT 3" CENTERED IN THE LOT OR OUTSIDE OF MEANDER LINE [72']. PLAT NAMES AND NUMBER DESIGNATIONS IE "(4360)" [60'].
​LAKE-TEXT​FORMAL NAME LABELS FOR LAKES IE "KITSAP LAKE" [48'].
​LINK​GRAPHIC SYMBOL LINKING NON-CONTIGUOUS AREAS COMPRISING ONE TAX-LOT. (USING BLOCK "HLINK" OR "LINK").
​LITTORAL​TIDELAND/SHORELAND BOUNDARIES INCLUDING ELT & MLT. THESE BOUNDARIES BEGIN AT THE SHORELINE REGARDLESS OF PATENT DATE. SPECIFICALLY DEFINED BOUNDARIES ARE SET TO RED (1).
LITTORAL-IMP​SURVEYED PIERS ARE DRAWN USING CYAN (4). ALL OTHERS USE THE DEFAULT COLOR. IF A BULKHEAD IS TO BE INDICATED, OFFSET THE BULKHEAD LINE 8' TOWARDS THE UPLAND. ONLY SURVEYED BULKHEADS AND THOSE VISIBLE ON AERIAL PHOTOS SHOULD BE DRAWN.
​LITTORAL-TEXT​LABELS FOR GOVERNMENT LOT ID [24'], PATENT DATA [18'], MLT, AND ELT [12'].
​[MEANDER]​MEANDER LINES.
​[MEANDER-TEXT]​"MEANDER LINE" LABEL [12'].
​[MONUMENT]​SECTION PERIMETER MONUMENTS AND LABELS FOR TAX MAP (USE BLOCKS "GSC", "GNSQC", "GEWQC", "MC", AND GH...C).
NO-CUT​NATURAL VEGETATION AND WOODED AREA BUFFERS. AREAS ARE LABELED WITH 12' LABELS.
​NOTATION​NOTES REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAX MAP.
PARCEL-ID​PARCEL NUMBERS FOR TAX LOTS (PLATS = 12', ACREAGE = 24'). IN HIGH DENSITY AREAS REDUCE TO PLATS = 9', ACREAGE = 18', OR EVEN 12' FOR EXTREMELY TIGHT GROUPINGS. UNKNOWN PARCEL OWNERSHIPS SHOULD BE LABELLED AS "UNKNOWN" AT SIZE 12'. USE "LARC" AND "RARC" FOR LEADERS. AUXILIARY PARCEL NUMBERS (IE SENIOR CIT) ARE DRAWN IN CYAN (4) AND ENCLOSED IN PARENTHESES IE "(023-22)".
​[PERIPHERAL]​LINES OR REFERENTIAL ELEMENTS BEYOND THE SECTION BOUNDARY, OR ELEMENTS ALONG THE SOUTH OR EAST SECTION LINES WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH REDUNDANT ELEMENTS IN THE ADJACENT SECTION(S).
PLAT-BOUNDARY​PLAT PERIMETERS AND NAMES [60'].
PLAT-LINE​ORIGINAL PLATTED, SHORT PLAT, LARGE LOT, SURVEY LOT LINES NOT USED AS TAX LOT BOUNDARIES. ORIGINAL PLAT LOT NUMBERS ARE DRAWN AT A HEIGHT OF 9' AND THE PLAT AND BLOCK NUMBERS (IE 4830-000) AT 24'. PARCEL BOUNDARIES AS DESCRIBED IN LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS THAT COMPRISE ONE TAX ACCOUNT (IE PARCEL A & B TOGETHER REPRESENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 001) WITH LABELS. SUPERSEDED LOT LINES AND LABELS ARE COLOR 12. HARBOR LINES THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE PARCEL BOUNDARIES.
PLAT-UNREC​LOT LINES, NUMBERS [12'], AND NAMES [36'] FOR UNRECORDED PLATS. NAME SHOULD STATE THE SUBDIVISION NAME WITH THE WORD UNRECORDED [18'] IN PARENTHESES BELOW. UNRECORDED SUBDIVISIONS DO NOT HAVE A PLAT-BOUNDARY!
​[POWER-SERVICE]​LOCAL POWER SERVICE EASEMENTS [12'].
POWER-TRANS​POWER TRANSMISSION LINE EASEMENTS (IE BONNEVILLE POWER) AND LABELS [12'].
​PROC-AUX​PROCESS NUMBERS FOR SENIOR CITIZEN SEG, ETC.
PROC-NO​PARCEL ID NUMBER [3']. BE SURE TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE PIDS IN LINKED PARCELS! FOR CONDOS, USE THE COMMON AREA APN; FOR UNKNOWN PARCELS, use "UNKNOWN"; FOR RIGHT OF WAY "ROW-(quad-)roadname-identifier(-quad)" (red indicates high ROW PID); FOR LAKES, "LAK-lakename"; FOR TAX TITLE, "TXT-V###-P###-V###-P###" (REFERENCING THE DEEDS TO & FROM THE TREASURER, RESPECTIVELY, IF KNOWN); FOR SALT WATER "SND-NAME" (i.e. SND-HOOD-CANAL). "GEO" IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS; "2" UPLANDS (NO WATERFRONT), "3" FRONTING SALT WATER, "4" SALT WATER TIDELANDS, "5" SALT WATER, "6" FRONTING FRESH WATER, "7" FRESH WATER SHORE LANDS, "8" FRESH WATER, "9" DIGITIZED PARCEL POLYGON.
ROAD-EXIST​EXISTING ROADS FOR WHICH NO DOCUMENTATION WAS FOUND [12'].
ROAD-NAME​ROAD NAMES FOR TAX MAP [24']. FOR LIMITED ACCESS ROADS, USE 48'. ALL PRIVATE ROADS ARE COLORED CYAN (4) [24']. A.K.A. NAMES ARE CYAN AND ENCLOSED BY PARENTHESES. ROADS ALONG SECTION LINES ARE LABELED IN THE SECTION TO THE SOUTH OR EAST ONLY. STATE HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE LABELED AS ADDRESSED (i.e. STATE HIGHWAY 305)
​ROW​RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARIES. APPLY THE "PERIPHERAL RULE". EXISTING COUNTY ROADS FOR WHICH NO RECORDED ROW CAN BE FOUND, ALSO KNOWN AS "USE ROADS", WILL BE SHOWN 15' EACH SIDE OF EXISTING CENTERLINE WITH "EASEMENT" LINETYPE.
​ROW-CL​RIGHT OF WAY CENTERLINE. APPLY THE "PERIPHERAL RULE"
ROW-TEXT​ALL ROW SOURCES WHETHER IT BE ROW DEED, DEDICATION, TAX MAP, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. LABELS SHOULD BE IN THE FORMAT R##F### AFN###... FOR REEL/FRAME OR V##P### AFN###### FOR VOLUME/PAGE [12']. SLOPE EASEMENTS ARE INDICATED BY LINETYPE "EASEMENT" ALSO, REFERENCES AS AVAILABLE FOR EASEMENTS (C15).
ROW-VAC​VACATED ROW BOUNDARY & COMMISSIONER'S JOURNAL (CJ) REF'S LABELED AS "VACATED CJ## PG###" AT SIZE 12'. (THE BOUNDARY OF A VACATED PLATTED RIGHT OF WAY BELONGS ON LAYER "PLAT-LINE".)
​[SEWER]​SEWER OR SEPTIC EASEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIVE LABELS [12']. DRAINAGE EASEMENTS ARE DRAWN IN COLOR 14 WITH 12' LABELS.
​SHORELINE​APPROXIMATE ORDINARY HIGH TIDE OR ORDINARY HIGH WATER, DERIVED FROM 2001 SPACE IMAGING MOSAIC.
SHORELINE-TEXT​SHORELINE LABEL [12'].
SHORT-PLAT​SHORT PLAT NUMBER WITH LOT OR COMMON AREA DESIGNATOR "-CA". SURVEY SUBDIVISIONS SHOULD BE LABELED AS VVPPP-## (i.e.LOT 10 OF SURVEY 1-13 WOULD BE REPRESENTED AS 01013-10); LARGE LOT LABELS USE THE SAME FORMAT PRECEDED BY "LL" (USE THE VOL/PG NOT THE SUBDIVISION NUMBER); FOR BLA'S USE THE AFN (i.e. ##########-A); FOR BINDING SITE PLANS USE BSPVVPPP-L. SUPERSEDED SURVEYS, SHORT PLAT, AND LARGE LOT NUMBERS ARE COLOR 12 [ALL 12']. WHEN THE DESCRIPTIONS BEAR DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS THAN THE MAP, GIVE THE MAP DESIGNATION FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE DESCRIPTION DESIGNATION IN PARENTHESES. DESIGNATE STATE HARBOR AREA LEASES AS "HAL ####".
​[SUB]​SECTION SUBDIVISION LINES AND BLOCKS (IE PLAT MON). INTERIOR LINES SET TO COLOR 12 & TWP LINES SET TO COLOR 5.
​SUB-TEXT​COORDINATES & DIMENSIONS FOR SECTION SUBDIVISION [36'].
​SURVEY​COLOR CODED POLYLINE INDICATING SURVEY BOUNDARIES WITH VOLUME/PAGE REFERENCE [36']. USE LEADING ZEROES IN THE VOL/PG. THE COLOR SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE "SURVEYOR'S LISTING".
SURVEY-VOL-PG​SURVEY VOLUME AND PAGE FOR SURVEY INDEX. IF A SHORT PLAT HAS BEEN SURVEYED AND A SURVEY IS NOT OTHERWISE RECORDED, A LABEL SUCH AS "SP####" IS NEEDED ON THIS LAYER [72'].
​TAX-LOT​TAX LOT BOUNDARIES: PLAT = BLUE (5), SURVEYED = RED (1), CONDO = GREEN (3), ZONING, LEVY-CODE SEG AND EXEMPTION SEG BOUNDARIES = CYAN (4). BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ROAD ROW [IF ACCESS ALLOWED, USE COLOR 4]. IF THE BOUNDARY RUNS ALONG A CREEK CENTERLINE, USE LINETYPE "CENTER"; IF IT COINCIDES WITH A MEANDER LINE, USE "MEANDER"; AND FOR PRESCRIPTIVE ROW USE "EASEMENT". TILEBDRY SECTION LINE SEGMENTS (NON-TAX LOT BOUNDARY) ARE DRAWN USING LINETYPE "SECTION" AND COLOR 4. ALL "TAX-LOT" LAYER LINES THAT FALL ON THE SOUTH OR EAST BOUNDARY OF THE SECTION ARE COLOR 12.
​TIC​TIC BLOCKS MARKING CORNERS OF ALIQUOT 10 ACRE PARCELS OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT POINTS (USE BLOCK "TIC").
TIC-TEXT​SIGNIFICANT POINT LABELS (IE "SW COR GL 1") USING BLOCK "TLEAD" OR "TLEADM" [12'] (USE [9'] IN HIGH DENSITY AREAS.) ALSO, CONTROLLING DESCRIPTION CALLS AND SUPERIOR COURT BOUNDARY ESTABLISHMENT REFERENCES.
​[TOPO]​REPOSITORY FOR TOPOGRAPHIC DATA.
UND-INT​INDICATORS AND TEXT FOR UNDIVIDED INTERESTS [12'].
​[VIEW-EASEMENT]​LINE OF SIGHT RESTRICTION DATA [12'].
WATER-BOUNDARY​FRESH WATER LAKE OR POND NOT DESCRIBED IN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OR CONTAINING A MEANDER LINE.
WELL-REST​CIRCLE (UNBROKEN) AND LABEL [12'] FOR WELL RESTRICTIONS. THE LABEL SHOULD READ SIMILAR TO "75' WELL RESTRICTION" [12'].
WET-DESIG​DESIGNATED WET LAND AREA, FILLED WITH BLOCK "SWAMP", USING BLOCK "WET-GRID" FOR APPROXIMATE SPACING.
WET-DESIG-TEXT​LABEL(S) FOR DESIGNATED WET LAND AREA [12'].
WET-PHOTO​WET LAND BOUNDARIES DERIVED FROM PHOTOS, FILLED WITH BLOCK "SWAMP", USING BLOCK "WET-GRID" FOR APPROXIMATE SPACING.
WET-PHOTO-TEXT​LABELS FOR WET LAND BOUNDARIES DERIVED FROM PHOTOS [12'].
WFT​DIMENSION AND ARROWS INDICATING WATER FRONT FOOTAGE [9'].
​(GENERAL)​ALL LEADERS RESIDE ON THE SAME LAYER AS THEIR TEXT. THE ROTATION ANGLE FOR TEXT LABELS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ANY NE BEARING, ANY NW BEARING .LE. 13 DEGREES, AND ANY SE BEARING .GT. 13 DEGREES. NEVER USE A SW BEARING! ALL WATER BOUNDARY LABELS ARE PLACED ON THE WATER SIDE; BANK LABELS ON THE LOW SIDE.
​(HIERARCHY)​TAX-LOT/LITTORAL, SHORELINE, (ROW-TEXT), EASEMENT, POWER-TRANS, PLAT-LINE, PLAT-UNREC, ROW-VAC, VIEW-EASEMENT, NO-CUT, COMMON, TIC-TEXT, {CREEK}, {PLAT-BOUNDARY}, {MEANDER}, {CITY-LIMIT}, {BANK}, {ROAD-EXIST} WHERE () INDICATES REDUNDANCY WITH LOWER ELEMENTS ALLOWED AND {} INDICATES INHERENTLY REDUNDANT LAYERS.