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Layer Name: Parks

General Information

Layer Name: Parks
# of Features: 653
Status: ACTIVE
Layer Source: GIS_DATA.PARK
Layer Quality: Good
Feature Accuracy: +/- 5m
Type: POLYGON
Description: Inventory of all parks and open spaces owned by the city, hydro, region, HNA Board, School Board, GRCA, MNR or private. Boundaries extended to edge of pavement beginning January 7, 2008.
Projection: NAD 83 UTM Zone 17N (EPSG 26917)
Disclaimer: The City of Kitchener assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the provided data. Any use of this information is done so at the users risk. Good survey practices must be applied when utilizing this information. The City of Kitchener and its partners have created this data for information purposes on an as-is and as available basis and is under no circumstances a substitute for a Legal Survey. The City does not make any representations or warranty, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, quality, likely results, or reliability of the use of the data. The City of Kitchener assumes no responsibility for any errors and is not liable for any damages of any kind resulting from the use of, or reliance on, the information and material contained in this layer. All information should be verified independently before being used or relied on. Users are encouraged to contact the City of Kitchener to ensure the accuracy of the information provided by Kitchener.

Source and Contraints

Source Map Label: Park & Open Spaces: Community Services - Operations (Current to date of Printing)
History: Original layer was created by Andy McDonald in the MircoStation environment. Layer was moved in to SDE in Oct 2001. Since that date GIS staff have be working on updating and maintaining this layer. During the summer of 2002, Peter Whetrup and Dave Schmitt have been assisting GIS to category the parks layer. During the spring of 2003, Peter Wethrup reviewed the layer and had GIS alter the line work for some of the parks and added Maintained by. Winter of 2005, GIS is working again with Dave Schmitt and Peter Whethrup to add new proposed parks as well as confirmed that existing proposed parks are still proposed and not yet active.
Original Source: Community Services - Forestry
Original Source Process:
Maintenance: Pending Parks entered from Draft Approved Plans -Part of Land Development Process.
Current Info Source: Community Services - Design & Development team & Dave Schmitt Forestry
Outstanding Issues: No service agreement in place. No process in place for naming parks.
Update Frequency: ON DEMAND

Data Fields & Domain Information

Parks

Column Name Alias Data Type Comments Domain Name Default value Domain Values
OBJECTID OBJECTID NUMBER ESRI system maintained integer field used to uniquely identify rows in tables in a geodatabase. Note that OBJECTIID values change upon export or import of the data and should not be used as a primary field for searching or identifying records.
PARKID Parkid NUMBER Database maintained field that permanently assigns a unique value for each record. This ID value should be the one referred to when identifying a record.
PARK Park VARCHAR2 Name of the park
CATEGORY Category VARCHAR2 Park categories from the park master plan form community services ParkCategory OPEN SPACE CITY WIDE PARK; GREEN (COMMONS); GREEN (PARKETTE); GREEN (URBAN PLAZA); GREENWAY; NATURAL AREA; NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK; OPEN SPACE; OTHER; UNKNOWN ...See GIS for a complete list...
SUBCATEGORY Subcategory VARCHAR2 Park subcategories from the park master plan form community services ParkSubcategory FACILITY PROPERTY; OPEN SPACE/WETLAND; OPEN SPACE/WOODLAND; OS-PLANTING STRIP/LANDSCAPE BUFFER; PARK; PASSIVE AREA; PLAY AREA; PLAY AREA-LIMITED ACCESS; PUMPING STATION; UNKNOWN ...See GIS for a complete list...
MAP_CLASS Map Class VARCHAR2 Park classification used for GIS mapping ParkMapClass LOCAL; MAJOR; MINOR; UNKNOWN
MAP_TEXT_ROTATION Map Text Rotation NUMBER Rotation for placing text in mapping documents
MAPLABEL1 Maplabel1 VARCHAR2 Label used for mapping
MAPLABEL2 Maplabel2 VARCHAR2 Label used for mapping
MAPLABEL3 Maplabel3 VARCHAR2 Label used for mapping
MANAGEMENT Management VARCHAR2 Who manages the Park, Generally Government agenciessuch as CITY, REGION and MTO and private citizens and businesses shown as PUBLIC ParkManagement KITCHENER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GRCA; KITCHENER; PROVINCE OF ONTARIO; REGION; UNKNOWN
PROPERTYUNITID Propertyunitid NUMBER Reference Address ID (Property_unit) that the feature is addresses to. The value is either manually entered or generated from a spatial join process
STREET Street VARCHAR2 Street name of the feature based on the STREET MASTER Table.
CIVIC_NO Civic No VARCHAR2 Integer value. Civic address of the feature.
GENERAL_GRID General Grid NUMBER Reference number of the mapping Grid the park is in. This is used for creating atlases. GridStandardID
WARDID Wardid NUMBER Reference Ward that the feature is located in. The value is either manually entered or generated from a spatial join process. WardCodedValues
PLANNINGCOMMUNITYID Planningcommunityid NUMBER GIS maintained field. Reference Planning Community that the feature is located in. The value is either manually entered or generated from a spatial join process. PlanningCommunityID Bridgeport North (48); City Commercial Core (1); Heritage Park (23); Laurentian West (28); Mill Courtland Woodside Park (5); Northward (12); Rosemount (22); Rosenberg (54); Southdale (17); Vanier (25) ...See GIS for a complete list...
MUNICIPAL_FACILITY Municipal Facility VARCHAR2 If the feature is maintained by the City of Kitchener it is determined to be a Municipal facility. YesNo Y N - NO; U - UNKNOWN; Y - YES
ON_CALL On Call VARCHAR2 If the feature is part of the On-Call system at the City of Kitchener YesNo N N - NO; U - UNKNOWN; Y - YES
DIVISION_RESPONSIBLE Division Responsible VARCHAR2 Asset Lead: The division at the City of Kitchener responsible for the asset financially. ParkDivisionResponsible OPERATIONS ENGINEERING; NON-CITY; OPERATIONS; UNKNOWN
OWNERSHIP Ownership VARCHAR2 Asset Owner: Who owns the feature, Generally Government agencies such as CITY, REGION and MTO and private citizens and businesses shown as PUBLIC. This usually relates to the property the asset sits on. OwnershipPark KITCHENER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; KITCHENER/HYDRO; KITCHENER/PRIVATE; KITCHENER/REGION; PRIVATE; PROVINCE OF ONTARIO; REGION; REGION/HYDRO; SCHOOL BOARD; UNKNOWN ...See GIS for a complete list...
ASSOCIATED_LAND_AREA Associated Land Area VARCHAR2 Area (generally in m2) of the land associated with the feature.
CONSTRUCTION_YEAR Construction Year VARCHAR2 Estimate of the feature''s construction year
LOCATION_DESCRIPTION Location Description VARCHAR2 Open text field that describes the location of the feature.
COMMON_LOCATION_REFERENCE Common Location Reference VARCHAR2 Location of the feature often using FM city sites as the source, it is generally populated by a spatial trigger
STATUS Status VARCHAR2 Indicates the status of feature. A pick list is used for this field - contact GIS for pick list values. RoadStatus REGISTERED ACTIVE; CLOSED; PLANNED; PRELIMINARY; REGISTERED; TO INPUT; UNKNOWN
STATUS_DATE Status Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current date/time when the STATUS field value is changed.
NOTES Notes VARCHAR2 Descriptive text outlining any problems or to highlight special characteristics of the feature.
TAG1 Tag1 VARCHAR2 Temporary location to store short term data for mapping purposes only.
CREATE_BY Create By VARCHAR2 Database maintained field. Updates to the user name that created the feature. Update takes place when the feature is created.
CREATE_DATE Create Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current data/time. Update takes place when the feature is created.
UPDATE_BY Update By VARCHAR2 Database maintained field. Updates to the user name that most recently updated either an attribute or the geometry of the feature. Update takes place when the feature is created and/or changed.
UPDATE_DATE Update Date DATE Database maintained field. Updates to the current data/time when an attribute or the geometry of the feature is changed. Update takes place when the feature is created and/or changed.
SOURCE Source VARCHAR2 GIS maintained field. Source EDRA (Electronic Document Registration Application) document number, or name of department or specific staff member that the information came from.
SOURCE_DATE Source Date DATE GIS maintained field. Date of the source document or information.
SHAPE SHAPE ST_GEOMETRY ESRI system maintained field. Stores the geometry type and geometry of the feature.
PARKBOUNDARYID Parkboundaryid NUMBER
PARK_BOUNDARY_NAME Park Boundary Name VARCHAR2
CATEGORY_OPERATIONS Operations Category (Marks Parks) VARCHAR2 ParkCategoryOperations ACTIVE; CITY; COMMUNITY; LEGACY; NATURAL; NEIGHBOURHOOD; NOT APPLICABLE; PASSIVE; UTILITY