DCGIS_NonprofitTaxAbatementPly

Keywords
About: economic development, planning, tax abatement, administrative
Taking place at: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, DC, DC GIS, DCGIS

Abstract

Nonprofit Tax Abatement Areas. The dataset contains locations and attributes of Nonprofit Tax Abatement Areas, created as part of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and participating D.C. government agencies.

The Depury Mayor of Planning and Economic Development office provided information on Nonprofit Tax Abatement Areas. Through the Nonprofit Tax Abatement Act of 2010, the District waives up to 100 percent of real estate taxes to nonprofits and associationst hat relocate to specific commercial neighborhoods. Qualifying nonprofits and associations will receive an abatement for 10 years.

All DC GIS data is stored and exported in Maryland State Plane coordinates NAD 83 meters.

METADATA CONTENT IS IN PROCESS OF VALIDATION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Purpose

This data is used for the planning and management of Washington, D.C. by local government agencies.

Use constraints

Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.

Point of contact

GIS Data Coordinator
in Office of the Chief Technology Officer

441 4th st NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA

fax: 202-727-5660
hours: 9am - 5pm

Credits

Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development

Data accuracy

Accuracy
Validated by source and/or responsible agency

Logical consistency
Validated by source and/or responsible agency

Completeness
Validated by source and/or responsible agency

Horizontal positional accuracy
Boundaries were digitized following the District snapbase, which typically contains planimetric features accurate to within a foot.

Vertical positional accuracy
N/A

Lineage / Sources

• Nonprofit Tax Abatement Act of 2010
  paper, attribute and location
  Nonprofit Tax Abatement Act of 2010
  by Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, 2010
• BID areas
  disc, location
  Business Improvement District Boundaries
  by Executive Office of the Mayor, 2010

Distribution

Most DC GIS datasets can be downloaded from "http://dcgis.dc.gov" on the data center page. Orders can also be made by contacting OCTO GIS at "dcgis@dc.gov", especially for datasets not available for download.

Distribution liability
Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.

Distributed by
GIS Data Coordinator
in DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer

441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA

fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Entity

DCGIS_NonprofitTaxAbatementPly

Attributes

• Shape / ESRI
  Feature geometry
• SHAPE_AREA / ESRI
  Area of feature in internal units squared.
• SHAPE_LEN / ESRI
  Internal feature number.
• NAME / ESRI
  Nonprofit Tax Abatement area name
• GIS_ID / ESRI
  OCTO GIS unique identifier
• SHAPE / ESRI
  Feature geometry.

Metadata

Provided by
GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer

441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA

fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5 pm