Sussex County introduces digital zoning map

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Sussex County has released a  new digital zoning map. The map has no effect on zoning moves in the county. 

County officials on Tuesday, Jan. 31,  released the first comprehensive electronic version of a map that was first created in the early 1970s.

The map includes more than 160,000 parcels, their zoning, and other land-use data, including aerial images, addressing, lot dimensions, and various approvals. Staff from the County’s Planning & Zoning and Mapping & Addressing offices worked with geographic information systems (GIS) specialists from the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative and Salisbury University in Maryland for the past 18 months to digitize and update the zoning map, which shows all of the County’s 13 zoning categories.

Staff from the County’s Planning & Zoning and Mapping & Addressing offices worked with geographic information systems specialists from the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative and Salisbury University in Maryland for the past 18 months to digitize and update the zoning map, which shows all of the County’s 13 zoning categories.

“This map offers the public the most up-to-date information in an easy-to-use format that’s clear, accurate and always accessible,” said County Administrator Todd F. Lawson, who demonstrated the new digital map during the County Council’s regular weekly meeting. “This latest offering furthers the county’s efforts to be more efficient in serving our constituents.”

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The map leaves in place all current zoning and approvals that exist within the county,  Lawson stressed.

County Council will consider the map for adoption following public hearings this spring. 

Click here to view the map.

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