Vacant Residential Abutting Municipal Land

Parcel data analyzed are: Aquinnah FY24, Chilmark, FY24, Edgartown FY25, Oak Bluffs FY24, Tisbury FY24, and West Tisbury FY23. Visit this website for an explanation of the parcel's assessing info: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-property-tax-parcels#attributes- Through a series of joins, spatial joins and select by location with various datasets, the following key attribute fields were populated in the Municipal Properties dataset. Open Space/Conservation Land Attributes are: [OS_ID] (if this is populated then this municipally owned land is also in the Open Space/Conservation Land database of Dukes County) OS_ID is a unique ID for polygons in the open space/conservation land database, [Fee_Owner], [Level_Protection], [OLI_1_INT] (populated with type of formal restriction if any). For an explanation of the coded values used in these fields, visit: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-protected-and-recreational-openspace#attributes- Zoning info for the parcel is contained within [ZONECODE], [MinLot_ac], and [SubStd_Sz]. Zonecode assigned to a parcel is based on the location of the center point of the parcel. The minimum lot size is per the Town's zoning bylaws. Parcel's smaller than the bylaws minimum lot size were assigned a 'yes' value in the Substandard Size attribute column. The attribute [vacant] was assigned a 'no' value if the assessor's Building Value > $0.00 for the parcel OR the parcel contained one or more structures per the MassGIS structures dataset. The attribute [conserved] was assigned a 'yes' value if the parcel's center point coincided with a parcel in the Dukes County Open Space & Conservation Land dataset. The attribute [AbutPot] Abutter Potential is assigned a 'yes' value if any of the following attributes contain a 'yes' value: [AbutMuni], [AbutOS], or [AbutVacPrv]. The attribute [Notes] were manually added by the GIS staff based on local knowledge. Attributes dealing with Abutters: [AbutMuni] indicates if the municipal owned parcel abuts other municipally owned parcels. 'Abuts' are any parcels that thouch (share a boundary) or are within 40ft of each other (this accounts for parcels separated by 'paper streets'). [AbutOS] indicates if the municipal owned parcel abuts a parcel which is open space/conservation land. [AbutVacPrv] indicates if the municipal owned parcel abuts a parcel which is vacant residential land. "Vacant Residential Land" was identified by the assessor's Use Code = 1300 or 1310 for the parcel. Identifying Neighbors: All municipal parcels were buffered 40ft and dissolved together. Then that resulting multi-part dataset was 'exploded' so each distinct polygon was represented by a distinct record in the attribute table. Each polygon was assigned an ID number. This output is the "Municipal Property Clusters". Via a Spatial Join, the respective Cluster (aka group ID) was assigned to the respective municipal parcel. Similarly, by finding the (a) Vacant Residential properties and (b) Conservation Land properties that intersected with the Municipal Property Clusters, the Cluster/Group ID was assigned to the respective vacant residential properties and conservation land properties. A & B each have a distinct dataset which is included in this bundle of data. By having the Group ID in the Municipal Properties dataset and the Vacant Residential and Conservation Land datasets ...let's say a parcel has a Group ID = 3 --> then you can find the abutters by finding the other Municipal Parcels with a Group ID = 3 AND look in the Vacant Residential attribute table for Group ID = 3 AND look in the Conservation Land attribute table for Group ID = 3 --AND then you have tons of info at your fingertips regarding that municipally owned parcel and its abutting vacant properties.