City and County of Denver, Public Works Policy and Planning
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Metropolitan Districts
vector digital data
Metro Districts are formed by:1. Approval by City Council of the district's service plan, which is the document that governs the district's actions;2. A petition signed by 30% or 200 of the electors of the District, whichever is less is approved by the District court and an election is ordered; and3. Approval of the District by the electors within the District.Subareas within the District may be formed.C. Governance.A metropolitan district is governed by a five member board of directors. A director must be an "elector" of such district, defined as a person who, at the time, is registered to vote in the State and: (I) who has been a resident of the district for not less than thirty days; or (II) who, or whose spouse, owns taxable real or personal property situated within the boundaries of the district, whether said person resides within the district or not. There is no City appointment. The board is responsible for the administration of the district, annual budgeting and levying of taxes,rates, and charges sufficient to pay operating costs and debt service of the district.D. Powers.1. Common Powers. All special districts have the following powers:a. To have a perpetual existence;b. To have and use a corporate seal;c. To sue and be sued;d. To enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the special district;e. To borrow money and incur indebtedness and to issue notes or issue bonds evidencing suchindebtedness;f. To acquire, sell and lease property;g. To manage, control and supervise all the business and affairs of the special district, including allconstruction, operation and maintenance of special district improvements;h. To fix, charge and collect fees, rates, tolls, penalties or charges for services, programs or facilitiesfurnished by the special district.i. To furnish services and facilities outside the boundaries of the special district.j. To adopt, amend, and enforce bylaws and rules and regulations for carrying on the business, objectsand affairs of the special district.2. Additional Powers Depending Upon Type of District:a. Metropolitan Districts: In addition to the common powers, metropolitan districts have the following powers: to enter into contracts with public utilities and municipalities for street lighting service;to erect and maintain traffic and safety controls and devices, providing fire protection, parks or recreation, water or water and sanitation service;
Metropolitan districts are the most common form of special districts that may be organized under C.R.S. Title 32 to provide ambulance services, fire protection, hospital, mosquito control, park and recreation, safety protection,(i.e., traffic and safety controls and devices on streets and highways), sanitation, street improvements, television relay and translation, transportation, and water development.
Property owners within the districts pay a special assessment over and above the normal property tax to support maintenance of streetscape features in the district.
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Metro Districts
Metro
District
Creation Boundary
Ordinance
Tax Districts
Assessments
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Denver
Denver County
Colorado
USA
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Read access to all City users via LVM (Locate View Map). Data available to those with access to SDE layers.
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686
Vector
GT-polygon composed of chains
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Decimal Degrees
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WGS 1984
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metropolitan_districts
OBJECTID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Active_or_Historic
Is the District boundary "Active" or "Historical"?
Survey
DISTRICT_NAME
Name of district per creation ordinance
See ordinance
DISTRICT_ID
Arbitrary sequential number for districts determined by IPP.
Survey
DATA_SOURCE
Where did the feature come from. Was it mapped by survey or did it come from an existing feature class.
SURVEY
BNDRY_LAST_MODIFIED_DATE
Date boundary last modified or edited
GIS data editor
CREATION_ORDINANCE
Lists the Ordinance that created the district.
See ordinance
LEGAL_START_DATE
Date of ordinance creating district.
See ordinance
SERVICE_AREA_OR_CTRL_DISTRICT
Is area a service area or district control area
See creation documents legal description definitions.
TAX_NUMBER
Assessor's numbers assigned for geoprocessing.
Assessor's office
SPECIAL_FEE_TYPE
Special fees types applied to district
City Treasury Department
FILE_LINK
Link to city network folder with electronic documents concening the district
Assigned by Brendan Kelly
WEB_LINK
URL to web site with more information concerning district.
Identified by Brendan Kelly
WEB_LINK_STATE_DOLA
Link to state web site concerning Metro districts
See Department of Local Affairs
LEGAL_END_DATE
Date district was terminated.
See termination documents
COMMENTS_DISTRICT_SPECIFIC
Comments concerning district.
GIS data editor
COMMENTS_LEGISLATIVE_SPECIFIC
Comments concerning the legislative or creation process
Brendan Kelly
NOTES
General notes
GIS data editor
SHAPE_Length
Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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