The Detroit Future City Strategic Framework is a land use planning document that was released in 2012. It outlines recommendations for transforming Detroit's land use policies and codes over the next fifty years, and covers a broad range of issues from economic and workforce development to transportation and green infrastructure. The shapes in this file represent the 50-year recommended land use for the City of Detroit, based on this plan. The geographies are based off of dissolved parcels from the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department. Field description metadata is available for download. For detailed descriptions of the land use categories, and to learn more about the Detroit Future City initiative, please visit http://detroitfuturecity.com/framework/.

In the fall of 2013, the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force commissioned Data Driven Detroit, the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and LOVELAND Technologies to conduct a survey of every parcel in the City of Detroit. The goal of the survey was to collect data on property condition and vacancy. The effort, called Motor City Mapping, leveraged relationships with the Rock Ventures family of companies and the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation to assemble a dedicated team of over 200 resident surveyors, drivers, and quality control associates. Data collection occurred from December 4, 2013 until February 16, 2014, and the initiative resulted in survey information for over 370,000 parcels of land in the city of Detroit, identifying condition, occupancy, and use. The data were then extensively reviewed by the Motor City Mapping quality control team, a process that concluded on September 30, 2014.

This file contains the official certified results from the Winter 2013/2014 survey, aggregated to 2010 Census Tracts for easy mapping and analysis. The topics covered in the dataset include totals and calculated percentages for parcels in the categories of illegal dumping, fire damage, structural condition, existence of a structure or accessory structure, and improvements on lots without structures.Metadata associated with this file includes field description metadata and a narrative summary documenting the process of creating the dataset.

Boundary for the City of Detroit. Obtained from Data Driven Detroit's SDE for the Kresge Early Childhood online mapping tool on July 25, 2017.

Blight Violation Notices (BVN), or Blight Tickets, that have been issued to property owners who have violated City of Detroit ordinances that govern how property owners must maintain the exterior of their property. Blight Tickets are issued by city inspectors, police officers, and other city officials with the power to investigate and cite code violations. Blight Tickets are adjudicated as civil cases by the Department of Administrative Hearings (DAH), an independent quasi-judicial department established in January 2005 as a major component of the City's efforts to address blight. This dataset largely models the Blight Violation Case History system, which is administered by DAH and integrates data from departments that issue, process, and adjudicate blight violations. Blight tickets that are issued may be subsequently voided by the ticket writing department for various reasons. Property maintenance codes are described in Article 15 of the Detroit City Code. Article 15, Section 10 defines violations of Article 15 as blight violations, and Section 11 contains a schedule of civil fines assessed for specified violations.Blight Violations data is updated once daily.Click here for the Analytics Hub visualization of Blight Violations.NOTE: The Blight Violations dataset may be unavailable to download through our Open Data Portal. An up-to-date version of the data in zipped csv format can be downloaded from https://apis.detroitmi.gov/data/blight_violations.zip.