Neighborhood Council Districts are citizen groups based in each of eight neighborhoods which actively participate in shaping the future of Tacoma. The City Council created the councils to broaden citizen input and to give greater representation in city government. The Community Council is composed of the chairs of each Neighborhood Council. In 1992, the City Council established Tacoma's eight Neighborhood Councils to advise them on issues of local importance and to seek consensus among residents on specific plans of action. The Neighborhood Councils also undertake a wide range of neighborhood improvements in collaboration with staff from the City of Tacoma and other agencies. Map includes meeting time and location for each District.Visit the Neighborhood Council District interactive map application here.More information at Tacoma Neighborhood Council Program.Map last updated 2/16/2023.

Updates to Tacoma Zoning through the Home in Tacoma Project were adopted on November 19, 2024 and are effective February 1, 2025.Dataset includes fields for overlays including: Airport Compatibility District, Conservation District, Historic Special Review, Planned Residential Development, Port of Tacoma Transitions, Special Review District, South Tacoma Groundwater Protection, South Tacoma Manufacturing Industrial Center, and View Sensitive Districts.The broad purposes of the zoning provisions of the Tacoma Municipal Code are to protect and promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to implement the policies of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tacoma. More specifically, the zoning code is intended to:a. Provide a guide for the physical development of the City in order to: (1) Preserve the character and quality of residential neighborhoods; (2) Foster convenient, harmonious, and workable relationships among land uses; and (3) Achieve the arrangement of land uses described in the Comprehensive Plan.b. Promote the economic stability of existing land uses that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and protect them from intrusions by inharmonious or harmful land uses.c. Promote intensification of land use at appropriate locations, consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, and ensure the provision of adequate open space for light, air, and fire safety. d. Foster development patterns that offer alternatives to automobile use by establishing densities and intensities that help make frequent transit service feasible, and encourage walking and bicycling. This emphasis on alternative transportation will also have air quality benefits and will conserve energy. e. Establish review procedures to ensure that new development is consistent with the provisions of this chapter and all other requirements of this code.Contact: City of Tacoma Planning & Development Services

The Tacoma City Council is comprised of the Mayor and eight Council Members. Five of the Council Members are elected from each of the city's five councilmanic districts. The Mayor and three additional Council Members are elected to city-wide, or at-large, positions.Federal law PL94-171 requires cities, counties, and states to reassess voting districts to account for population shifts every 10 years following the US Census. This process ensures effective and fair citizen representation. The 2022 councilmanic boundary reassessed the voting districts approved in 2012. As a result, the new councilmanic boundary was adopted in 2022.The 2022 councilmanic boundary ensures an equal number of Tacoma residents across its five districts to ensure equal representation by the City Council, using data from the 2020 census. The modeling required careful balancing of population numbers with other key factors such as physical boundaries, traffic arterials and parks, community hubs, business centers, and natural boundaries such as waterways and hills. The 2022 Councilmanic boundary maintains existing communities' continuity wherever possible. It minimizes shifting people into different districts to keep communities intact. As a part of this process, it was important to carefully consider communities that share common social or economic interests that should be included within a single district for effective representation.More information: https://www.cityoftacoma.org/government/city_council

Neighborhood Business District Program boundaries are commercial shopping areas adjacent to single- and multi-family neighborhoods. They are the core portions of the 15 Neighborhood Business Districts. Neighborhood Business District Program boundaries may differ from individual business district association boundaries due to association interests and membership goals.More information about City of Tacoma Neighborhood Business Districts: https://www.cityoftacoma.org/government/city_departments/community_and_economic_development/neighborhood_business_districts

This dataset tracks annual distribution of students across grade levels in Tacoma School District and average distribution per school district in Washington

This dataset tracks annual diversity score from 1991 to 2023 for Tacoma School District vs. Washington

This dataset tracks annual asian student percentage from 1991 to 2023 for Tacoma School District vs. Washington

LID Boundaries contains a Status attribute with one of the three following values:Preliminary -- Projects that have been approved by Tacoma City Council but construction may not be complete yet; LID payments have not yet been calculated or assessed for each property within the LID boundary Active -- The LID has been constructed, properties have been assessed, and payments are receivable by the City Finance Department Paid In Full -- All properties within the LID boundary have paid their LID assessmentsContact Ralph Rodriguez, LID Administrator, City of Tacoma Public Works Dept, phone 253-591-5522 for more information.

The city of Tacoma is divided into 4 sections (Sectors). Each section is then divided into 4 subsections (Districts). There are 4 Sectors and 16 Districts. Sectors are labeled 1, 2, 3 & 4. The Districts are labeled 11 or 1-1, 12 or 1-2, etc.Police Sectors dataset can be found here.Data is updated as needed.

list of active accounts in the City of Tacoma

Maintenance activities, such as street sweeping and snow & ice removal, are tracked geographically by multiple City Departments. This layer displays the subareas within each Council District that are used to aid with tracking and planning maintenance on City infrastructure.Contact: City of Tacoma Public Works Department.

Registered historic districts within the City of Tacoma. This data contains information about the various district names, boundaries, and level(s) of historic register listing. Districts are listed on one or more of the following: Tacoma Historic Register; Washington State Heritage Register; National Historic Register. As of 11/15/2023, there are 9 registered historic districts within the City of Tacoma.Historic districts are areas of the City that have been determined to possess special character, related development patterns, of an environment specific to a period of time. Tacoma has nine historic districts, including four that are listed on the local Tacoma Register (TR), eight that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NR), and eight that are listed on the Washington Heritage Register (WR). Local historic districts are listed on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places through a nomination process. If the Landmarks Preservation Commission approves the nomination, the recommendation for district establishment is referred to the Planning Commission, which may recommend City Council create a new overlay historic zoning district. This overlay introduces certain protections for historic districts by implementing a process (see Chapter 13.07 of the municipal code).Areas that are listed on the Washington State Heritage Register must be nominated and approved by the Governor's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. For districts to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, the nomination is reviewed by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Governor's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. If the nomination is successful at the local and state level, a recommendation is forwarded to the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. This dataset is maintained by the City of Tacoma’s Planning and Development Services Department. For more information about Tacoma's Historic Districts visit the city website. For more information or questions, please contact landmarks@cityoftacoma.org.Related datasets:Historic Place RegisterHistoric District RegisterHistoric Conservation Districts

This dataset tracks annual hispanic student percentage from 1991 to 2023 for Tacoma School District vs. Washington

Police Department Sectors and Reporting Blocks for the City of Tacoma.The Community Policing Division is responsible for coordinating proactive policing of the City in partnership with the community. The Community Policing Division is comprised of four Sector Lieutenants and 16 Community Liaison Officers, the Gang Unit, the School Resource Unit, and the Animal Control Unit.In 2010 after much review, the police reporting block file for Tacoma was revamped. The goal was to create a file consistent with the reporting block file used by LESA dispatch as well as enhance what was traditionally used by the police department. During the process, a few of the reporting blocks were reconfigured to match dispatch information. As a result the boundaries in certain areas between the sectors as well as districts TA13 and TA14 changed slightly.More information at Tacoma Community Policing Division.Last updated 10/6/2014.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Tacoma Neighborhoods Together

This dataset tracks annual overall district rank from 2012 to 2023 for Tacoma School District

Current Tax & License Inspector areas with inspector name and contact information. Areas are based on Tacoma Police Districts. Data is updated as needed. For more tax and license information for the City of Tacoma, visit the Tax and License webpage.

This EnviroAtlas dataset portrays the total number of historic places located within each Census Block Group (CBG). The historic places data were compiled from the National Register of Historic Places, which provides official federal lists of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant to American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. This dataset was produced the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. This dataset was produced the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

A Conservation District, as defined by Tacoma Municipal Code, is an area designated for the preservation and protection of historic resources and overall characteristics of traditional development patterns, and that meets the criteria for such designation as described in TMC Section 13.07.040.C.Conservation Districts should be established in areas in which there is a clearly established existing character related to historical development patterns and/or the overall appearance of building types that were constructed in a defined period of time, generally prior to 50 years before the present. In conjunction with or independent of the establishment of a historic district it may be warranted to consider the establishment of a Conservation District. A proposed Conservation District should meet one of the following specific criteria:The area is part of, adjacent to, or related to an existing or proposed historic district or other distinctive area which should be redeveloped or preserved according to a plan based on a historic, cultural, or architectural motif; orIt possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.Although it shall possess historic character based upon an intact development pattern and a prevailing historic architectural character expressed through its assemblage of buildings, a Conservation District is not required to meet the criteria for landmark designation.This dataset is maintained by the City of Tacoma’s Planning and Development Services Department. For more information about Tacoma's Historic Districts visit the city website. For more information or questions, please contact landmarks@cityoftacoma.org.Related datasets:Historic Place RegisterHistoric District RegisterHistoric Districts

This dataset tracks annual american indian student percentage from 1991 to 2023 for Tacoma School District vs. Washington