Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly (zipping along), when senders use the code in the postal address. The basic format consists of five numerical digits.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>2012 COUNCIL DISTRICTS</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>THESE DISTRICTS WERE CREATED FROM HARRIS COUNTY VOTING TABULATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE BASED OFF CENSUS BLOCKS. THIS DATA DOES NOT ALWAYS MEET EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF CITY LIMITS AND PARCELS.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY PARTICUAR DISTRICT PLEASE REFERENCE ORDINANCE 2011-738 TO VERIFY A VOTING TABULATION DISTRICTS COUNCIL ASSIGNMENT. THIS ORDINANCE WILL IN DETAIL BREAK DOWN THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS BY DISTRICT NUMBER.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>This feature class depicts the boundary Houston's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and the area within.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>COHGIS ETJ layer was last updated on 12/29/2022. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>