This data is intended as a reference material of street and alley vacations, but not designed for survey, accurate positioning, or legal documents. It is created as polygon feature class, vacation information based on field measurements, types of Right of Way, and citations of Journal of the Common Council (J.C.C.) and the plat Liber and Page is listed under the column titled 'Sub_Plat'. The paper maps of the Street and Alley Vacation, the raster layer version of those maps (Linen Map Markup Mosaic), and the Detroit parcel layer are used as base maps to create this data.

The street and alley vacations were recorded from 1831 to 2022 throughout the whole city, and it will be updated weekly. The existed and/or active street and alley vacations are ready to view, the authors are working on pending and historical records.

Red Features - Have been "Outright" vacated, meaning the right of way has become private property with no restrictions.

Blue Features - Have been vacated with reserve of a utility easement, meaning the right of way has become private property with access rights for utility companies.

Spatial Reference: WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere

*Note: Special values within the 'Jurisdiction' field:

"2" means that the feature was approved under Jurisdiction of Wayne County, the State of Michigan, or a Township that was annexed by the City of Detroit, No City record on file.
"1" means that the feature was approved under City of Detroit jurisdiction.
"0" means the feature was approved per circuit court decision. No City record on file.

For more information please visit the Maps and Records website.

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