Workflow: Parcel split parent parcel

Available with Standard or Advanced license.

This workflow describes the steps for splitting parent parcel geometry using construction lines in a parcel fabric enabled with the Local Government Information Model (LGIM). Use this workflow on your own data.

The workflow is similar to the Parcel Split: Metes and Bounds workflow, but instead uses construction lines to split the geometry of an existing, parent parcel and build new parcels. Construction lines are traversed between the points of the existing parcel instead of a new, closed-loop parcel traverse being entered.

This workflow is also available as an automated workflow. To use the Parcel Split: Parent Parcel automated workflow, open the Parcel Workflows dialog box by clicking Parcel Editor > Parcel Workflows. Select Parcel Split: Parent Parcel and click Begin workflow. Automated parcel editing workflows are available when you enable the Local Government Information Model on your parcel fabric.

The workflow consists of the components shown in the diagram below:

Legal description

A legal description for a parcel split using construction lines may look like this:

The northeast corner of parcel 19-21-301-029 described as; beginning in the northeast corner, S 20-27-03 W 150 FT along ROW, TH N 75-09-00 W 108.22 FT, TH N 87-02-15 W 63.019 FT, TH N 13-22-40 W 127.946, TH S 86-34-44 E 250 FT to POB.

Search for parent parcel

1. Open a map document that contains your parcel fabric (enabled with the Local Government Information Model).
2. In the Table Of Contents window, make only the Tax Parcels layer selectable.
3. Make the Lines layer visible.
4. Search for the parent parcel or parcels that will be used for the split.

Select parent parcel

1. Start an edit session and use the Select Parcel Features tool located on the Parcel Editing toolbar to select the parcels that will be used for the split.

Construct and build new parcels

The geometry of the selected parent parcels will be used to build new parcels.

1. Right-click the selected parcels and click Construct From Parent.
The selected parcels zre opened and the Parcel Details dialog box is displayed.
Use the Breakline tool to create any necessary construction points (or split points):
2. Right-click the boundary of the parcel and click Breakline.
The Breakline tool uses the position of the mouse cursor to determine in which direction to break the line (add a split point). For example, if you right-clicked near the northernmost end point of a parcel line, the line will be split in a direction going from north to south.



Breakline command

3. On the Breakline dialog box, make sure the breakline is going in the right direction. Click Switch to change the direction of the breakline.
4. Click the first field under Break at distance and type a Break at distance value for the construction point.

A construction point (or split point) is created on the line at a distance of 150 feet from the parcel corner.
5. Use the Breakline tool to create any remaining construction points that will be used to split the parcels.
Enter traverse lines between the new construction points or split points:
6. Click a construction point to add it as the first from point in the Construction grid on the Parcel Details dialog box.
7. Click under the Template field and choose the Standard Boundary line template.

   The template field name is initially collapsed to a single icon. You can expand the field to display the field name, which is Template.


Setting a parcel line template

Note:

Line templates are only available if the Lines layer in the Table Of Contents window is visible.

8. Click the Bearing field and type a bearing.
9. Press ENTER to move to the Distance field and type a distance. Press ENTER to move to the next row in the Lines grid.

Data entry in the lines traverse grid is designed to work with the 10-key pad, where you can use a single hand to enter dimensions. Use quadrant-bearing shortcuts and press the ENTER key and ARROW keys to move between cells.

Learn more about shortcuts in the Lines grid

Tip:

When entering traverse lines, you can also use COGO tools such as Bearing-Bearing Intersection , Distance-Distance Intersection , and so on. Right-click to use COGO commands such as Delta X, Y, Tangent Curve, and so on.

10. Continue entering traverse lines until you have created all your parcel split lines.



Split-lines

Use the split-lines to build new parcels:
11. Click Template to open the Select Feature Template dialog box and choose the a feature template for the new split parcels.
Learn more about feature templates and the parcel fabric
12. Click the Build Parcels arrow on the Parcel Details dialog box and choose Build and mark Historic.

    The original parent parcel is saved as historic and new parcels are built from the construction lines. New parcels are named <New parcel> by default.

Annotate parcels

1. Add the ParcelDimensions annotation feature class to the map.

   The ParcelDimensions annotation feature class is created when the Local Government Information Model is enabled on the parcel fabric. The annotation feature class is feature linked to the parcel fabric Lines feature class.

   Annotation is created using the Annotate Parcel Courses tool , which handles the duplication of annotation on parcel lines.

2. With the new parcel selected, click the Annotate Parcel Courses tool on the Parcel Editor toolbar.
3. Select ParcelDimensions on the Annotate Selected Features dialog box and click OK.

   Click Yes to re-create annotation.

4. If necessary, use the Edit Annotation tool to edit and change the placement of the generated annotation.

Attribute parcels

The final step in the workflow is to update the attributes of the new parcels:

1. With the new parcels selected, open the Attributes window.
2. Select a parcel from the parcel list under Tax Parcels and update attributes such as the Parcel Identification Number, StatedArea, LegalStartDate, and Accuracy.

   The LegalStartDate attribute should correspond to the date on the parcel's plan. If the Accuracy attribute is left empty, the value is inherited internally from the plan accuracy. You can override the plan accuracy by specifying a different parcel accuracy. Accuracy values are used in the parcel fabric least-squares adjustment.


Attributes window
3. Update the attributes of the next parcel in the list.

Tip:

You can also updated the attributes of a single, selected parcel under the Properties tab of the Parcel Details dialog box.

4. Optionally update the attributes of the historic parcels:
   1. Turn on the Historic Parcels layer in the Table Of Contents window.
   2. Use the selection chip to select the historic parcel in the map.
   3. Open the Parcel Details dialog box and update attributes such as LegalStartDate, LegalEndDate, and Reason Parcel Retired.