Summary Tables

The LBCS code space side by side — all five dimensions at the one-digit level and the two-digit level, for quick comparison and for building lookup tables.

These tables put the five dimensions side by side. They are the fastest way to see how the same code number means different things in different dimensions — 4000 is social, institutional, or infrastructure-related activities in the activity dimension but transportation, communication, information, and utilities in the function dimension — and they are a convenient basis for a lookup table or a validation list.

One-digit level

The nine top-level categories of each dimension.

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
1000 Residential activities Residence or accommodation functions Residential buildings Site in natural state No constraints — private ownership
2000 Shopping, business, or trade activities General sales or services Commercial buildings and other specialized structures Developing site Some constraints — easements or other use restrictions
3000 Industrial, manufacturing, and waste-related activities Manufacturing and wholesale trade Public assembly structures Developed site — crops, grazing, forestry, etc. Limited restrictions — leased and other tenancy restrictions
4000 Social, institutional, or infrastructure-related activities Transportation, communication, information, and utilities Institutional or community facilities Developed site — no buildings and no structures Public restrictions — local, state, and federal ownership
5000 Travel or movement activities Arts, entertainment, and recreation Transportation-related facilities Developed site — nonbuilding structures Other public use restrictions — regional, special districts, etc
6000 Mass assembly of people Education, public admin., health care, and other inst. Utility and other nonbuilding structures Developed site — with buildings Nonprofit ownership restrictions
7000 Leisure activities Construction-related businesses Specialized military structures Developed site — with parks Joint ownership character — public entities
8000 Natural resources-related activities Mining and extraction establishments Sheds, farm buildings, or agricultural facilities Not applicable to this dimension Joint ownership character — public, private, nonprofit, etc.
9000 No human activity or unclassifiable activity Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting No structure Unclassifiable site development character Not applicable to this dimension

Two-digit level

The second level of each dimension, grouped by top-level category. A dash means the dimension has no code at that number — the dimensions are not parallel below the first digit, and no meaning should be inferred from a shared code across dimensions.

1000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
1000 Residential activities Residence or accommodation functions Residential buildings Site in natural state No constraints — private ownership
1100 Household activities Private household Single-family buildings Private — fee simple
1200 Transient living Housing services for the elderly Multifamily structures Private — less than fee simple
1300 Institutional living Hotels, motels, or other accommodation services Other specialized residential structures

2000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
2000 Shopping, business, or trade activities General sales or services Commercial buildings and other specialized structures Developing site Some constraints — easements or other use restrictions
2100 Shopping Retail sales or service Office or bank building Site that is graded with no structures or active use Standard easements
2200 Restaurant-type activity Finance and Insurance Store or shop building Site with temporary structures Other easements
2300 Office activities Real estate, and rental and leasing Office or store building with residence on top
2400 Business, professional, scientific, and technical services Office building over storefronts
2500 Food services Malls, shopping centers, or collection of shops
2600 Personal services Industrial buildings and structures
2700 Pet and animal sales or service (except veterinary) Warehouse or storage facility

3000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
3000 Industrial, manufacturing, and waste-related activities Manufacturing and wholesale trade Public assembly structures Developed site — crops, grazing, forestry, etc. Limited restrictions — leased and other tenancy restrictions
3100 Plant, factory, or heavy goods storage or handling activities Food, textiles, and related products Theater
3200 Solid waste management activities Wood, paper, and printing products Indoor games facility
3300 Construction activities (grading, digging, etc.) Chemicals, and metals, machinery, and electronics manufacturing Sports stadium or arena
3400 Miscellaneous manufacturing Exhibition, convention, or conference structure
3500 Wholesale trade establishment Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, etc.
3600 Warehouse and storage services Capitol buildings
3700 Covered or partially covered atriums and public enclosures
3800 Other community structures
3900 Passenger assembly

4000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
4000 Social, institutional, or infrastructure-related activities Transportation, communication, information, and utilities Institutional or community facilities Developed site — no buildings and no structures Public restrictions — local, state, and federal ownership
4100 School or library activities Transportation services Medical facility Outdoor storage areas, graded or ungraded Local government
4200 Emergency response or public-safety-related activities Communications and information School or university buildings State government
4300 Activities associated with utilities (water, sewer, power, etc.) Utilities and utility services Library building Federal government
4400 Mass storage, inactive Museum, exhibition, or similar facility
4500 Health care, medical, or treatment activities Public safety-related facility
4600 Interment, cremation, or grave digging activities Jails, penitentiaries, detention centers, and other correctional facilities
4700 Military base activities Cemetery, monument, tombstone, or mausoleum
4800 Funeral homes and cremation facilities

5000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
5000 Travel or movement activities Arts, entertainment, and recreation Transportation-related facilities Developed site — nonbuilding structures Other public use restrictions — regional, special districts, etc
5100 Pedestrian movement Performing arts or supporting establishment Linear or network feature Developed site with landscaped or ornamental features Regional government
5200 Vehicular movement Museums and other special purpose recreational institutions Automobile parking facilities Developed site with billboards, signs, etc. Port authorities
5300 Amusement, sports, or recreation establishment Bus stop shelter Developed site with roads, train tracks, and other linear structures Tribal Lands
5400 Trains or other rail movement Camps, camping, and related establishments Bus or truck maintenance facility Developed site with tanks, reservoirs, etc.
5500 Sailing, boating, and other port, marine and water-based activities Natural and other recreational parks Water transportation or marine related
5600 Aircraft takeoff, landing, taxiing, and parking Air and space transportation facility
5700 Spacecraft launching and related activities Railroad facility

6000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
6000 Mass assembly of people Education, public admin., health care, and other inst. Utility and other nonbuilding structures Developed site — with buildings Nonprofit ownership restrictions
6100 Passenger assembly Educational services Utility structures on right-of-way Nonprofit educational
6200 Spectator sports assembly Public administration Water-supply-related facility Nonprofit philanthropic
6300 Movies, concerts, or entertainment shows Other government functions Sewer and waste-related facility Nonprofit religious
6400 Gatherings at fairs and exhibitions Public Safety Gas or electric power generation facility Nonprofit other
6500 Mass training, drills, etc. Health and human services Communication towers
6600 Social, cultural, or religious assembly Religious institutions Environmental monitoring station (air, soil, etc.)
6700 Gatherings at galleries, museums, aquariums, zoological parks, etc. Death care services Sign or billboard
6800 Historical or cultural celebrations, parades, reenactments, etc. Associations, nonprofit organizations, etc.
6900 Other miscellaneous structures

7000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
7000 Leisure activities Construction-related businesses Specialized military structures Developed site — with parks Joint ownership character — public entities
7100 Active leisure sports and related activities Building, developing, and general contracting Joint services facility Local parks and recreational sites
7200 Passive leisure activity Machinery related Air Force facility State, national, or other parks and recreational sites
7300 Flying or air-related sports Special trade contractor Army and marine corps facility
7400 Water sports and related leisure activities Heavy construction Naval facility
7500 Armory building

8000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
8000 Natural resources-related activities Mining and extraction establishments Sheds, farm buildings, or agricultural facilities Not applicable to this dimension Joint ownership character — public, private, nonprofit, etc.
8100 Farming, tilling, plowing, harvesting, or related activities Oil and natural gas Grain silos and other storage structure for grains and agricultural products
8200 Livestock related activities Metals (iron, copper, etc.) Livestock facility
8300 Pasturing, grazing, etc. Coal Animal feed operations facility
8400 Logging Nonmetallic mining Animal waste-handling facility
8500 Quarrying or stone cutting Quarrying and stone cutting establishment Greenhouses
8600 Mining including surface and subsurface strip mining Hatcheries
8700 Drilling, dredging, etc. Kennels and other canine-related facilities
8800 Apiary and other related structures
8900 Other farm and farming-related structures

9000 series

Code Activity Function Structure Site Ownership
9000 No human activity or unclassifiable activity Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting No structure Unclassifiable site development character Not applicable to this dimension
9100 Not applicable to this dimension Crop production Not applicable to this dimension Unclassifiable ownership or restriction on the use
9200 Unclassifiable activity Support functions for agriculture Unclassifiable structure
9300 Subsurface activity Animal production including slaughter Subsurface structures
9400 Forestry and Logging
9500 Fishing, hunting and trapping, game preserves
9900 To be determined Unclassifiable function To be determined To be determined To be determined

Source

Code numbers, category names, and category descriptions on this page are reproduced from the American Planning Association's LBCS standard tables (1 April 2001).

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