Parcel Fabric Clip tool Enhancement
Enhancement Request: Add a Remainder Parcel Record Assignment Option to the Clip Tool for Parcel Fabric Workflows
Our organization provides authoritative parcel data in Ontario to hundreds of downstream clients. We are requesting an enhancement to the Clip geoprocessing tool so that, when used on Parcel Fabric features, it provides a toggle or parameter to control which Record the remainder parcel is assigned to (either the remainder’s original Record or the new Record being created).
As an example, in Ontario, survey plans frequently involve subdividing part of an existing block. When a new subdivision plan clips out a portion of a larger parent block, the portion removed is assigned to the new plan/record, but the remainder parcel (the portion of the block that has not been impacted by the newly integrated subdivision plan) must retain its association with its original Record.
Example Case:
A new subdivision plan (55M-646) supersedes/clips a portion of Block 60, Plan 55M-520.
The clipped portion becomes new subdivision lots under 55M-646.
The remainder portion of Block 60 must remain under Plan 55M-520, and the description for the plan would be updated as “Block 60, save and except 55M-646”.
Without a remainder assignment option, editors must manually fix the record assignment, creating additional steps and room for errors. As attribute rules will also be in place in the environment, this will also involve additional attribution cleanup triggered by the traditional assignment functionality of the Clip tool.
We are requesting that a new parcel fabric-aware parameter/toggle/etc. be added to the Clip tool when used on parcel fabric features.
Clip (Remainder) Parcel Record Assignment Options:
- Assign remainder back to its original record
- Assign remainder to new/active record (this is the current behaviour)
This option would support common cadastral and subdivision workflows used in Ontario and many other jurisdictions. Implementing this enhancement would:
- Preserve correct parcel lineage without additional manual cleanup or custom workarounds
- Reduce editing time in plan integration workflows (due to said custom workarounds)
- Maintain data quality and integrity across fabric edits, especially in scenarios where mappers may forget to assign the remainder to the original record
- Support required patterns of parcel management in the least number of workflow steps as possible
A remainder-record assignment option would significantly streamline parcel editing in the Parcel Fabric for organizations working with record-driven cadastral workflows, especially in jurisdictions like ours where legal plans strictly define parcel lineage.
