Best practices help for managing Zoning and other overlay layers that are tied to parcels.

[CatherineAtkinson]

I am working on cleaning up the zoning layer and was looking for input at how others are managing this data. It is usually its own layer however keeping it aligned with the parcels is always a challenge. Has anyone made this a table that is joined by APN or added it as type in a parcel fabric? What do you feel is the best option for accuracy and ease of maintenance. I have not used the joined table functionality much, but this use case seams logical. 

[Dillon_Preston]

If the table has a similar field as the parcel layer then a join could work. If you still need the two separate layers you just do a join to the zoning layer and use the field calculate to update the zoning.