Control feature layer drawing order | Esri Leaflet

You can define a pane to control the order in which feature layers are drawn. This allows you more cartographic control over the rendering of layers beyond typical tile, polygon, and point ordering.
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    <script>
      const accessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";

      const map = L.map("map").setView([45.5384, -122.6695], 14);

      L.esri.Vector.vectorBasemapLayer("arcgis/navigation", {
        token: accessToken
      }).addTo(map);

      const neighborhoodsUrl = "https://www.portlandmaps.com/arcgis/rest/services/Public/Zoning/MapServer/32";
      const buildingFootprintsUrl = "https://www.portlandmaps.com/arcgis/rest/services/Public/Basemap_Color_Buildings/MapServer/0";
      const blockPointsUrl = "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census/MapServer/0";

      // create a map pane for neighborhoods
      map.createPane("neighborhoods");

      // Define the created pane when creating the feature layer
      L.esri
        .featureLayer({
          url: neighborhoodsUrl,
          pane: "neighborhoods"
        })
        .addTo(map);

      // Panes are added to the map in order - this pane will be sit on top of 'neighborhoods'
      map.createPane("footprints");

      L.esri
        .featureLayer({
          url: buildingFootprintsUrl,
          pane: "footprints",
          style: function () {
            return { color: "white", weight: 0, fillOpacity: 1 };
          }
        })
        .addTo(map);

      map.createPane("blockpoints");

      // for point GeoJSON, Leafet expects custom panes to be returned in pointToLayer()
      L.esri
        .featureLayer({
          url: blockPointsUrl,
          pointToLayer: function (geojson, latlng) {
            return L.circleMarker(latlng, {
              pane: "blockpoints",
              color: "green"
            });
          }
        })
        .addTo(map);
    </script>
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