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From Plan to Permit.

Built to empower engineers, architects, developers, and cities. Ask anything about a set of plans, and get back an answer based on facts.

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Existing conditions

The requirements are in one document. The design is in another.

Review means moving between them by hand, page by page, sheet by sheet, dimension by dimension.

An ordinance is built up over decades, amended and cross-referenced, and every part of it is there for a reason. Finding every requirement that applies takes time. Being certain none were missed takes longer.

Projects wait on both.

Sequence of work

Three steps, from sheet to citation.

01

Upload the plan set.

Then any ordinances that govern it. Zoning, subdivision, stormwater, floodplain, accessibility, DOT standards, whatever applies.

02

Ask it anything.

Ask your question the way you would ask a colleague. Setbacks, buffer yards, sight triangles, overflow routes, and whatever else the set has to answer for.

03

Get an answer based on facts.

Every applicable requirement, where it came from, what is required, what the plan provides, and the evidence marked clearly on the sheet.

The ask

Ask it the way you would a colleague.

Free text, no template, no vocabulary to learn. Type the question you actually have.

Ask

Sample finding

Every answer, evidenced.

One question, answered in full. Every requirement it reaches, what the plan does about each, and the place on the sheet the number was taken from.

R-2 Residential District Partially Complies
Question

Does the building comply with the applicable front and rear setbacks?

C-3 · SITE PLAN ADJOINING LOT · ZONED R-2 N 88°12'40" E · 130.00' 506 504 MAPLE AVENUE 50' R.O.W. 25'-0" MIN. FRONT YARD PROPOSED BUILDING FFE 505.50 30'-0" MIN. REAR YARD 32.4' 1 24.7' 2 N 0 25 50 FT
Sheet C-3, Site Plan — both yards measured from the building face to the lot line at the closest point between the two. The slice of building inside the required rear yard is hatched.
1 Requirement 1 Complies

§ 405.2 Front Yard Setback (R-2 Residential District), minimum 25 ft from the street right-of-way

Required25 ft Provided32.4 ftMeasured

Zoning Ordinance, Table 3 · p. 42
Front yard, minimum: 25

2 Requirement 2 Does Not Comply

§ 405.4 Rear Yard Setback (R-2 Residential District), minimum 30 ft to the rear lot line

Required30 ft Provided24.7 ftMeasured

Zoning Ordinance, Table 3 · p. 42
Rear yard, minimum: 30

Draft commentPer § 405.4, provide the required 30 ft rear yard; 24.7 ft is shown. Revise the layout, or submit evidence of granted relief.

Show your work

A result you cannot check is not a result.

Every measurement, visible

The required value, the measured value, and how the number was established: measured from the plan geometry, read off the sheet, or taken from the applicant’s own report.

Every requirement, cited

The section, the ordinance language quoted verbatim, the document, and the page it sits on. Open the source and read it yourself.

It says when it cannot say

When the governing code is not in front of it, the answer is that the code is missing, not a guess dressed up as a finding.

So the places people need get approved sooner, and built right.

Private beta

Bring a plan set.

Civilytics is in private beta with a small number of firms, developers, and review offices. Tell us what you review, and we will be in touch.