Use Allowance & Requirements Report
Every district in the jurisdiction, scored for your use and dimensioned for your building. The pre-screen that answers both questions before you commit to a site.
Two determinations, one file
A prototype building has a footprint, a height, and a parking demand. A district either accommodates it or does not. This report resolves both halves of that question across the whole jurisdiction.
- Every zoning district scored: permitted, conditional, prohibited
- Authorizing ordinance section for each determination
- Approval body and standard for each conditional district
- Overlay districts that modify the base answer
- Setbacks, lot coverage, and floor area ratio by district
- Height and density limits, with story caps where they apply
- Parking ratios for your use, district by district
- Minimum lot area and frontage requirements
Ordered as a Jurisdiction Use Allowance Report plus separate dimensional work, the same scope runs higher and arrives as two documents on two clocks. This is the same analysis in one file, on one turnaround, at one price.
Questions commonly asked
Direct answers, the ones we get on calls.
- A prototype is enough — footprint, height, and the use. Single-tenant retail, quick-service restaurant, and small-format grocery developers usually have one. Without it we report the district standards as written, which is still useful but leaves you to do the fit test.
- That report answers the use question alone. This adds the dimensional standards for every district, so you can rule out districts where the use is permitted but your building will not fit. That combination is the actual screen.
- No. It works at the district level, which is where the ordinance works. Pair it with a district map and your own site list; when a candidate emerges, order a parcel-level report on it.
- No — one report is one adopting jurisdiction. A metro is priced per city. We will give you the jurisdiction count and the total when we scope the quote, usually the same business day.
Often ordered with the combined jurisdiction report
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Request a same day quote with clear pricing and turnaround. Most reports are completed within five to ten business days once required documents are received.