Zoning Layers

Zoning Layers can integrate into your data pipeline and workflow to show how regulatory outcomes affect individual parcels.

WHAT ARE ZONING LAYERS FOR?

Data Integration · Site Selection · User Portals

Geospatial Visualization · Regulatory Analysis

Integrate Zoning Layers into your workflow.

Zoning Layers are perfect for people who want to understand how zoning works in individual parcels. They can be integrated into public-facing or subscriber maps, used for site selection evaluations, and deployed in sophisticated visualizations and analysis.

To build Zoning Layers, we use our Zoning Slices, each a unique geometric combination of base and overlay districts, which compute prevailing regulations. We combine the Slices with your parcel data to produce tailored results. Zoning Layers are priced on a per-variable basis, with tiered pricing for standard variables and premium variables.

  • Information from zoned jurisdictions published to the National Zoning Atlas at the following scales:

    • Jurisdictions

    • Counties

    • Core-Based Statistical Areas (i.e., metropolitan and micropolitan areas)

    • States

    • The parcels (as provided by the client)

      • We suggest Regrid for your parcel needs!

  • It’s up to you! Zoning Layers can include data about a parcel’s:

    • Basic properties, such as its use type

    • Residential use permissions (for 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4+-family housing, and accessory dwelling units)

    • Minimum lot size requirements (for 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4+-family housing)

    • Parking mandates and height caps

    • Treatment of specialized housing types, including:

      • Accessory dwelling units

      • Affordable housing

      • Planned residential developments

    • As well as a range of premium variables shown in the Data Dictionary below.

    • CSV

    • GeoPackage, GeoJSON, or Geodatabase

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Data Dictionary

This data dictionary lists each field used in the Zoning Layers, and includes the field’s format (numeric, integer, logical, character, or date), descriptive name, data example, and description.

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