UrbanForm is zoning de-coded.
UrbanForm serves zoning and building information to architects, real estate developers, and municipalities.
Providing clarity and confidence as quickly as possible.
UrbanForm's online zoning maps, structured data, and verified links make access to authoritative information efficient, accurate, and verifiable, giving you decisive information in seconds—not weeks.
Trusted by architects, developers, planners, and municipalities.
Uses AI to apply and display only the relevant regulations
Mobile or desktop with no software to download
Easy online map interface
Instant Detailed Reports
Our mission:
better buildings, cities, and environments
UrbanForm was built by architects, engineers, and planners to provide instant, easy access to what was one of the most complex, confusing, and inaccessible aspects of building design and development—the zoning.
Merging data from across multiple types of media, from various sources, calculating formulas, and locating site specifics automatically, UrbanForm can get everyone on the same page faster.
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Focus on feasibility, consensus-building, and design, not on internet hunting-and-pecking
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Avoid errors and omissions that can jeopardize projects, relationships, and trust
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Automate the documentation, sourcing, take-offs, and calculating of parcel and zoning information.
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Focus efforts on problem-solving, design, and consensus building
How UrbanForm works
UrbanForm manages the process of sourcing, parsing, calculating, and documenting the relevant zoning regulations and building information—replacing a hodgepodge of manual and analog processes with one click.
Our AI technology, in conjunction with professional analysts, create our datasets to serve the professionals who depend on accurate zoning information.
Automatically generated, clickable links to the source documents save hours of sourcing, reading, cross-referencing, and documenting, allowing easy verification and deeper research.
Search by address or by interactive map
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Accessible from any web browser
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No software to download
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Mobile friendly
Review the applied zoning
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FAR
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Height limits
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Setbacks
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Lot coverage
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All adjustments from overlays, adjacencies, and other location-based dependencies applied
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Resulting MaxBuild statistics
Download Reports instantly
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PDF format
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Vector site maps
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Satellite imagery
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All detailed zoning information
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Useful for valuation, feasibility, coordination, and collaboration
Search, filter, and sort
Search, filter, and sort by:
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zone designation
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maximum gross square footage allowed
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minimum height limits
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allowable uses
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lot dimensions
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lot type (such as corner, thru, etc.)
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many other parameters
Accurate zoning information, instantly available, to facilitate development, design, and construction work
Every single construction project in the US requires accurate zoning information: for project development and feasibility, architecture and design, and permitting and compliance.
Previously, this information required hours-to-weeks worth of document discovery, interpretation, reference-checks, and CAD drafting. Now, with UrbanForm, this same information can be obtained instantly.
This allows the people who build our buildings and cities to get started faster, manage their projects better, spend less time reading arcane documents, and think more creatively about the future of our built environment.
Map-based interface
Detailed Sources and References
Bonuses and Restrictions Explained
What Our Customers Say
“UrbanForm gets you to that first level of understanding, with the information you need, much faster than anything else. It's about information management; UrbanForm is indispensable at this point.”
Jonah Gamblin, Principal, Design Research Office
Explore Our Plans and Subscriptions
Ready for instant access to advanced zoning and building information? Free or paid subscriptions are available to provide the right amount of information to advance your work. Custom subscriptions, data plans, and firm-wide access options are available upon request.
for a single property
197
$
One-time
Single Report
For those who need one-time detailed zoning and building information about a single property
Detailed, site-specific zoning info, in PDF format
Zoning explanations, calcs, and source links
Static satellite maps, vector maps, and illustrations
FAR, height limits, setbacks, coverage limits, and unit mins/maxs detailed
Custom plans available
Pro
Best for Architects and Real Estate Professionals who need frequent access to detailed and advanced zoning and building info
Detailed, site-specific zoning info, available online
Zoning explanations, calcs, and source links available online
Interactive satellite maps, vector maps, and illustrations
FAR, height limits, setbacks, coverage limits, and unit mins/maxs detailed online
Includes 5 free reports / month
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