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AI agent for urban planners

Zoning Text Amendment Consistency Agent

A zoning amendment draft free of internal conflicts and consistent with the comprehensive plan

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Zoning Text Amendment Consistency Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

When a city changes its zoning code, such as allowing accessory dwelling units, the new text must fit with definitions, use tables, parking rules and the comprehensive plan. Small gaps lead to permits nobody can issue. This agent reads the draft amendment and finds every section that uses its terms and uses. It checks definitions, use tables and standards for conflicts, and compares the amendment with comprehensive plan policies, listing those that support or oppose it. Any term defined two ways is an error. If any conflict or missing update remains, it sends the issue list to the planner and re-checks the edited draft. It then drafts consistency findings for the staff report. Staff and the planning commission decide the content. Edge case: a term defined differently in the subdivision code is flagged as a cross-code conflict.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Draft amendment saved 2 USES A TOOL Find all sections that use the terms and uses in theamendment 3 DOES Check definitions, use tables and standards forconflicts 4 USES A TOOL Compare the amendment with comprehensive planpolicies 5 CHECKS THE RESULT Are there zero conflicts and missing updates? If not: send the issue list to the planner and re-checkthe edited draft. Back to step 2. 6 DOES Draft the consistency findings for the staff report 7 YOU APPROVE Planning staff approve for commission hearing 8 RESULT Clean amendment and findings
Read the steps as a list
  1. Draft amendment saved
  2. Find all sections that use the terms and uses in the amendment
  3. Check definitions, use tables and standards for conflicts
  4. Compare the amendment with comprehensive plan policies
  5. Are there zero conflicts and missing updates?If not: send the issue list to the planner and re-check the edited draft. Back to step 2.
  6. Draft the consistency findings for the staff report
  7. Planning staff approve for commission hearingThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Clean amendment and findings

How it decides

Every term, use and standard in the amendment is traced to all places it appears. Any mismatch or untouched dependent section is reported.

  • Any term defined two ways is an error
  • Use tables must match new permissions
  • Plan policies supporting or opposing are listed

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Codes to include in the search
  • Plan policies to test against
  • Issue severity levels
  • Output format for staff report

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Planning staff approve the draft for hearing
  • Commission and council decide adoption

Hard limits

  • Does not decide policy
  • Never publishes notices

It stops when

  • Done: no open conflicts
  • Stop: amendment scope not set

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensAn ADU amendment allowed units in R-1 and R-2. The agent found the use table still listed ADUs as 'not permitted' in R-2, parking required 2 spaces per dwelling with no ADU exception, and the subdivision code defined 'dwelling unit' differently. The check failed, so it sent the list to planner Mark Ellis. After his edits on Oct 2, the re-check passed and staff approved it for the hearing.

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