Shaping the Future of Leesburg: Kendig Keast Collaborative to Implement enCodePlus for Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
Kendig Keast Collaborative implements enCodePlus planning and zoning software platform to rewrite the Town of Leesburg, VA’s Zoning Ordinance.
3D Printed Housing – Embracing the Emerging Concept of 3D Printed Buildings
Learn about 3D printed housing. It’s a sustainable, affordable and durable trend that’s here to stay.
Ghost Kitchens: Not as Scary as They Sound!
Learn about the unique zoning challenges ghost kitchens and other businesses that never interact with the public present for zoning regulations and the solutions cities are implementing to accommodate these businesses. From industrial zoning districts to relaxed interpretation of business categories, we take a closer look at how cities are adapting to this new trend.
Zoning for Artisan Manufacturing Uses
See how communities are zoning for artisan manufacturing to help promote small business and shopping local.
Zoning for People, Planet and Profits
By zoning for sustainability, communities can help meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Craft Development Codes to Solve the Housing Crisis
The housing crisis is no longer confined to large coastal regions. Here’s how to craft development codes to help correct the nation’s housing disparity.
Why Build Smart Parking Garages?
The trend away from traditional gas guzzlers and toward non-carbon-based fuel is going to require the development of smart parking garages.
Regulating Short Term Rentals: Knock Knock… No one’s home!
In August, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans held that a city cannot ban non-resident owners from renting out their homes for short term rentals (STR). It found that found the rule violated the Dormant Commerce clause as it discriminated against out-of-state actors.
The Benefits of Bufferyards: A Sea of Green
By providing parking lot trees and site landscape, you not only provide an aesthetically pleasing environment that increases the value of your property, but a bufferyard also creates a more desirable destination.
Activating the Backs of Businesses Facing Trails
A review of the best ways to activate backs of businesses with double frontages and trails are part of the fabric of the community.
Frontage Types Promote Mixed-Use Suburbs
Mixed-use development should integrate residential and nonresidential land uses to make efficient use of space to calm traffic and tame sprawl patterns.
Easy-to-Use Tools for Right-Sizing Drive-Thru Parking and Stacking Requirements
Drive-thrus like Taco Bell Defy need to determine the appropriate amount of parking spaces and stacking room required to ensure efficient site design. enCodePlus offers tools like tables, graphics and calculators to help articulate and calculate requirements for parking and stacking.
Q&A: Planning and Zoning Practices for Better Affordability and Equity
A conversation with planning and zoning industry veteran Bret C. Keast, AICP. We sat down with BRET C. KEAST, AICP, president and CEO of Kendig Keast Collaborative and its subsidiary, enCodePlus, to discuss his thoughts on zoning reform: planning and zoning practices for better affordability and equity.
enCodePlus Adds Powerful Navigation Feature To Web-Based Platform for Plans and Zoning Ordinances
enCodePlus, the most advanced online planning and zoning software available in the United States, has recently launched Site Navigator, a new tool that organizes plans and zoning ordinances for easy access by the public.
How To Budget for a Plan or Code Update
Learn from the experts how to create a rock-solid budget for a plan or code update.
Advanced Technology Transforms the Planning and Zoning Process
Successful collaborative drafting in the cloud may seem like a lofty goal when experience points to substantial challenges. Conflicting, disjointed versions of documents revised by multiple parties. Confusing track-changes upon track-changes. Imperfect document-merge processes that never work as intended. All collaboration nightmares. As communities move toward digital planning and zoning, there are tools to mitigate these challenges.
The Planning Tool of the Future for Municipal Planning and Zoning Consultants
Municipal planning and zoning consultants across the country are discovering an amazing, innovative tool to win planning projects… enCodePlus municipal planning and zoning software represents a new approach for municipal planning and zoning consultants looking for efficiency, full system integration, ease of use, and an undeniable edge on the competition.
Superior Collaborative Drafting in the Cloud, Powered By enCodePlus
Innovative municipal planning and zoning software offers a fully functional, integrated collaboration platform, created specifically to address the unique challenges of municipal planners and planning consultants. Collaborative drafting in the cloud is possible! The enCodePlus municipal planning and zoning software effectively accomplishes what other programs fail to do.