Cities, counties, and other local municipalities of all sizes across the U.S. use enCodePlus to solve a range of common challenges.
Beaverton, OR
44 Years of Development Code Evolution
When Beaverton, Oregon, first contracted with enCodePlus in 2021 to host their Development Code, they had a big request: to build in a complete historical record of the code, from its initial adoption in 1978 up to the present. enCodePlus staff stepped up to the task, starting with the original 1978 version of the Development Code and codifying more than 600 ordinances to bring it up to date. Each of those ordinances is identified in a history table to allow viewers the opportunity to…
Beaverton, OR
Birmingham, MI
Modernizing Zoning Laws and GIS Mapping for a Small-Town Experience
Birmingham, Michigan, a growing community only 30 minutes outside of Detroit, updated its zoning laws with a commitment to maintain its small-town look and feel. The city’s final objective for a major rewrite project was to develop an accessible portal that would allow users to easily access the Zoning Ordinance. enCodePlus took on the task and worked with the City to codify and publish their newly written regulations. The updated Zoning Ordinance is now hosted online, always current, and loaded…
Birmingham, MI
Borger, TX
Digital Portal for Comprehensive Governance
City planners and administrators know that their work is essential, and their citizens need easy online access to planning resources. In 2020, the city of Borger, TX was due for updates to their Comprehensive Plan, Downtown Revitalization Plan, Parks Master Plan, and Unified Land Development Ordinance (ULDO). They wanted a place online to host all of these documents as well as their full Code of Ordinances and joined with enCodePlus and Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) to complete this project. Over the…
Borger, TX
Butte County, CA
Streamlining Access to Planning and Development
Butte County contains over 1,500 square miles of mountains, foothills, and riverland in northern California. Since much of the population is distributed throughout the area in smaller, rural communities, County staff recognized a need to provide their citizens with easier access to a variety of planning and development documents.
The project began in 2022 with the conversion of the County’s General Plan 2030 into the enCodePlus software system. Since then, we have added:
General Plan 2040
Zoning Ordinance
Subdivision Ordinance
Climate Action Plan…
Butte County, CA
Charleston County, SC
Empowering Citizens: Charleston County’s Zoning Evolution with enCodePlus
Since 2017, Charleston County, SC, has been using enCodePlus to make their Zoning and Land Development Regulations (ZLDR) more accessible to their citizens. When County staff undertook a major update and reorganization of their ZLDR in 2020, enCodePlus helped with the process by creating a project site in which staff could draft text edits and receive public feedback while maintaining a clean version of the existing regulations.
The ZLDR update was completed in 2022. Then, to make the regulations even easier for the…
Charleston County, SC
Chesterfield, VA
Launches Online Planning Department Code Portal, Drafts Future Zoning Ordinance Modification (ZOMOD) in enCodePlus
In 2020 Chesterfield Co, VA launched its Planning Department Code Portal which contains Chapter 17, Subdivision Regulations and Chapter 19.1, Zoning Ordinance of the County’s Code of Ordinances. In this portal, you will find Chesterfield’s Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances presented in an interactive, accessible format created to help citizens, developers, and staff navigate these complex documents with ease. The main menu navigation is set up to allow users to quickly jump to a specific chapter or article, search both documents using…
Chesterfield, VA
Clemson, SC
Partners with enCodePlus to Streamline Access to Code of Ordinances
Since 2017, the city of Clemson, South Carolina has partnered with enCodePlus to make their Code of Ordinances more accessible to their citizens. In the past, the Zoning Ordinance was required to be maintained separately because of its many uniquely formatted tables and use of figures and illustrations that many other online publishers were not able to display properly or update easily. Now, with enCodePlus, the Zoning Ordinance is able to be viewed as its authors intended, and both the City…
Clemson, SC
Colorado Springs, CO
Dynamic Digital Transformation of Colorado Springs’ Unified Development Code
In early 2023, enCodePlus began work on the Unified Development Code (UDC) for the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The city was in the process of updating the UDC and wanted a way to display the code online for better access by users. The portal was initially set up using the 2021 version of their UDC to establish all of its design elements and to provide the public with continued access to the regulations while the new ones were drafted. When the…
Colorado Springs, CO
Copperas Cove, TX
Copperas Cove Updates Code and Creates a Visually-Appealing Portal with enCodePlus
Copperas Cove, TX’s Zoning Navigator takes its readers on a journey through the city’s newly adopted Zoning Ordinance, written in partnership with Kendig Keast Collaborative. From this landing page users can browse Zoning Ordinance chapters by topic, quickly find planning tools like Regulations by District, Quick Tables, and an interactive Zoning Map, and explore the additional planning documents included in the city’s enCodePlus portal.
The city of Copperas Cove has a total of 10 documents fully built out…
Copperas Cove, TX
Covington, KY
Journey from Code Update to User-Friendly Code Portal
In 2019, the staff of Covington, Kentucky, partnered with enCodePlus’ sister company, Kendig Keast Collaborative, to update their Neighborhood Development Code (NDC). One of the goals of the update was to provide for the preservation of the unique development character of their city. enCodePlus staff created a custom-designed code drafting portal that permitted the NDC update to use a more modern form-based format showcasing the diversity of the city through multiple images and an eye-catching layout. During the review process, city…
Covington, KY
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines Revamps Zoning Ordinances with enCodePlus for a Modern and User-Friendly Online Experience
After years of manually updating their Zoning Ordinance and Planning and Design Ordinance in InDesign and then exporting the updates to PDFs for citizens to view online, the staff of Des Moines, Iowa, knew there must be a better way. Many solutions for online ordinance presentations were not suitable for the two- column layout used in the documents. Staff placed a high priority on maintaining the original appearance of the city’s zoning documents and were not willing to compromise…
Des Moines, IA
Dickinson, TX
ArcGIS Urban Transforms Dickinson: Innovative Redevelopment Plan Sparks Renewal
Dickinson is a nearly built-out enclave community nestled amongst several much larger and actively developing communities. It prides itself on being a quiet working-class bedroom community. What commercial development exists in principally along IH 45 with a few smaller businesses sprinkled along SH 3 and FM 517.
In recent years, the community has been ravaged by major storm events cause severe flooding across large portions of the community. This, in turn, led to vacancies and disinvestment in flood prone areas. In particular, at…
Dickinson, TX
Durango, CO
Transforming Durango’s Planning Documents: A User-Friendly Digital Experience with enCodePlus
Durango, a city in southwestern Colorado, first partnered with enCodePlus in 2013 to present the public with an online version of their Land Use and Development Code (LUDC). In 2018, they added the newly adopted 2017 Comprehensive Plan as well as four new design guides for specific areas of the city. Most recently, the Sustainability, Housing, and 2022 Strategic Plans were incorporated.
A series of helpful features make the LUDC more accessible to the public. Quick Tables compiles important tables, such as Land Use…
Durango, CO
Gillette, WY
Zoning Ordinance Update with enCodePlus
The city of Gillette, Wyoming, known as the “energy capital of the nation”, is a town that takes pride in its Wild West heritage. They began working with enCodePlus in 2019, when they needed to update their Zoning Ordinance. enCodePlus provided a solution by creating a dedicated rewrite site in which staff was able to make edits using track changes, easily share edited information with others, and publish drafts for public review.
During the rewrite process, citizens of Gillette have access…
Gillette, WY
Greensboro, NC
Digital Transformation: Greensboro’s Dynamic Code Management
The city of Greensboro, North Carolina enjoys one of enCodePlus’ most engaging portals. Their journey with enCodePlus began in 2014, with the adoption of a new Land Development Ordinance (LDO). Part of the LDO update process included publication online for easier access to the regulations, and enCodePlus was already a frontrunner in the field of online code management. The LDO portal was established with hyperlinked cross- references, pop-up definitions, a Quick Tables area displaying commonly referenced tables, development calculators for estimating…
Greensboro, NC
Grenada County, MS
Build a Better Together 2040 Plan
In 2021, the Greater Grenada Partnership of Grenada County, MS, began preparing their Build Better Together 2040 Comprehensive Plan to ensure their readiness for future growth. They partnered with enCodePlus’ sister company, Kendig Keast Collaborative, to complete the drafting process and implement an online version of the plan. The enCodePlus team helped design the plan for optimal online viewing by adding custom design elements that draw the reader’s attention to important details and enhance the plan’s readability.
When the plan…
Grenada County, MS
Grimes, IA
Modernizes Code of Ordinances, Comprehensive Plan, and Other Documents with enCodePlus
After months of searching for a comprehensive solution to display and update their regulatory documents, the City of Grimes partnered with enCodePlus to build their vision. Several documents were made accessible and interactive online, including:
• Code of Ordinances
• Zoning Regulations
• Comprehensive Plan 2018 Update • Visual Design Guidelines
• Heritage PUD
A plan navigator was created to help users explore the Comprehensive Plan 2018 Update. Development Calculators were also built and calibrated based on the Zoning Regulation. The site was launched at the end…
Grimes, IA
Guilford County, NC
Unified County Code in Guilford County, NC
Seeing an opportunity to improve their code management capabilities, the Guilford County team chose the enCodePlus platform to create a portal where citizens and staff can view and interact with important County documents including the Unified County Code and the Unified Development Ordinance among others. With enhanced features like the development calculators for landscaping and parking Guilford County is stepping into the future of code management. Here is a full list of documents available through this new portal:
County Area…
Guilford County, NC
Harrisburg, NC
The Evolution of Harrisburg’s Unified Development Ordinance and Code of Ordinances
In 2020, the town of Harrisburg, NC, partnered with Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) to update their existing Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). They drafted the new language in the enCodePlus system, which let all editors work in the same version of the document using track changes and create attractive publications for draft review. The new UDO was adopted in 2021 and went live in its enCodePlus portal, along with an interactive GIS map, a Land Use Lookup for finding uses permissible by zoning…
Harrisburg, NC
Hermosa Beach, CA
Revolutionizing Document Presentation: Hermosa Beach’s Journey to Interactive Planning with enCodePlus
In 2021, Hermosa Beach sought a new online space to host their planning and zoning documents. In particular, they had struggled to find a way to present their comprehensive plan, PLAN Hermosa, in an interactive format that also displayed its carefully considered design elements. This plan, originally created in Adobe InDesign, finally found its home in enCodePlus due to the software’s flexible design capabilities. City and enCodePlus staff collaborated to capture the original document’s unique flow and design elements…
Hermosa Beach, CA
Johnston, IA
Johnston, IA Brings Code of Ordinances Online, Launches New Development Application Intake Powered by enCodePlus
Leadership in Johnston, IA began looking for an accessible, user-focused approach to displaying their Code of Ordinances, with a particular focus on making the Zoning and Subdivision Regulations easy to view, download, and print. Staff had an additional item they wanted to address: their current management system for development applications was outdated and under-utilized.
After partnering with enCodePlus to launch a new Code of Ordinances portal, city staff worked closely with the ECP team to customize and launch a development…
Johnston, IA
Kenton County, KY
Kenton County’s Zoning Evolution: Managing Multiple Versions of a Base Code in enCodePlus
Kenton County, Kentucky is a unique client for enCodePlus with over 20 distinct sites contained within the overall County portal. These sites encompass 18 individual city Zoning Ordinances (including links to the City of Covington, which had an enCodePlus site prior to this County project) and three Zoning Ordinance and Regulations documents for the County as a whole.
Each city in the County is undergoing the process of updating their Zoning Ordinances based on an outline referred to as the Z21 Blueprint…
Kenton County, KY
King’s Mountain, NC
The Story of Kings Mountain, NC’s Unified Ordinance Journey with enCodePlus
In 2020, the City of Kings Mountain, NC, partnered with enCodePlus and Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) to host their existing Code of Ordinances and create a new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) based on the Land Usage regulations and the Comprehensive Plan goals. By using the enCodePlus system for both projects, the City was able to provide a coherent branding experience for users referencing the existing regulations and reviewing the new ones. Additionally, working within the enCodePlus editor allowed collaborators on the…
King’s Mountain, NC
Lenexa, KS
Navigating City Code with enCodePlus since 2014!
Since 2014, the city of Lenexa, Kansas, has been using enCodePlus to host their City Code and Policies, creating easy access to their most important planning documents: City Code (including a Unified Development Code), Charter Ordinances, Administrative Policy Manual, and Governing Body Policies. Their portal provides a convenient place to explore one or more of these documents as needed.
Each document contains hyperlinked cross-references and definitions to elevate the user’s understanding of the code. The portal’s search feature further…
Lenexa, KS
Lincoln, NE
Joint Efforts Put Code and Regulation Access Within Citizen’s Reach
The staff at Lincoln-Lancaster County began a search in late 2017 to find a solution to keeping their regulatory documents up-to-date. Solutions at the time would have them waiting three to six months for ordinance updates to reach their publicly accessible copies. Partnering with enCodePlus proved groundbreaking for the second most populous county in the great state of Nebraska. The citizens of Lincoln-Lancaster County, now have six online and fully accessible documents including:
• Lincoln City Charter
• Lincoln Municipal Code
• Design Standards…
Lincoln, NE
Littleton, CO
The Littleton Project
Background
Littleton’s historic downtown has done well to preserve its charm in spite of its overly permissive zoning ordinance. During development of their Unified Land Use Code, the zoning regulations for downtown were rewritten and their design guidelines were replaced with more definitive standards. The public eye was watching closely over this process to ensure the quality character was maintained and strengthen. The use of ArcGIS Urban was central to evaluating the effects of the proposed new regulations.
Problem…
Littleton, CO
Los Gatos, CA
Empowering Public Access: enCodePlus’ Impact on Los Gatos’ 2040 General Plan
When the Town of Los Gatos chose enCodePlus to host their 2040 General Plan in 2022, they were interested in ways to make the plan more attractive and accessible to the public. To this end, they utilized the Quick Tables, Custom Indexing, and Site Navigator features. The Quick Tables feature pulls together all of the tables and figures from the plan into a centralized location with easy-to-navigate tabs. Custom Indexing compiles goals and policies into exportable, topic-focused pages. For Los Gatos, these…
Los Gatos, CA
Loudoun County, VA
Loudoun County, VA: Implementing Three Iterations of Zoning Ordinance Online Alongside the Development of a Modern Zoning Ordinance
Launched in 2020, the new interactive Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance portal contains the adopted land use and design standards. Citizens, developers, and staff can use this portal to find information on the development review process, zoning, overlay districts, and other development standards. The staff at Loudoun County partnered with enCodePlus (ECP) to create a space for all development-related information linked in the main menu navigation under “Useful Links” and a self-help “How Do I?” section. Here are the documents available through…
Loudoun County, VA
Lubbock, TX
Journey with enCodePlus and Kendig Keast Collaborative
In 2019, the city of Lubbock, TX, chose enCodePlus’ sister company, Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC), to rewrite portions of their existing Code of Ordinances and reorganize them into a Unified Development Code (UDC). The capabilities of the enCodePlus system to integrate form-based regulations and handle the entire drafting process, from outline through the editing and public commenting process to adoption, made it the perfect choice for this project. The new UDC was adopted in 2023.
Additional features on the enCodePlus portal help…
Lubbock, TX
Madera County, CA
Showcasing Success: Madera County’s enCodePlus Journey in Document Accessibility and User Experience
Madera County in central California is an excellent example of enCodePlus’ ability to host and navigate a large number of documents. Over the course of several months in 2021, we converted the County’s Development Ordinance (comprised of Titles 16, 17, and 18 of the County Code of Ordinances), General Plan, Standard Plans and Specifications, and 10 Specific Area Plans into the enCodePlus software system. In addition to the interactive web versions of these documents, eReaders for the Development Ordinance, General Plan, and Standard Plans…
Madera County, CA
Manhattan, KS
Modernizing Manhattan, KS: A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Development Ordinances
In February of 2017, the city of Manhattan, KS partnered with Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) to create a new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that would replace their previous Ordinance. The primary goals of that project were to simplify the previous regulations and align the zoning districts with the Comprehensive Plan. To facilitate the drafting process, two enCodePlus sites were created: one to house the then-existing UDO and one to serve as a project site for KKC and City staff to create…
Manhattan, KS
Menifee, CA
Menifee, CA: Planning and Zoning Management
The Menifee, CA team had a clear image in mind when they decided to update their Planning and Zoning Title, this monumental project included an online presentation system for the newly updated code. enCodePlus was chosen to help bring this code online for the masses to access, the final product you see today was created in two phases.
The first phase brought Title 9: Planning and Zoning online in an interactive and easy-to-use platform. This code later went on to win…
Menifee, CA
Merced County, CA
Enhancing Accessibility: Merced County Utilizes enCodePlus for User-Friendly Zoning Ordinance Access
Since 2016, the largely rural region of Merced County has been using enCodePlus to make their Zoning Ordinance more accessible to their citizens. The software system allows for the convenient presentation of Title 17, Subdivisions, and Title 18, Zoning Code, separately from the rest of their Code of Ordinances. An eReader is provided for users who prefer to read the documents in a book-like format. In addition, a variety of links to other plans and resources help users find the information they need…
Merced County, CA
Merriam, KS
Merriam, Kansas: Streamlining Ordinances for Small-Town Success with enCodePlus
Merriam, Kansas, located near Kansas City, has been hosting their Code of Ordinances with enCodePlus since 2020. As a city that prides itself on its small-town charm, staff appreciate having the Code of Ordinances conveniently accessible online for their planners and citizens, along with documents such as the fee schedule and several permit applications, which they keep in their enCodePlus Document Library and have available to download through the portal’s main menu. One of the reasons Merriam’s staff chose…
Merriam, KS
Oklahoma City, OK
How OKC Leverages enCodePlus to Roll Out Major Planning Updates
In 2019, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma began the process of reorganizing their Zoning and Planning Code into a Unified Development Code (UDC) based on the goals of their 2017 Comprehensive Plan, planokc. They partnered with two consultant firms, Kendig Keast Collaborative and White & Smith, LLC Planning and Law Group, to complete this project. They began drafting the update in 2020 using enCodePlus’ CloudWriter and Citizen Engagement features, which allowed them to collaboratively write regulations and receive public comments in a dedicated project website…
Oklahoma City, OK
Pleasant Hill, IA
Online, Interactive Code of Ordinances Portal Aids Pleasant Hill, IA Municipal Staff with Citizen Requests
As a smaller community, the City of Pleasant Hill was in need of a broad solution that not only allowed staff to display and update their Code of Ordinances (COO), but also one that helped staff meet community needs. After noticing how much time was required by office staff to provide developers, engineers, and everyday citizens with COO-related info, the staff knew it was time for a change. In the Fall of 2019, Pleasant Hill partnered with enCodePlus to build an…
Pleasant Hill, IA
Prince George’s County, MD
Prince George's County Launches New Development Codes in an Interactive Format
In early 2022, Prince George’s County teamed up with enCodePlus to host and manage their newly adopted development documents. PGC was looking for a way to make their development regulations come to life in a format that could capture these vital documents’ design and layout intricacies. The staff at PGC also wanted to bring in the former development regulations so they could be used for historical research using the ECP native search function. Hosted documents include:
Subtitle 24, Subdivision Regulations
Subtitle…
Prince George’s County, MD
Richmond, TX
Discover Richmond’s Digital Success with enCodePlus
Since 2014, the city of Richmond, TX has hosted their Unified Development Code (UDC) with enCodePlus. They were drawn to the user-friendly appearance and standard features of the portal, which include hyperlinked internal cross-references, hyperlinked definitions, collaborative drafting capability, and search functionality.
Over the years, Richmond’s portal has expanded to include a Public Infrastructure Design Manual, and they are currently in the process of drafting their 2040 Comprehensive Plan using the CloudWriter software in partnership with Kendig Keast Collaborative. In addition…
Richmond, TX
San Ramon, CA
San Ramon, CA: Developing an Online General Plan
Public accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance for plan and regulatory documents have recently become major points of concern for local planners in California. As leadership in San Ramon looked to move their Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance into a more interactive and easy-to-update format, they realized the same could be done for their 2035 General Plan.
The scope of this project included:
A complete conversion of their 400-page General Plan document to the enCodePlus cloud publishing software
Design…
San Ramon, CA
Savannah, GA
Innovative Approach to Transparent Governance with enCodePlus
As part of their commitment to government transparency, the city of Savannah, Georgia, was searching for the best way to make their Code of Ordinances available to the public. They chose enCodePlus to host their code in 2019 because of the array of additional features available to ease the public’s accessibility and understanding of these complex municipal and planning regulations.
One of the many features aiding public use of the Code of Ordinances is the Regulations by District tool. This…
Savannah, GA
Sioux City, IA
Upgrades Technology and Creates Award-Winning Zoning and Sign Code
In 2013, our parent firm, Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC), was hired by the city to create a Zoning and Sign Code (ZSC). Their goal was to find a solution for implementing the city’s plans, integrating the design guidelines in the form of deliberate standards, sustainable development practices, better-accommodating infill and redevelopment projects, protecting the value and integrity of existing neighborhoods, and organizing it in a manner that is easier to understand and use.
During this writing process, enCodePlus was chosen…
Sioux City, IA
Somerville, MA
Leaps into Digital Document Management, Provides Access for All
In 2022, city staff in Somerville, MA decided to convert their Zoning Ordinance into an enCodePlus portal, with the intent of adding additional documents over time. They were drawn to the system’s versatile branding options and features that would make their documents more accessible to the public.
The Zoning Ordinance has all of the standard features, such as auto-updating hyperlinked internal cross- references, pop-up definitions, and search capability, plus premium features including Development Calculators, Content Assembler, GeoZone mapping tools, and…
Somerville, MA
Travis County, TX
A Case Study in Streamlining Processes and Enhancing Accessibility
Travis County, home to Texas’ capital city of Austin, knows well the impact of technology on government processes. Staff there are constantly in touch not only with their local legislature but that of Texas as a whole. They understand how keeping digital records helps them streamline internal processes, maintain an eco-friendly storage system, and allow the public easier access to their local laws. They also know the value of keeping things simple. Their enCodePlus portal contains just the County Code…
Travis County, TX
Virginia DEQ, VA
Journey to an Interactive Stormwater Management Handbook
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) partnered with enCodePlus in 2023 to finalize and host their Stormwater Management Handbook. The Handbook was undergoing a major update involving a large team of collaborators, and the drafting tools available in enCodePlus’ CloudWriter would prove to be especially useful. Handbook editors are able to provide comments on specific portions of text and use track changes to draft new language that can be viewed in real time in one location without needing to keep…
Virginia DEQ, VA
Washington, DC
Commits to Zoning Regulation Transparency, Launches "Unofficial" Online Portal
Document versioning issues exacerbated by the increasing need for textual edits sent Washington, DC, planning staff in search of a more tailored solution for regulation management. DC partnered with enCodePlus (ECP) in the winter of 2019 to migrate Title 11, Zoning, into an interactive format that would allow staff to make proposed edits and submit them to the public/stakeholder for comments without all the versioning issues typically created by using MS Word files.
Before using the ECP platform, the DC staff…
Washington, DC
Winter Park, CO
Sustainable Development Code Overhaul
Winter Park, Colorado, is a beautiful town in the Rocky Mountains that is home to just over 1,000 permanent residents and a high influx of visitors during peak vacation times. Residents and visitors alike love the natural mountain landscape, and when the town needed to update their Unified Development Code (UDC) in 2019, they made integrating development with the natural surroundings a key goal of the project. They then made the eco-friendly choice to partner with Kendig Keast Collaborative and enCodePlus, which…