Kendig Keast Collaborative partnered with the city of Dayton, TX, in 2018 to combine the city’s ordinances related to land development into a new Unified Development Code. Using enCodePlus to draft this code gave the team access to benefits including auto-updating hyperlinked internal cross-references and pop-up definition links that enhance the user experience. Standard features also include a search tool for users to find specific terms within the code text and an archives page from which users can choose to view historical versions of the code. Once drafting was complete, and the new UDC was adopted in 2019, enCodePlus staff added additional standard and premium features to the portal.
A Quick Tables page collects important regulatory tables in one location. Development calculators help users identify the landscaping, parking, signage, and development yield requirements for individual projects. The Land Use Lookup tool allows users to choose a land use and quickly determine which zoning districts permit that use. The tool links to the city’s zoning map, provided in partnership with ViewPro, to identify those zoning districts by their location within the city.
The city was also very interested in the ability to integrate applications for development projects. Their portal utilizes AppTrak+, enCodePlus’ application tracking solution, that provides a permitting system for application submission, payment, plan review, tracking and issuing permits and approvals. In addition, users can download a variety of application forms directly from the enCodePlus portal to facilitate the application process.
Through a combination of drafting assistance and useful online features, KKC and enCodePlus were able to provide the city of Dayton with an updated, user-friendly Unified Development Code.
Online permitting system for application submission, payment, plan review, tracking and issuing permits and approvals. Includes mapping and reporting capabilities.
