Solutions for Planners

Transform your work with industry-leading planning software

You can do it all – better and more efficiently!

Planners like you are the go-to authority on a variety of topics due to the integral role they play in local government affairs.

Juggling a demanding schedule of intra- and inter-departmental project coordination and the constant flow of inquiries and interruptions can be chaotic.

We get it – we’re planners, too.

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW FAVORITE RESOURCE!

Meet the purpose-built municipal planning and zoning software designed to keep your department moving forward: enCodePlus.

Empower your colleagues, managers, commission and council or board members and citizens find exactly what they need, when they need it, with online access to up-to-date plans, ordinances, development reports and timely information.

Discover the freedom to focus on what’s really important – facilitating informed decisions that result in a well-planned, highly livable and sustainable community.

We’ve created these game-changing tools just for you!

 

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Don't wait another budget year to leverage the power of advanced planning tools.

What do clients say?

When you’ve grown up using enCodePlus, you discover the alternatives don’t measure up!

— Tyler Kent - Assistant Planning Director | Grand Rapids, MI

WebPlan

Our plans are all formatted and posted on our website as PDFs.

How can we make them more useful for online access?

Solution

When you convert to a web-based plan, it becomes both interactive and easy to update, making it exponentially more useful for visitors.
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cloudWriter

We have always used MS Word to write our small area, neighborhood, park and other plans.

What tools are used to create web-based plans like these?

Solution

CloudWriter is designed for this very purpose. Similar to MS Word, it is intuitive to write, web-publish and update any document type in house.
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Zoning Modernization

Our zoning ordinance is hosted by a third-party codifier. It’s not very user-friendly.

How is this platform different?

Solution

enCodePlus offers the latest tools and technology to modernize your ordinance.
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GIS Applications

We already have software and GIS systems in place.

Will your GIS tools be compatible with our system?

Solution

Yes, you will continue to operate as you do now. Through web services or a REST endpoint, we’ll seamlessly connect to your system.
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Document Gallery

We have so many plan documents - both old and new, paper and digital - located in many places on our website.

Is there a way to organize them in a better way?

Solution

With the Document Gallery, you can organize all your plan documents in one place, creating a searchable library with linked and cross-referenced content for easy reading and research.
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Plan Navigator

We have some PDF plans online, but they are lengthy and still a pain to explore.

What can we do to make these PDF-based plans easier to understand?

Solution

Our Plan Navigator Tool organizes the document to help laypersons find information of interest without having to scan the entire document.
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Interactive Summary

We want to build our plan on the web.

How can we make it really engaging?

Solution

An Interactive Summary gives an easy-to-navigate structure to your online plan, making it simple to go directly to the section of interest to the reader.
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Digital Plan

This sounds intriguing.

Can I see an example of a public-friendly, web-based plan with an Interactive Summary?

Solution

Of course! Check out this National APA Daniel Burnham Award-winning plan, published for Greensboro, NC.
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Interactive Web Mapping

Our city uses GIS technology, but our plans do not integrate with it.

Can enCodePlus help us incorporate GIS into our plans in a useful way?

Solution

Yes! Integration of interactive web-mapping technology gives geographic context, painting a broader picture for deeper understanding of a plan.
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Special Features for Planners

Local government planners for small and large cities and rural and urban counties have discovered how easy it is to convert their plans and ordinances to an online interactive format and to amend and republish them as often as needed. Seamlessly integrated documents improve clarity and navigability by cohesively collecting and packaging all planning resources on a uniquely branded website.

It’s easier than ever to keep plans and ordinances up to date?

 

Interactive, Web-Based Plans

Enhance the experience of reading and reviewing your plans, ordinances and other documents with integrated pop-up definitions, hyperlinked references, dynamic tables and illustrations, embedded GIS, development calculators, interactive summaries and more.

 

 

Real-Time Plan Publishing

Publish your plans, ordinances, guidelines, manuals and reports in real time. Even documents generated by other departments or consultants may be seamlessly integrated into this custom-branded platform. Optionally, manage these documents yourself with password-protected administrative access.

 

Collaborative Plan Drafting

Collaborate within and across departments to draft, facilitate comments, and edit documents of any type. Manage versions of drafts and archive former documents, and customize graphics and tables in this intuitive, web-based format. The simplicity and efficiency of the workflow saves time and improves the user experience.

Plan Review & Navigation

Navigate easily among plan documents. Utilize the Plan Navigator to peruse plan policies, identify projects and priorities, and understand future plans for land use, transportation and infrastructure improvements and their timing.

Enhanced Public User Experience

Empower your citizens to find exactly what they need easily and efficiently with the feature-rich, user-friendly public interface.

 

Application Management

Streamline the site plan and subdivision review and approval processes with online application submission, payment, processing and tracking capabilities. Follow the application journey from plan submission and review to approval, permit and construction.

Solutions for Colleagues

Our goal was to create a tool that would serve the needs of every department in local government – one with best-in-class features that would support collaboration and communication. Take a look to see what we created for your colleagues.

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