THE ENTITLEMENT TRUST LAYER · AUSTIN FEASIBILITY PILOT NOW OPEN

Know What Controls the Site. Before You Commit Capital.

LocalCode converts municipal code, ordinances, cross-references, and overlays into source-pinned feasibility rules your team can verify before underwriting, design, or permit strategy begins.

Instead of asking an AI to summarize the code, LocalCode returns the rule contract: what applies, where it came from, what evidence supports it, and whether it is safe to calculate.

Every finding links back to the controlling section, source ordinance, and rule logic that produced it.

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GENERIC AI ANSWER

Plausible text. No rule contract.

{
  "answer": "You can probably build a small-lot home here.",
  "max_height": "35 ft",
  "min_lot_size": "maybe 1,800 sf",
  "source": "Austin zoning code",
  "confidence": "high"
}

⚠ No source ordinance · No evidence · No answerability state

LOCALCODE RULE CONTRACT

Source-pinned. Evidence-linked. Calculation-aware.

{
  "citation": "§ 25-2-779",
  "title": "Small Lot Single-Family Residential Use",
  "rule_type": "development_standard",
  "standard": "minimum_lot_area",
  "value": { "amount": 1800, "unit": "sq_ft" },
  "corpus_status": "test",
  "source_section_url": "/austin/ldc/25-2-779",
  "source_ordinances": ["Ord. 20240516-006", "Ord. 20041118-057"],
  "evidence_status": "linked",
  "answer_state": "demo_only"
}

✓ Source-pinned · Evidence-linked · Demo-safe

View sources:Austin Municode § 25-2-779 LocalCode Section View Ord. 20240516-006 Ord. 20041118-057

Source-Backed Findings

Every Feasibility Finding Needs a Source

A setback, use permission, overlay constraint, or density limit is only useful if the team can verify where it came from. LocalCode ties each finding back to the controlling code text, source ordinance, amendment history, and evidence record.

Development Rule

What controls the site

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Controlling Code Text

The operative provision

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Source Ordinance / History

What adopted or changed it

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Verification Record

Evidence behind the finding

Product Proof

A Code Viewer Built for Entitlement Decisions

LocalCode connects the code section, controlling text, linked ordinances, source history, and verification actions in one research workspace — so teams can move from reading the rule to trusting the finding.

LocalCode Code Library — code hierarchy, section text, and linked ordinances panel

Structured Code Hierarchy

Navigate Title, Chapter, Article, and Section without losing legal context.

Controlling Section Text

Read the operative rule with citation, effective-date, search, export, and chain actions.

Linked Ordinance Evidence

See the ordinances that adopted, amended, or affected the section.

The Platform

From Code Text to Feasibility Evidence

LocalCode turns municipal development regulations into structured, source-backed findings that support feasibility review, entitlement strategy, and project risk analysis.

Feasibility Rules

Identify the rules that affect site feasibility: use permissions, zoning constraints, overlays, density, height, setbacks, parking, subdivision, drainage, and process triggers.

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Source Verification

Trace each rule to the code text, ordinance history, source notes, and official documents that support the finding.

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Jurisdiction Intelligence

Understand coverage, jurisdiction context, and regulatory signals in the markets where entitlement decisions are made.

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Who It's For

Built for Development Feasibility Decisions

Different teams need the same thing: a faster way to know which municipal rules control the site, where those rules came from, and whether the finding can be trusted.

Entitlement Teams

Identify applicable development rules, jurisdictional scope, process triggers, amendment history, and source-backed constraints before a project reaches submittal.

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Real Estate Development Teams

Screen sites faster by understanding the municipal rules that affect yield, timing, cost, approval risk, and entitlement strategy.

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Platforms & Data Teams

Integrate structured entitlement intelligence, amendment history, and source-backed regulatory data into site selection, underwriting, and workflow tools.

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Austin Feasibility Pilot

LocalCode is opening a focused Austin pilot for entitlement, feasibility, and real estate development teams. Approved users can test structured development regulations, source-backed rule findings, ordinance history, and jurisdiction intelligence for Austin, Texas.

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