How to Do a Zoning Analysis, Part 2

Expertise matters.

Last week, I posted Part 1 of “How to Do a Zoning Analysis,” so if you haven’t read that one, do that first. This article picks up where the last one left off.

6. Set up an excel spreadsheet

Using the dimensional requirements you looked up in #3, create a spreadsheet listing each item, creating columns for required, existing, proposed, change?, and does the proposed conform? Fill in the "required" section, as that will be straight from the ordinance. Using your survey, fill in the "existing" section, highlighting any block that doesn't conform. Remember that some zoning requirements are minimums and some are maximums, so make sure you're keeping them straight!