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    Compliance Review

    See what the plan checker will see.

    Department-by-department code and ordinance review of a site or building set — planning, civil, fire, building and environmental — grounded in the adopted regulations of the jurisdiction reviewing it.

    • Cities & counties
    • Architects
    • Engineers
    • Developers

    Why it matters

    What changes when the work is connected.

    01

    Find the correction before the reviewer does

    Most permit delay is a correction cycle that could have been caught earlier. Reviewing the set against the governing code first turns weeks of round-trips into a working list.

    02

    Every department, one set

    Planning, engineering, fire, building and environmental requirements are applied to the same drawings, so conflicts between departments surface together instead of sequentially.

    03

    Findings you can act on

    Each finding points to where it appears in the set and the requirement it comes from — so a reviewer can defend it and a design team can fix it.

    Capabilities

    What AutoSitu does for you here.

    Jurisdiction-specific code basis

    Reviews run against the regulations that actually govern: the adopted code editions, local amendments, zoning ordinance, overlays and specific plans for that jurisdiction — not a national baseline.

    Planning and zoning

    Use and density, setbacks and height, lot coverage, floor area, open space, landscaping, parking and loading, screening and site design standards.

    Engineering and civil

    Access and driveway geometry, frontage improvements, grading and drainage, stormwater management, utility layout and public-works standards.

    Fire and life safety

    Apparatus access and turning geometry, hydrant coverage and water supply, egress and exit discharge, occupancy separation and life-safety provisions.

    Building code

    Occupancy and construction type, allowable area and height, egress, accessibility, rated assemblies, energy provisions and the details that carry them.

    Environmental and natural resources

    Tree and habitat protection, sensitive lands and buffers, floodplain and stormwater quality, plus the environmental review triggers that apply to the project.

    Specialized development types

    Project types with their own review layer are handled as such — healthcare and clinical facilities, ADUs and infill housing, hospitality, education, and other use-specific programs.

    Cited, reviewable findings

    Every finding carries its code basis and its location in the set, with the reasoning shown, so it can be verified, discussed or overruled by a human — never a black-box verdict.

    How it works

    From upload to a decision you can defend.

    1. Step 01

      Set the jurisdiction and scope

      The governing code editions, local amendments and department requirements for that jurisdiction and project type are assembled first.

    2. Step 02

      Upload the set

      Site plans, building plans, civil, landscape and supporting reports go in as submitted. AutoSitu reads the drawings, schedules and notes.

    3. Step 03

      Departments review in parallel

      Each department's requirements are applied to the set at once, with the evidence for each determination pulled from the drawings themselves.

    4. Step 04

      Review, redline, decide

      Findings arrive organized by department with citations and sheet locations, ready to be redlined, exported into a correction letter, or worked through by the design team.

    Coverage

    Departmental and specialized coverage

    Compliance review mirrors how a jurisdiction is actually organized — by department, and by the project types that get their own scrutiny.

    Planning

    • Use, density and dimensional standards
    • Setbacks, height and lot coverage
    • Parking, loading and circulation
    • Landscaping, screening and open space
    • Overlays, specific plans and design guidelines

    Engineering & civil

    • Access, driveways and sight distance
    • Grading, drainage and erosion control
    • Stormwater management and treatment
    • Wet and dry utility standards
    • Frontage and right-of-way improvements

    Fire

    • Apparatus access and turning geometry
    • Hydrant spacing and water supply
    • Egress, exits and exit discharge
    • Suppression and alarm provisions
    • Occupancy-driven life-safety requirements

    Building

    • Occupancy and construction type
    • Allowable area and height
    • Means of egress and accessibility
    • Rated assemblies and separations
    • Energy and envelope provisions

    Environmental

    • Tree, habitat and sensitive-land protection
    • Floodplain and watercourse provisions
    • Stormwater quality and low-impact design
    • Noise, air and lighting standards
    • Environmental review triggers

    Specialized development

    • Healthcare and clinical facilities
    • ADUs and infill housing programs
    • Hospitality and mixed-use
    • Education and institutional
    • Use-specific state and agency overlays
    8.7M+

    Requirements checked

    420,000+

    Issues identified

    25,000+

    Developments analyzed

    FAQ

    Questions answered.

    One project. One evolving source of intelligence.

    Every solution runs on the same project model, so the work you do here carries forward into everything that follows.

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