QUESTION-LED GUIDE
What can I build on my property?
The answer comes from several records working together—not zoning alone. Start with the legal lot, allowed uses, dimensional standards, access, infrastructure, physical constraints and the approvals required for the intended project.
1. Confirm the property
- Parcel identity, ownership and legal lot status
- Jurisdiction, zoning and overlays
- Recorded easements or restrictions for legal review
- Existing structures, permits and nonconforming conditions
2. Test the use and form
- Allowed, conditional and prohibited uses
- Density, setbacks, height, lot coverage and parking
- ADU, middle-housing or subdivision rules
- Conceptual development envelopes and alternatives
3. Check the site systems
- Legal and physical access
- Water, sewer, septic, well, power and stormwater
- Slope, wetlands, flood, habitat, wildfire and soils
- Road, frontage and fire-access requirements
4. Compare the path
- Likely permits, studies and consultants
- Agency questions that need written confirmation
- Preliminary cost, time and approval dependencies
- A verification sequence before design or acquisition
What a guide cannot decide
General guidance cannot confirm that a specific property is buildable. Current codes, title matters, utility capacity, surveyed conditions, environmental studies and agency determinations may change the answer.
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The Two-Business-Day Deal Screen is a paid, source-backed first decision review delivered after intake and required records are complete. Broader report and strategy services are scoped after intake.