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LocalCode transforms fragmented municipal law into structured, source-verified data. From site feasibility and design submittals to staff administration and AI integrations, get instant answers backed by verbatim text and legislative lineage.

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A wrong read doesn't cost you an answer. It costs you months.

A missed setback, an uncodified amendment, a misinterpreted definition, or a stale online update—by the time the discrepancy surfaces, capital is already committed: to drawings, to submittals, to staff reports, or to advice given on bad assumptions. The exposure was never the search itself. It was relying on code without its legislative history.

LocalCode returns a determination you can stand behind—the controlling provision, the amending ordinance, and the receipt.

EXAMPLE · HOW LOCALCODE RESOLVES THIS RULE · AUSTIN, TXnot a live determination for a specific propertyBUILDING_HEIGHT_MAX

Illustrative resolutionWhat is the maximum building height under Subchapter F § 2.2?

Context required

Maximum building height

Context requiredIs the site within a regulated floodplain? — pick an option to see how this rule resolves.

Controlling provision: § 2.2

Evidence — source-backed

Source text: Austin LDC, Supp. No. 173 · current to 2026-04-23

Controlling provision

§ 2.2BUILDING HEIGHT

Source text — verbatim

Except where these regulations are superseded, the maximum building height for development subject to this Subchapter is:

(A)32 feet for development located outside the 100-year floodplain; and

(B)35 feet for development located in the 100-year floodplain. Section 25-2-531 (Height Limit Exceptions) does not apply to development subject to this Subchapter, except for a chimney, vent, antenna, or energy conservation or production equipment or feature not designed for occupancy. Building height shall be measured under the requirements defined in Section 3.4. Ord. No. 20191114-064, Pt. 1, 11-25-19.

Resolver references

resolver§ 3.4 How building height is measured

Excluded references

excluded§ 25-2-531 Not controlling for this determination

Enacted byOrd. No. 20191114-064, Pt. 1

Source text: Austin LDC, Supp. No. 173 · current to 2026-04-23

Illustrative example only — not legal advice and not a property-specific entitlement determination. Full determinations with parcel-level resolution stand behind sign-in.

Live Demo

Try it: ask an AI to read Austin's code — with a receipt

Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. It fetches a real published section of the Austin Land Development Code and returns the verbatim text plus a provenance receipt — not an unsourced summary.

Paste this in GPT, Gemini or Claude to test

Open this Austin LDC section and quote the verbatim building-height provision text. Include the provenance receipt (source PDF link and source-text-as-of date) from the page: https://www.localcode.ai/codes/tx-austin/25-2/subF/art2/2.2

LocalCode is building the layer that resolves how land-use provisions combine across overlays and compatibility triggers — starting with Austin. This demo shows retrieval + provenance on published source text, not a property-specific determination.

Example for demonstration only. Not legal advice and not a determination for any specific property.

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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.

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Structured Code Hierarchy

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Controlling Section Text

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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

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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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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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