Top 7 Features to Look for in the Best Ordinance Codification Software for Municipal Clerks
Key Points Streamline Workflows: Automate tasks and customize schedules to reduce workload and prioritize important duties. Enhance Public Access: ADA-compliant portals and search tools make ordinances easy to find and understand. Support Clerks: Quick updates, flexible formats, and responsive support simplify ordinance management. For municipal clerks, managing a code of ordinances can feel like a […]
Boost Citizen Engagement with Geo-Targeted Digital Commenting
Gather Meaningful Location-Based Input Getting meaningful location-specific input from citizens on plans, ordinances and other types of projects can be a challenge. Traditional forums like public meetings or written comments rarely facilitate productive geo-targeted feedback. But enCodePlus’ GeoComment tool lets your community members pinpoint issues and offer ideas on an interactive map. https://youtu.be/_N3cBGJIJcU?si=hDVJexeZbL_KNveS Enhance Transparency […]
Shaping the Future of Leesburg: Kendig Keast Collaborative to Implement enCodePlus for Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
Kendig Keast Collaborative implements enCodePlus planning and zoning software platform to rewrite the Town of Leesburg, VA’s Zoning Ordinance.
Project Launch Guides: Marketing Support for Citizen Education
Publishing an integrated, accessible and useful comprehensive plan or zoning ordinance is a powerful step toward modernizing planning practices. enCodePlus provides Project Launch Guides to help support clients’ efforts to market these projects and to educate citizens about how to use it.
Littleton, CO, Generates Public Engagement to Create Next-Level ULUC
In 2020 the city council of Littleton, CO, began building its new Unified Land-Use Code (ULUC). City leadership understood the value of public buy-in and was committed to generating public participation with the project. The goal was an engaging, easy-to-use and easy-to-manage online ULUC that addressed the concerns of the community with transparency and clarity.
Local Governments Use Interactive Technology to Enhance Community Access to Policy
Local governments are turning to emerging technology to make their policies more accessible and compelling to the public. By creating attractive and easy-to-navigate websites, cities and counties across the country are making traditionally tedious documents, plans and regulations interactive and easy to understand.