Paper Zoning Administration: Automation with ArcView GIS

Author: William Sonny Beech
Organization: Geographic Information Services, Inc.

216 Aquarius Drive
Suite 319
Birmingham, AL 35209-5868

Phone: 205-941-0442
Fax: 205-941-0443
sbeech@gis-services.com

This session will present experiences from several jurisdictions in different parts of the country. It will outline commonalties between users as well as local variations. A standard methodology will be presented that covers data collection, software implementation, staff, and organization constraints. Options on how to structure the zoning theme will be discussed extensively along with physical (i.e., floodplains) and administrative (i.e., historic districts) themes, which affect zoning decisions. We will also identify several low-cost methods to access zoning and variance case data.