Regulatory Automation
Your code, automated.
Noetic reads your land development code, zoning ordinance, and design standards and encodes them into structured, machine-readable rules. When plans come in, they get checked automatically — producing department-by-department findings with code citations. Your staff focus on the judgment calls.
“Noetic is addressing the site plan review challenge with an AI-driven review solution that has the potential to transform the way we do business.”
Your staff are the bottleneck — and it’s not their fault.
Development is accelerating, but review staff aren’t getting easier to hire. Experienced reviewers retire and take decades of institutional knowledge with them. New hires take years to get up to speed. The backlog grows. Developers wait. Your community waits.
How it works.
Noetic partners with your jurisdiction to encode your regulations and deploy automated plan review — alongside your existing staff and systems, not in place of them.
Code Digitization
Noetic reads your land development code, zoning ordinance, and design standards and encodes them into structured, machine-readable rules. Every rule traces back to a specific code section.
We handle the encoding. Your staff review and validate the rules against their expertise — they know the code better than anyone.
Automated Review
Submitted plans are automatically checked against your encoded rules. The system produces department-by-department findings with code citations — the same structure your reviewers use.
Completeness checks, dimensional compliance, parking calculations, landscaping requirements, and dozens more — checked in minutes, not weeks.
Human-in-the-Loop
AI handles the checklist items. Your staff focus on the judgment calls — design quality, neighborhood compatibility, variance requests, and the nuanced decisions that require professional expertise.
Every AI finding is reviewable and overridable. Your reviewers remain the authority.
Continuous Improvement
As your code evolves, Noetic updates the rules. New ordinance amendments, updated design standards, and revised thresholds are incorporated — so the automated review always reflects your current code.
No more outdated checklists. No more reviewers applying last year's standards.
What gets automated.
The checklist items that consume the most reviewer time — and cause the most resubmittals when missed. Noetic catches them automatically, with the specific code section cited.
What your department gains.
60-80% Faster Reviews
Automated checks handle the bulk of compliance verification. Your reviewers start with findings already identified, not a blank checklist.
Staff on High-Value Work
Free your experienced reviewers from repetitive verification. They spend their time on design review, variance analysis, and the judgment calls that matter.
Consistent Standards
Every plan is checked against the same rules. No variation between reviewers, no items missed because someone was rushing through the backlog.
Scale with Growth
Handle 30% more applications without adding headcount. Automated review scales with volume — your staffing doesn't have to.
Institutional Knowledge
When an experienced reviewer retires, their knowledge of the code doesn't leave with them. It's encoded in the system, available to every reviewer who follows.
Fewer Resubmittals
Applicants get detailed findings on their first submission. Issues that would have taken 2-3 cycles to resolve get caught upfront.
Works alongside your existing systems.
Noetic is not a replacement for your permitting system. It’s an enhancement — an AI layer that works alongside Accela, Cityworks, OpenGov, Tyler, and other platforms your department already uses.
No Rip-and-Replace
Keep your permitting software, your workflows, your processes. Noetic adds automated compliance checking without disrupting what already works.
Partnership, Not Disruption
We work with your staff to encode your code correctly. They validate the rules. They remain the decision-makers. AI is the assistant, not the authority.
Compatible with: Accela, Cityworks, OpenGov, Tyler Technologies, Laserfiche, and other major permitting platforms.
Built with jurisdictions, not around them.
Noetic was built in partnership with municipal reviewers. Our system was independently validated by the City of Austin — the same reviewers who evaluate site plans every day confirmed that Noetic catches the issues they catch. We don’t replace government review. We make it faster, more consistent, and more scalable.
Validated by Reviewers
City staff confirmed the accuracy of Noetic's findings against their own review comments. 83% issue detection rate.
Your Code, Your Rules
Every automated check traces to a specific section of your land development code. Nothing generic — your regulations, encoded precisely.
Your Staff, Empowered
Reviewers get a head start on every application. They review AI findings, override where needed, and focus their expertise where it matters most.
Let’s talk about your code.
Every jurisdiction is different. We’d like to learn about your land development code, your review process, and where automation could make the biggest impact for your department.