Understand what land can be used for, parcel by parcel

Standardized Zoning is a geospatial zoning dataset matched to Regrid parcel data. It combines zoning polygons with structured attributes including standardized zoning types and subtypes, permitted uses, development controls and information from the original local zoning source.

Regrid’s zoning data partner, Zoneomics, uses workflows designed to extract, process, analyse and standardize zoning information across municipalities. This turns differently structured local zoning data into a more consistent dataset that can be used across jurisdictions.

Regrid parcels and Standardized Zoning share a zoning_id, which can be used to join the two datasets. Because both are spatial datasets, zoning can also be related to parcels spatially. Regrid recommends matching the parcel centroid to a zoning area when using spatial intersection.

Four zoning attributes — zoning_type, zoning_subtype, zoning_id and zoning_data_date — are also included directly in Regrid’s Parcel Data Premium Schema.

Zoning updates are available monthly. Currency varies between jurisdictions because local authorities publish zoning changes on different schedules.

The zoning_data_date field shows when an individual zoning polygon was last updated in the zoning dataset. It does not represent the date of the official ordinance.

Some areas genuinely have no zoning ordinance. Where this is confirmed with the local government, Regrid identifies the area with the zoning designation NZ (No Zoning). This distinguishes a confirmed absence of zoning from missing zoning-data coverage.