What Zoned uses as inputs

• City of Ottawa zoning and mapping resources, including GeoOttawa and related planning pages.
• Address, parcel, lot, and geometry signals used to frame buildability questions.
• Project-intent context such as addition, coach house, basement apartment, and multiplex scenarios.

What Zoned adds

Official sources are authoritative, but they are not always optimized for quick early-stage feasibility decisions. Zoned adds a decision layer that organizes raw zoning and planning context around the actual question the user is trying to answer.

• What can I build here?
• What usually blocks this project first?
• When should I talk to a contractor or permit professional next?

Where caution is still required

Zoned is for planning direction, not for replacing licensed review. Zoning interpretation can be affected by details that only appear after a deeper site, design, or servicing review.

• Users should confirm important constraints with the City of Ottawa and qualified professionals.
• Lot geometry, servicing, easements, heritage, and site-specific conditions can change the right answer.
• Public-facing guide pages are updated for clarity, but rules and policies can evolve over time.

How the content is structured

The public site is intentionally split into a few layers. The homepage handles broad Ottawa buildability intent. Guides handle long-form educational queries. Project pages capture use-case intent. Zoning pages help users interpret specific zone labels. The interactive tool is where address-level exploration happens.