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The parcel's constraints, before the architect bills.

The parcel's constraints, before the architect bills. Zoning at the point with the ordinance that set it, the historic and hillside districts the county marks as Cincinnati's alone, the Ohio River flood stage that reaches it, and the state of every permit on the parcel — the feasibility questions, answered from the city's and the county's own layers.

The questions it answers

The sections that earn their keep

Zoning and heightThe district, the limit, and the historic status that decides what review an alteration needs.
The Ohio River by flood stageThe county models the river at 56 through 61 feet, so the constraint is the stage at which water reaches the parcel rather than a zone it is either in or out of. The federal flood zone is carried separately and the two are never blended.
The building's permitsEvery filing on the parcel back to the earliest on record, with open items flagged.
What is coming nearbyWho else is already entitled within a radius — your comps for what gets approved here.
Streetscape and excavationMoratorium streets and planned digs, which decide when your utility work can happen.
Mapped wetlandsWhether the federal inventory maps a wetland where the parcel stands. Filling or building on one engages the Clean Water Act, and it is the gate that decides a schedule before an architect has drawn anything.
Work permitted in the street outsideEvery street-use permit in force around the parcel, grouped by job rather than by block face, with the window each runs for — what the street is already committed to before you apply for your own.
The EPA's compliance recordWhat the agency holds a record for on the surrounding blocks, and how much of it is out of compliance — the neighbours a phase one will ask about.

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