Zoning & Land Use Expertise
ZoneWise was founded to bring senior-level experience to clients who need advisement on zoning and land use matters. This experience is built on more than 20 years working inside various municipalities across Texas, in roles spanning rezoning, platting, site design, code drafting, comprehensive and small area planning, and executive leadership. That judgment carries into every engagement, whether advisory work or mediation.
Legal Clients
Municipal Clients
Other Parties
Law firms need planning professionals who understand how cities make decisions. ZoneWise provides senior planning perspective that supports your municipal clients. ZoneWise offers advisory input on zoning, development, municipal decision-making processes, and land use policy questions. ZoneWise also facilitates land use mediation, helping parties reach agreement without litigation.
Cities need planning capacity that can step in without a long ramp-up. Whether working through a complex zoning matter, navigating a policy question, or in need of senior-level guidance while a position is vacant, ZoneWise brings that capacity. ZoneWise provides senior-level guidance on zoning questions, variance requests, nonconforming status, and code interpretation issues that require experienced judgment. ZoneWise provides hands-on code updates for cities whose zoning ordinances and development review processes need complex, nuanced code work that requires knowing what the code should say and why.
ZoneWise also works with other parties navigating a land use matter that calls for senior-level judgment, including facilitated mediation between property owners and other stakeholders before a dispute reaches the courtroom.