Ask the parcel what you can build.
Name an address and what you want to build, and Scout hands back the parcel and map, the zoning and overlays, the state and local code actually in play, and what the submittal will demand. Then it answers when you push — two stories? tighter setback? under 800 square feet? — and when the parcel checks out, one click seeds a real CrossBeam project.
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Who Scout is for
You commit before you know.
Every offer starts with the same hour of tab-hopping — county GIS, the zoning map, the overlays, the code — done half-blind and never quite finished. Miss the one overlay that kills the deal and you find out weeks after you've signed, on a parcel that won't fit the build you drew.
What the conversation hands back
The parcel
Dimensions, boundaries, and the map — pulled and placed the moment you give an address.
The zoning
The base zone plus every overlay in play, so a coastal or hillside flag doesn't surface after the offer's in.
The code in play
The state code and the city's local amendments that govern this specific build.
The submittal
The plan sheets, calcs, and forms the jurisdiction will require — so "can we build it" arrives alongside "what it'll take to get approved."
How Scout works
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Name the parcel and the build
Give Scout an address and what you want to put on it.
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Push on the answer
Ask what-if — two stories, a tighter setback, under 800 square feet — and watch the parcel, zoning, and code shift with each move.
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Seed the project
When it holds up, one click turns the recon into a real CrossBeam project.
How It Fits — The CrossBeam System
The moment a parcel pencils, one click seeds a real CrossBeam project straight from your recon — and the Pre-Check engine checks your plans against the same state and local code Scout just surfaced. Investigating and building stop being two separate jobs.
What Scout is — and isn't
Scout reads across 480+ California city codes and 16,000+ pages of state code and local rules to give you fast, evidenced recon to size up a parcel. It's a read on feasibility to inform your call — not an official jurisdiction determination. Confirm anything deal-critical with the city or county before you close.
480+
California city codes
16,000+
pages of state code & local rules
Questions
Is this an official zoning determination?
No. Scout gives you fast, evidenced recon to size up a parcel before you commit — a read on feasibility, not a jurisdiction ruling. Confirm anything deal-critical with the city or county before you close.
What can I actually ask it?
Anything that changes the deal: two stories, a tighter setback, under 800 square feet, a different use. Scout re-runs the recon against the code in play and shows you where the build holds or breaks.
Where does Scout work?
California at launch — reading across 480+ city codes and 16,000+ pages of state code and local rules, with more jurisdictions coming.