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One platform for the plans you make and the code you keep.

VaraGov gives planning departments AI capacity across two connected suites: VaraPlan for planning and development review, and VaraCode for the ordinance itself — every output cited, reviewable, and approved by a human.

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Built for planning teams and the leaders who support them 60–90 day scoped pilots IT and Legal review before live use

VaraPlan Planning intelligence

Every planning answer, traced to the ordinance that supports it.

GIS, parcel, UDO, adopted-plan, and project context in one place. VaraPlan handles zoning research, completeness review, and first-pass staff reports — with citations on every answer and an abstention when the record doesn't support a conclusion.

Zoning and land-use questions answered from your record only
Completeness review and comprehensive-plan consistency checks
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varagov.com/plan · Ordinance assistant

Can the owner at 480 Hillsboro St build a detached ADU, and what setback applies?

Yes — detached accessory dwelling units are permitted by right in the R-10 district1. The unit must be set back at least 10 feet from the rear property line2.

Groundedhybrid retrieval6 sources considered

Citations · 2

Pittsboro UDO §4.2.3 — Accessory dwelling units

Pittsboro Unified Development Ordinance
Open document
Pittsboro UDO §4.2.7 — Rear setback, accessory structures

Pittsboro Unified Development Ordinance
10 ftrear setback Open document

varagov.com/code · UDO §4.2 — Amendment history

Ordinance 2026-14 adoptedPublished

§4.2.3 ADU floor-area ratio amended · Board of Commissioners, Aug 3 2026

Text amendment TA-26-08 in reviewPlanning Board

§5.1 parking minimums · Public hearing scheduled Sep 14 2026

Issue #142 openedDrafting

Conflict flagged between §4.2.7 setbacks and §3.6 dimensional table

VaraCode Code intelligence

The ordinance as a system of record, not a PDF.

VaraCode keeps versioned source documents with git-like workflows for issues, amendments, review, adoption, and publication — so your code's change history is as defensible as the decisions built on it.

Versioned ordinance text with full amendment history
Issue → draft → review → adoption → publication workflow
Conflict detection across sections before it reaches the board

Governance across both suites

Written for the people who answer to the board.

No delegation of authority

Decision support only. Nothing is issued, denied, adopted, or published without a human signature.

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Full municipal data ownership, export and deletion on request, and no model training without written authorization.

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Citations, provenance, audit logs, and abstention when the record doesn't support a conclusion.

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A 45-minute walkthrough on one workflow you pick — a zoning question, a completeness review, an amendment cycle. If it fits, we scope a 60–90 day pilot with IT and legal review built in.