Links & Resources

• Zoning Code   The complete text of Philadelphia's current zoning code.
• Zoning Maps   The Philadelphia Zoning Maps illustrate the current zoning classification of every parcel of land in the City.  Searchable by address.  
• Zoning Archive This service by the Department of Licenses and Inspections offers electronic scans of over 200,000 zoning applications, approved usages, and site drawings dating to the 1930s.  Searchable by address. 
• CityMaps  Provides access to public records on Philadelphia properties from the Board of Revision of Taxes and the Department of Licenses and Inspections, as well as basic information on parcels.  Searchable by address.
• Microsoft Bing Maps Previously known as Microsoft Live Local, this application combines searchable online maps with satellite imagery to provide users with recent visual data on cities, neighborhoods, and even individual homes. 

Visit these sites for more zoning matters. These organizations and resources have information on zoning codes, zoning reform and urban planning.

• Campaign for Sensible Growth
• Center for Livable Communities
• City Planning Commission
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Community Design Collaborative
• Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
• FIX IT PHILLY Contains If We Fix It, They Will Come, the seminal October 2004 Report from the Building Industry Association on how the development process works in Philadelphia and ten steps to make the system more user-friendly.
• Policy Map
• Design Advocacy Group
• The Ed Bacon Foundation
• Form-Based Codes Institute
• Green Plan Philadelphia
• Metropolitan Planning Council (Report: "Lay of the Land: A National Survey on Zoning Reform")
• NeighborhoodsNow
• Next Great City
• WHYY It's Our City
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
• Philadelphia Zoning Code
• Philadelphia Zoning Maps
• Plan Philly
• Project for Public Spaces
• The Reinvestment Fund