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A site screen takes one Program and runs a full Study on each candidate Site, then lines the results up in a comparison matrix. Every row links to the complete Study behind it.

Start a screen

1

Select the Sites

On the Sites list, tick two to eight Sites in the same jurisdiction. Then click Compare sites. If the Sites are in different jurisdictions, the bar says so and the button stays off.
2

Describe the Program

Fill in Program (for example, “Elementary school, 250k GSF”), Proposed use (the use as the town’s code names it), and Project type.
3

Add a required site area (optional)

Required site area (acres) lets the matrix check whether each parcel is big enough. Urbee records it as a number you stated, not a code requirement, and never guesses it from the use type.
4

Run it

Click Screen N sites. Urbee runs one full Study per Site.

Read the matrix

Each row is a Site. Columns include Use permission, District, Parcel area, Program fit, Overlays, Environmental, Triggers, Permit pathway and Confidence. Click any column to sort. Totals at the top count Sites by verdict: As of right, Conditional, Requires rezoning, Not possible, Undetermined and Unavailable. Click a cell to see its evidence: the verbatim citation, what was compared, and what was searched. Cells are marked by how the value was established: If one Site couldn’t be screened, open its cell and click Retry this site. That re-runs only that Site. Pros and cons under the matrix are written only from the cited facts in the matrix. Figures that don’t appear in the matrix are rejected before publication.

Share it

Click Export matrix to create a Site comparison matrix deliverable. Past screens are listed under Site screens, which you reach from the Sites breadcrumb.