Turn what the district permits into a first program box you would own

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A holder who has decided to build still owes an architect or a civil engineer a starting box before either will spend an hour, and that box is not the use table entry, it is every dimension the district sets: density or unit count method, height, setbacks on each line, lot coverage, open space, parking ratio, and any standard the ordinance ties to a bonus or a special provision. A model handed the ordinance and asked for a program will happily average what similar districts usually allow. The fix is a template with a fixed row for every dimension, each cell either quoted with its section or marked [NEEDS: the section not pasted]. Where two figures are pasted (site area and a per-unit standard, say), the box's math is shown in the open and tagged for verification, and the template still does not output a unit count as fact, because net buildable area is not gross acreage until a surveyor and an engineer say so. The box is a draft to test with a professional, not a permit.

Build a program-box template from the district standards I pasted for my parcel. One row per dimension: density or unit method, height, each setback, lot coverage, open space, parking. Every cell quoted with its section, or [NEEDS: ...]. Any arithmetic on pasted figures shown in the open and tagged [COMPUTED - verify]. No unit count stated as fact.