Who it's forUrban planning
The bylaw, section by section, without rereading all of it.
Your zoning bylaws, your site planning program, the planning act: Munia's agents find the section, review the application and prepare the citizen reply, citing the source. The planner checks and decides.
Your reality
Every permit application, every citizen question sends you back to the zoning bylaw, the use grid, the site planning program, sometimes the planning act. Answers take time because searching takes time. Meanwhile, the advisory committee files wait and the clock runs.
"We are now able to read the zoning grids properly." A planning department's answer to the 2026 satisfaction survey.
What it changes, concretely.
Bylaw search in seconds
You upload your bylaws, you ask the question, the agent answers with the section. A municipality of under 3,000 residents measured a 95% reduction in the time spent searching standards and bylaws.
Complete, sourced citizen replies
The citizen's question, the rule that applies, the steps to follow: the reply is structured and cites the bylaw. You adjust the tone and send.
Your bylaws, as you read them
Use grids, site planning programs, minor variances: the agent works on your documents, not on a generic version of municipal law.
Agents preconfigured for your tasks.
Each agent starts from your documents and your format. You upload, it drafts, you approve.
- Application review “Does this application comply with the by-law in force?”
- Citizen reply “Answer this request about the zoning by-law.”
- File synthesis “Summarize this 40-page file into a one-page note.”
- Public notice “Write the public consultation notice for the by-law.”
- Action plan “Propose an action plan for the park project.”
- Permit compliance analysis Checking an application against the bylaw, preparing the file for the advisory committee. Tool under construction with a client municipality, demonstration on request.
- Land use plan tracking Objectives, alerts and recommendations extracted from the SAD documents. Add-on tool, demonstration on request.
A selection of the available agents. Explore the Munia platform
What we hear. What we answer.
The AI will invent sections.
The risk exists with a general-purpose chatbot, and we have seen it. In Munia, the agent works on the bylaws you uploaded and cites the section; the planner checks the citation before sending. When a document is missing, the agent says so instead of guessing.
Our planners already do this work.
Yes, and they are the ones who decide. Munia gives them back the search and first-draft part, so they spend their time on analysis and the advisory committee.
Our bylaw is a 400-page PDF.
That is the typical case. You upload it once, the agent searches it for you. Grids and tables are read too.
Real, documented tasks
Urban planning
Find the section that applies, with its reference
Planning act, Municipal Code, Cities and Towns Act, your bylaws: the answer comes with the section number, so it can be checked. A 95% reduction measured.
Urban planning
Check a permit application section by section
Check an application against the zoning bylaw, section by section, and prepare the advisory committee file. What works, what we build, the limits we own.
Up and running in two weeks.
We configure Munia for your municipal reality. Your team is supported at every step.
Book a demo
30 minutes. We show you Munia on your own use cases.
We activate your workspace
Within two weeks, your agents are configured and your team is trained.
You save time
First complete task on day one. The rest follows naturally.
Frequently asked questions
No. It reviews the application and prepares the reply or the file; the decision and issuance remain with the department and council. A permit compliance tool is built on request, and so is a connection to your permit software.
Your zoning, subdivision and construction bylaws, your site planning program and your policies. PDFs are enough.
No. Munia is not a legal advisory service. It cites your bylaws; interpretation and decisions remain with the planner and, if needed, your legal counsel.
Book a demo. The tool is being built with a client municipality and is shown on request.