{"name":"Parcel & Key address-level screening readiness","status":"not-ready","reviewedAt":"2026-08-13","statement":"Address-level screening is not publicly available. Parcel & Key will not return an address-level zoning, overlay, licensing, permit, or development conclusion until every required source is qualified for the municipality and result type.","releaseGates":["A current official address-to-parcel source and a reproducible match-rate test against a dated control set.","A versioned zoning source linked to the governing bylaw text and a documented refresh trigger.","A complete, city-specific overlay inventory with a source, geometry, effective date, and fail-closed result when a layer is unavailable.","A licensing source whose address scope, status semantics, privacy exclusions, and refresh date support the exact question being asked.","Independent quality checks on known parcels, clear source citations in every result, and no answer when any required source is stale, ambiguous, or missing."],"municipalities":[{"city":"Vancouver","status":"not-qualified","summary":"Public parcel and zoning datasets are strong starting points, but a complete overlay contract and an address-level licensing interpretation still require tested joins and freshness controls.","sources":[{"field":"parcel","label":"Property parcel polygons","url":"https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/property-parcel-polygons/","condition":"Weekly extract; requires address-to-parcel match validation before a public result."},{"field":"zoning","label":"Zoning districts and labels","url":"https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/zoning-districts-and-labels/","condition":"Weekly extract; must be paired with current bylaw text and a version check."},{"field":"overlays","label":"VanMap and City data","url":"https://vancouver.ca/your-government/data-and-maps.aspx","condition":"Multiple relevant layers exist, but no complete, audited screening-overlay contract has been established."},{"field":"licensing","label":"Business licences","url":"https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/business-licences/","condition":"Dataset fields and privacy exclusions do not yet support a property-level licensing conclusion."}]},{"city":"Burnaby","status":"not-qualified","summary":"BurnabyMap exposes useful property, zoning, and business-licence information, but the public screening pipeline has not been qualified for stable extraction, overlay completeness, or repeatable validation.","sources":[{"field":"parcel","label":"BurnabyMap","url":"https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/maps-and-open-data","condition":"Public property lookup exists; a reproducible address-to-parcel source contract is still required."},{"field":"zoning","label":"Development planning","url":"https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/permits-and-construction/development-planning","condition":"The City directs property searches to its interactive map; version and refresh controls remain to be qualified."},{"field":"overlays","label":"Burnaby maps and open data","url":"https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/maps-and-open-data","condition":"Layer availability is not yet audited into a complete address-screening inventory."},{"field":"licensing","label":"BurnabyMap business-licence lookup","url":"https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/maps-and-open-data","condition":"Lookup availability is not evidence of an address-level licence-status data contract."}]},{"city":"Surrey","status":"not-qualified","summary":"COSMOS exposes extensive zoning and spatial layers, but its published disclaimer and the absence of a tested, versioned multi-layer contract mean Parcel & Key cannot safely turn an address into a development conclusion.","sources":[{"field":"parcel","label":"COSMOS map system","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/online-services/maps-cosmos","condition":"Public map access exists; parcel identity and legal-description controls must be independently validated."},{"field":"zoning","label":"COSMOS zoning boundaries","url":"https://cosmos.surrey.ca/external/tools/Metadata/metadata_external.html","condition":"Maintained as current zoning boundaries; requires a versioned extraction and bylaw reconciliation."},{"field":"overlays","label":"COSMOS layer metadata","url":"https://cosmos.surrey.ca/external/tools/Metadata/metadata_external.html","condition":"Many layers are available, but completeness and decision rules are not yet qualified."},{"field":"licensing","label":"Zoning and licensing inquiry","url":"https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/media/documents/ZoningInquiryForm.pdf","condition":"An inquiry route is not a machine-readable licensing source for public screening."}]},{"city":"Richmond","status":"not-qualified","summary":"Richmond Interactive Map supports address-level property and zoning research, but it requires the current bylaw and carries terms and accuracy limitations; overlays and licensing have not been qualified for an automated result.","sources":[{"field":"parcel","label":"Richmond Interactive Map","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm","condition":"Address and property-identifier lookup exists; a reproducible parcel-data contract is still required."},{"field":"zoning","label":"Zoning and development","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/business-development/planning/landuse/zoning.htm","condition":"The City specifies both the interactive map and the zoning bylaw as required sources."},{"field":"overlays","label":"Richmond planning and zoning maps","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/services/digital/maps.htm","condition":"No completed, versioned overlay inventory has been qualified for automated screening."},{"field":"licensing","label":"Richmond zoning bylaw information","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","condition":"No address-level licensing feed with suitable public screening semantics has been qualified."}]}],"methodology":"https://parcelandkey.ca/development/municipal-source-tracker/"}