Category Archives: Municipal Software

Document Markup Tool – On a PC

An in-depth review of the features included in Citizenserve's document markup tool. Watch this training video to learn all the ins and outs of this integrated tool.

  1. How to access the markup tool
  2. Create a new stamp
  3. Add stamps to all pages
  4. Edit Stamps
  5. Add Shapes (Rectangle, Circle, Arrow, Line, Free-Draw Tool)
  6. Tools
    1. Bookmarks
    2. Text Box
    3. Highlighter
    4. Measurement Tools
      1. Calibration Tool
      2. Measure area
      3. Measure a length
      4. Measure Distance (around a corner!)
  7. View other reviewer comments
  8. View/add comments
  9. Common comments book
  10. Undo/redo/eraser/zoom tools/display-hide item numbers
  11. Email markup
  12. Generate markup pdf
  13. View markup comments from the citizen portal
  14. Import comments from prior version

 

But citizenserve offers more than just this document markup tool. Our cloud-based integrated community development software provides multiple solutions to Village, Town, City and County government. In addition to online permitting software, we offer licensing, development, code enforcement, and request tracking solutions. Your subscription also includes an online citizen portal. Keep exploring our site to find pricing information, to request your live demo, or to see how we can support your community development needs.

Visit Customer Profiles to see how our customers are putting our community development software - including our document markup tool - to work for their communities.

Visit Yavapai County Community Development Innovates their Online Services to see how one Arizona County implemented citizenserve. And then scroll down to the bottom of this page and enter your contact information to request your live demo today. And you can see our document markup tool in action, plus so much more.

Online Code Enforcement Software

Watch this overview of Citizenserve's Cloud Based Online Code Enforcement Software In this demonstration we'll cover the following topics:

1. View Inspections on a map (7:40)
2. Home page metrics (8:29)
3. Annual weedy lot notice (9:06)
4. Create code case (10:45)
5. Add complainant to case (11:10)
6. Add address – review integrated property data (11:50)
7. View created case file (14:48)
8. Add note to file (15:07)
9. Complete code enforcement inspection activity (16:29)
a. Add a violation (16:52)
b. Upload photos (17:42)
c. Use document markup tool on uploaded photos (19:11)
10. Manage individual violations (20:04)
11. Generate violation letter – include photos and letter variables and inspectors digital signature (20:18)
12. Schedule follow up inspection (23:55)
13. Escalate case - generate citation letter – generate fees programmatically (24:17
14. Schedule follow up inspection (24:01)
15. Generate citation form letter for escalation (24:22)
16. Print case report for court (26:06)
17. Print or email case file for court hearing (26:04)
18. How do alerts (and other items) get attached to address file (overview of the property file and how it displays related permits, licenses, and violations) (27:11)
19. Review contact file (people and businesses) (29:39)
20. Code enforcement from an iPad – use voice recognition, take and upload photos in the field, add violations (30:49)
21. Health licensing code enforcement in Massachusetts municipality (34:05)
22. Inspection Report built as state mandated form (35:21)
23. Non- criminal tickets (36:19)

Citizenserve customers are as excited about us, as we are about them. Many have created introductory videos for their citizens. Visit Customer Profiles to see how our customers are putting citizenserve to work for their communities. And this is not just for our online code enforcement software

We are always looking for ways to help spread the word about the unique ways our customers have worked with us to implement their software. We work with our customers in an agile and iterative process to produce a system that fits their needs. You can also check out this video that we created for the Yavapai County Community Development Department to see how one Arizona County implemented citizenserve.

Citizenserve Offers Online Code Enforcement Software and More!
In addition to code enforcement software, we offer licensing, development, permitting, and request tracking solutions. Your subscription also includes an online citizen portal. Keep exploring our site to find pricing information, to request your live demo, or to see how we can support your community development needs.

Citizenserve Customers are using our cloud-based community development software - which includes more than our online code enforcement software, every day. Contact us to see how we can help you serve your community, today!

Online Business Licensing Software

In Depth Demo of Citizenserve's Online Business Licensing  Software

This segment was presented during an all day demonstration to a Midwest city, to meet their RFP for e-government software.  In the first few minutes, business office staff describe their current work - to issue multiple types of permits, as well as business licenses.

Business Licenses are just one module offered in the Citizenserve e-government solution.

  • Citizen portal overview - where business owners will apply for a license, citizens can file complaints, contractors can request permits, etc. (01:20)
  • Apply for a business licence through the online portal (7:04)
    • Audience Question:  Can a business that operates within the city, but is not located in the city, are they able to enter an address that isn't in the city database?  (9:38)
    • Audience Question: Our planning department has to sign off, if the applicant enters an address that can't have a business on it, can the system stop it in progress? (12:37)
  • Review Citizenserve Staff Home Page (16:53)
    • My Tasks
    • My Metrics
    • Recent Files
    • Links
  • Open license (that was just submitted on portal)  (18:25)
  • Create new license application over the counter (from Staff Side) (18:50)
  • View property alerts/other files on system (19:25)
  • Modify the assigned workflow route (19:56)
  • Take a payment, recalculate fees, apply manual fees (21:51)
  • Review workflow route (22:45)
  • Complete Application Intake step of Workflow (23:24)
    • Use comments book
  • Print License Certificate (24:27)
    • System conditions
  • Audience question: Where can you enter the business type our fees are driven from this field? (26:46)
  • Audience question:  can Citizenserve process about 2600 renewals at the same time? (28:02)
  • Business License Renewal Report (29:16)
    • Can preview, can add link to home page, can attach copy of report to each file.
    • Report can generate mass mailing, or mass emailing.
  • Audience Question: What about pro-rating fees? (34:00)
  • Audience Question: Auto calculation of Fees - and how not to refund prior year's fees (35:51)
  • Audience Question:  Can we get a case file of all related business license notes, contacts, notices, etc in one packet for collections? (48:48)
  • Audience Question:  What about retention requirements? (How long does Citizenserve keep our files?) (50:01)
  • Audience Question: Can you attach records to a property unrelated to a permit or license?  (55:21)

Did you know we offer more than online business licensing software? Our cloud-based integrated community development software provides multiple solutions to Village, Town, City and County government. In addition to permitting, we offer licensing, development, code enforcement, and request tracking solutions. Your subscription also includes an online citizen portal. Keep exploring our site to find pricing information, to request your live demo, or to see how we can support your community development needs.

Visit Customer Profiles to see how our customers are putting our permitting software for governments to work for their communities.

Visit Yavapai County Community Development Innovates their Online Services to see how one Arizona County implemented citizenserve. And then scroll down to the bottom of this page and enter your contact information to request your live demo today. Thanks for checking out our video on Online Business Licensing Software, we hope you'll check out our site to see how citizenserve can support your community.

Online Planning and Zoning Software Florida

Citizenserve offers Online Planning and Zoning Software Florida and nationwide! Take a deep dive into planning and zoning in this 2 Hour Demonstration of Citizenserve's community development software.

We highlight the following features of our Online Planning and Zoning Software for Florida and all states nationwide in this video:

  • development software for planning department requirements
  • submit online planning application from citizen portal
  • subdivision application review (4:45)
  • document markup tool (7:15, 19:17, 36:10)
  • common comments (11:55)
  • standing conditions (18:00, 1:17:42)
  • review submitted application from portal (22:10)
  • submit building permit application from citizen portal (30:36)
  • application intake activity (33:00)
  • add/modify workflow route (33:22)
  • required inspections (35:39)
  • email plan comments (41:33)
  • create permit application over the counter (44:50)
  • partial pass inspections (50:32)
  • schedule an inspection from the citizen portal (51:21)
  • owner/builder project (55:40)
  • fee calculation (57:40)
  • issue permit/generate permit card (1:07:12)
  • inspection conditions (1:10:36)
  • generate certificate of occupancy (1:16:42)
  • conditions v. standing conditions (1:20:58)
  • assign multiple review routes (1:23:37)
  • modify workflow route (1:27:17)
  • see all applications related to a development (1:28:47)
  • add a new permit type/sub type and associated fees (1:33:59)
  • can you build a shape based on a polygon? (1:36:45)
  • entitlement tracking (1:38:10)
  • contractor licensing/registration (1:42:22)
  • public hearings - DRT meeting/agendas (1:47:16)
  • impact fee credits (1:49:43)

Citizenserve customers in Florida and nationwide, are as excited about us, as we are about them. Many have created introductory videos for their citizens. Visit Customer Profiles to see how our customers are putting citizenserve to work for their communities. For online planning and zoning software Florida and more.

We are always looking for ways to help spread the word about the unique ways our customers and elsewhere have worked with us to implement their software. We work with our customers in an agile and iterative process to produce a system that fits their needs. You can also check out this video that we created for the Yavapai County Community Development Department to see how one Arizona County implemented citizenserve.

Not Just Online Planning and Zoning Software in Florida!
In addition to planning and zoning software, we offer code enforcement, licensing, , permitting, and request tracking solutions. Your subscription also includes an online citizen portal. Keep exploring our site to find pricing information, scroll down and enter your contact info to request your live demo, or Contact Us to see how we can support your community development needs.

Citizenserve Customers in Florida and around the nation are using our cloud-based community development software every day. Contact us to see how we can help you serve your community, today!