Terms of Service

Note: These are reasonable, conservative default terms for a small software service, written in plain language. They are not legal advice and are pending review by an attorney. If anything here is unclear, contact us before relying on it.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of UrbanKit Studio (the "Service"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1) The Service

UrbanKit Studio provides browser-based tools for planning and property-research workflows. These include utilities to create public-notice radius mailing lists, generate Avery® 5160 label PDFs/CSVs, look up parcels against public county ArcGIS® REST services, and a directory ("atlas") and API of public county parcel endpoints.

The Service is, in substance, a directory and a thin client. It helps you find and query property records that counties and other government bodies publish themselves. UrbanKit Studio does not own those records and does not operate the county servers that hold them.

We may modify, add, or remove features at any time, and may suspend the Service for maintenance, security, or operational reasons.

2) Your responsibilities

• Verify requirements: You are responsible for confirming public notice and mailing list requirements for your jurisdiction, including buffer distances, ownership rules, and formatting.
• Right to use data: You must have the legal right to upload, use, and process any CSV/GeoJSON or other data you provide to the Service, and to use any outputs you generate.
• No sensitive data: Do not upload or enter sensitive personal information (e.g., SSNs, financial info, medical info). If your data includes names/addresses, treat it as personal data and handle it accordingly.
• Follow each source's terms: When the Service helps you query a county, municipal, or other third-party data source (for example, a county GIS or ArcGIS® REST endpoint), you are responsible for reviewing and complying with that source's own terms of use, access rules, and rate limits. Some jurisdictions restrict bulk downloads or commercial reuse of their records; those restrictions are yours to honor.

3) Acceptable use

The Service is intended for ordinary, interactive lookup and export use through the interface we provide. You agree not to:

• Use the Service in any way that violates applicable law or regulations.
• Engage in bulk, systematic, or automated retrieval of data beyond the intended interface — for example, scripting the Service to harvest records at scale, or scraping pages or API responses outside the documented, permitted endpoints and their published limits.
• Attempt to disrupt, overload, or probe the Service or related systems.
• Bypass, circumvent, or attempt to circumvent usage limits, authentication, or access controls.
• Reverse engineer the Service except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by law.
• Use the Service to process data you do not have rights to use, or to violate privacy rights.
• Resell, redistribute, or republish a county's or other source's database wholesale, or build a competing bulk data product out of records the Service helped you reach.

Where the Service offers a documented API or higher-volume plan, use it within the limits and terms of that plan. Programmatic access outside those documented limits is not permitted.

4) Data processing and outputs

Uploaded files (such as CSV or GeoJSON) are processed in your browser and not intentionally uploaded to UrbanKit Studio servers. Outputs (CSVs/PDFs) are generated by your browser and downloaded to your device. Tools backed by the parcel atlas API (for example bulk enrichment, auto-county radius lookups, and property reports) send the addresses or parcel you enter to UrbanKit Studio servers to run the query, and responses may be cached briefly for reliability and billing — see the Privacy Policy for details.

Property data is provided "as is" from third-party government sources. Parcel records, owner names, addresses, and related fields come from county, municipal, or other public records, served as-is and largely pass-through. We do not create, verify, or warrant the accuracy, completeness, currency, or availability of that data, and a source can change, restrict, or take down its service at any time without notice to us. Our Data Availability Commitment describes the limited operational promise we do make — that we monitor indexed endpoints and disclose when one is down — and is not a warranty of accuracy.

You are solely responsible for reviewing and validating outputs (including addresses, parcel selections, duplicates, and formatting) and any property data before relying on them for notices, mailings, legal compliance, or any decision.

5) Third-party services and links

Geocoding

If you use geocoding features, your inputs (such as an address) may be sent to third-party geocoding providers (for example, the U.S. Census Bureau's geocoding service). Those services are governed by their own terms and policies. We are not responsible for third-party services.

Maps/tiles and open-source software

The Service may rely on mapping libraries and third-party map styles/tiles. Some components are open-source and are licensed under their respective licenses. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and subject to their terms.

Links to third-party sites are provided for convenience; we do not control or endorse them.

6) Advertising

The Service does not currently display third-party advertising. If we introduce advertising in the future, any third-party ad provider may use cookies or similar technologies according to its own policies, and we will update our Privacy Policy accordingly.

7) Intellectual property

The Service, including its design, text, graphics, and code (excluding third-party/open-source components), is owned by UrbanKit Studio and protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service for its intended purpose, subject to these Terms.

Third-party trademarks

Avery® is a trademark of CCL Label, Inc. ArcGIS® and Esri® are trademarks of Esri. All other product names, logos, and brands are the property of their respective owners. We name these marks only to describe compatibility or interoperability (nominative fair use); their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their owners. UrbanKit Studio is not affiliated with or endorsed by any third party or government agency.

8) Paid subscriptions and billing

Some features are offered on paid plans. Paid plans and usage-based charges are processed by our payment processor, Stripe. We do not store your full card details; Stripe handles payment information under its own terms and privacy policy.

• Free trials: Some plans start with a free trial (the trial length and any card requirement are shown before you start). If you cancel before the trial ends, you are not charged. If you do not cancel, the plan's first billing period starts automatically when the trial ends, at the price shown when you started it. Trials are intended to be one per customer; we may decline a trial where one has already been used.
• Auto-renewal: Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period (monthly or annual, as selected) at the then-current price, until cancelled. By subscribing, you authorize these recurring charges. We disclose the price and billing interval before you subscribe.
• Cancel anytime: You can cancel at any time from your account or through the Stripe customer portal. When you cancel, your plan stays active through the end of the current paid period and does not renew after that.
• Refunds: Except where required by law, payments are non-refundable, and cancelling stops future renewals rather than refunding the current period. If you were charged in error or believe something is wrong, contact us and we will review it in good faith.
• Price changes: We may change plan prices or features. We will give reasonable notice of a price change before it applies to your next renewal; continuing to use a paid plan after that constitutes acceptance.
• Usage-based charges: Where a feature is metered (billed per use), charges accrue as you use it and are billed through Stripe per the rates shown for that feature.

9) Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED.

THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO PROPERTY AND PARCEL DATA, WHICH IS SOURCED AS-IS FROM THIRD-PARTY GOVERNMENT RECORDS. WE DO NOT WARRANT ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR CONTINUED AVAILABILITY, AND THIRD-PARTY SOURCES MAY CHANGE OR REMOVE THEIR SERVICES AT ANY TIME.

10) Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, URBANKIT STUDIO WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE.

11) Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless UrbanKit Studio from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your data, or your violation of these Terms.

12) Termination

We may suspend or terminate access to the Service at any time if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or if necessary to protect the Service, users, or the public.

13) Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will update the "Last updated" date above when changes are made. Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

14) Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

15) Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us using the contact method listed on the UrbanKit Studio website, or email contact@urbankitstudio.com.