1. A computer implemented method to automatically standardize zoning districts for a plurality of zoning ordinances, said method comprising the steps of: a) automatically, by computer, importing Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial data into a database comprising lots and parcels, zoning for base and/or overlay districts for an identified jurisdiction or municipality; b) manually mapping data elements from the GIS and creating an association with the corresponding key descriptors such as definition, intent or focus for each zoning district, including base and overlays, from the specific jurisdiction zoning ordinance; c) automatically, by computer, assigning one or more descriptors to each zoning district, from lists of descriptors for properties including zoning district type, land-use/development focus, and/or land-use/development policy focus, wherein a list of descriptors for zoning district type includes one or more of base, overlay, or other, a list of descriptors for land-use/development focus includes one or more of residential, multifamily, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, agricultural, public, planned special or unzoned, a list of descriptors for land-use/development policy focus includes one or more of design, pedestrian friendly, medical/health, entertainment, developer incentive, preservation, or transit related, and the importing, transferring and assigning produce a logic-enhanced database; d) automatically, by computer, performing a search of the logic-enhanced database for one or more descriptors; e) automatically, by computer, retrieving a list of parcels identified as meeting criteria of the one or more descriptors; and f) automatically, by computer, creating an output of data.