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Planning is responsible for...

Drafting and Maintenance of the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations

The Comprehensive Plan, adopted by the City Council in 2004, provides the City's "roadmap" comprised of goals, objectives, and policies through 2020. The primary function of the Planning & Zoning Division is to implement this plan while ensuring that it remains updated to properly reflect changing conditions within the community.

Review of Development Plans and Issuing Development Orders

Site Plans for new multi-family, commercial, office, and industrial developments are reviewed and approved by the City's technical review staff to ensure application submittals are in compliance with City codes and ordinances, and issue development orders when projects are approved. Technical review staff also reviews subdivisions for both residential and non-residential projects.

Review, Processing, and Monitoring of other Development-related applications

In addition to site plans and subdivisions, there are other development-related applications which must be reviewed and processed on a monthly basis including variances, special exceptions, public/semi-public/special uses, rezonings, and applications for home occupations. Depending upon the specific type of application, the Planning & Zoning business processes may include educating applicants, preparation of reports and recommendations, and presentation of cases to the Planning and Land Development Regulation Board (PLDRB) and City Council. In fact, the Planning & Zoning Division acts as primary staff to the PLDRB - yet another main aspect of its processes.

Larger, more complex applications, such as Developments of Regional Impact (DRI) and Future Land Use Map (FLUM) amendments, are also part of the Planning & Zoning processes. DRIs also involve ongoing monitoring efforts to ensure developer compliance with development agreements.

In 2004, the City Council established the SR100 Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) and adopted a Redevelopment Plan and a tax increment financing district. Administration of the SR100 CRA, shall involve investing the tax increment revenues in accordance with the plan guideline to help spur the redevelopment of private property, a major business process of the Planning & Zoning Division. It is expected that this business process will continue to expand in the 5-year timeframe as tax increment revenues increase exponentially with commensurate increases in developmental pressures.

The Planning & Zoning Division has responsibility for reviewing and approving applications for development of various types. Those reviews and approvals are governed by the City's approved Comprehensive Plan, Land Development Code, Future Land Use Map, Zoning Map and State Law and Regulations. If you have questions about these documents, please contact the Planning & Zoning Division at (386) 986-3736.