Mission Statement

The Planning Division is responsible for long range planning and administering the City's Land Development Regulations.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Planning Division is responsible for both long range and short range planning functions, as well as, development review coordination.  Planning maintains and updates the City's Comprehensive Plan and the Land Development Regulations.  All development plans are reviewed to assure conformity with these two guiding documents.  Assistance is available in the Planning office, by telephone, email or in-person.  Applications submitted for consideration are, but not limited to:  Commercial & Multi-Family Site Plans and Subdivision Review / Plat plans for Technical Review Committee approval; Future Land Use Amendments, Annexations, Special Exceptions, Variance, Zoning Changes for Planning Board approval and Certificate of Appropriateness for historic resources.