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The Planning Division serves the public by providing information to elected and other city officials in order to assist them in making decisions about growth and development of the city. The division is responsible for enforcing land use regulations, developing long-range plans to meet future citywide needs and guiding physical development in the city.

The Planning Division performs the following duties:

• Manage rezoning and PUD requests, conditional use permits and subdivision applications.
• Coordinate all development plan review via a Staff Technical Review Committee that is comprised of staff from various city departments.
• Update the zoning ordinance.
• Prepare and maintain the land use plan, thoroughfare plan and comprehensive plan.
• Provide support staff to Planning Commission and Design Review Committee.
• Apply design guidelines to the D-1 Downtown Zoning District.
• Prepare long-range and area plans.
• Develop long-range growth strategies.
• Provide geographic information systems (GIS) support.

View these Planning Division resources:

> Planning Commission
> Design Review Committee
> Staff Technical Review
> Zoning Districts
> Planning applications and forms
> Schedule of fees
> Fairfield maps
> Projects around town
> Flooding safety
> Planning documents