Planning & Zoning 

About the Department
The Planning and Zoning Department is responsible for:

• Reviewing requests for zoning changes
• Accepting requests to review subdivision plats
• Reviewing requests for conditional use permits and variances
• Establishing a time and place for public hearings before the Zoning Commission or Board of Adjustment
• Publishing notices of the public hearings in the local newspaper
• Sending a notice to all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property
• Keeping minutes of the public hearings
• Reviewing all surveys for the unincorporated areas of the county
• Reviewing agricultural exemption applications, building permit applications, and site plans
• Issuing building permits or zoning certificates for new structures
• The County's Floodplain Ordinance