Planning Department’s Mission

The mission of the planning department is to provide for a choice of land uses while protecting owners against the adverse affects of other’s actions and to achieve economic prosperity while creating a more desirable community for all to live.

Functions

The planning and zoning department wants to give every citizen the greatest number of land use options while promoting land uses conforming to the neighborhood. In order to meet the needs of citizens, the planning and zoning department performs several different functions including:

• Administration of subdivision ordinance
• Administration of zoning ordinance
• Economic development activities
• Long range comprehensive planning
• Processing annexations

Goals

• Encourage a variety of housing options that are affordable at all income levels
• Ensure adequate choice and efficiency of infrastructure for transportation
• Facilitate development of undeveloped parcels and redevelopment of existing properties in a manner that allows the highest and best use of the land, but still protects the healthy, safety, and welfare of the surrounding neighborhood
• Protection of the environment and natural resources
• Provide for the protection of existing neighborhoods and proper planning of new neighborhoods to ensure a continued high quality of life for Nacogdoches residents