Planning & Development

Planning & Development provides city planning and community development services to the community and other governmental agencies. Please click on the links below for more information.

New and Noteworthy

• Columbia Imagined Status Update
  • Comprehensive Plan – Columbia Imagined
  • Columbia Imagined Implementation
• Medical Marijuana Text Amendment
• Short Term Rentals
• Click here to submit an annexation, zoning, or development application online
• Unified Development Code
• Public Notifications
• M-DT Regulating Planopens PDF file

Current Planning

• Application Forms and Filing Procedures for the Planning and Zoning Commission
• Application Forms and Filing Procedures for the Board of Adjustment
• Community Dashboard (interactive map of recent subdivision, annexation, rezoning, and other development requests)
• Planning and Zoning Commission Rules of Procedure (rev. 5-24-12)opens PDF file
• Planning & Zoning Commission

Long-Range and Transportation Planning

• Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO)
  • FY 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (Approved December 5, 2019)opens PDF file
  • 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan (Approved December 5, 2019)opens PDF file
  • DRAFT FY 2021 UPWP 7-20-2020opens PDF file
  • Approved CATSO FY2020 UPWP 8-22-19opens PDF file
• Neighborhood Planning
  • West Central Columbia Neighborhood Plan – Final Draftopens PDF file
• Historic Preservation
• Other Land Use Plans