The Community Development and Engineering department handles the following:

Community Development includes Planning & Zoning; Business Licensing - Commercial, Home Occupation, Solicitors, Temporary Permits, and Beer Licenses; Building Permit review, approval, and inspections; Yard regulations including building setbacks and height; Conditional and Permitted uses by zone; General Plan; Moderate Income Housing planning; Zoning maps; Planning Commission support, and Enforcement of city ordinances (that do not require police intervention).

Engineering includes facilities and/or public works design & planning, design standards, road design, new construction building permit review and inspections, FEMA flood potential information.