The Long Range Planning staff are responsible for administering the City of Yuma's General Plan, managing annexation requests and completing certain types of development agreements. The staff additionally initiate and manage updates to the City of Yuma facility plans.  Staff is responsible for projecting for growth as well as proposing updates to the many types of plans that affect and shape that growth.  Although the ideas and proposed updates for the plans are always evolving and changing, it is up to the City Council and ultimately the citizens of the City of Yuma that formally adopt them when the General Plan is placed on a ballot and taken to the voters every 10 years for the decennial update.  

For an overview of the General Plan click the link below.

• City of Yuma 2022 General Plan StoryMap

To view the complete current General Plan and other planning documents click the links below. 

• City of Yuma 2022 General Plan – Final
  View Fire Services and Facility Plan
  View Parks and Recreation Master Plan
  View Transportation Master Plan
  View Yuma Bikeways Plan 

The Decennial Update of the General Plan was adopted by the voters on November 8^th, 2022.  The General Plan is an extensive document that provides guidance for the social, economic, environmental and overall physical development of the City of Yuma. It consists of a series of interlinked chapters addressing state required elements/subjects. Also included in each chapter are policies and objectives that identify a way to reach goals for future development.

Click the links below to view the General Plan Newsletters:

• 2022 General Plan Newsletter 2 
• 2022 Spanish General Plan Newsletter 2
• 2022 General Plan Newsletter 1
• 2022 Spanish General Plan Newsletter 1