Planning plays a vital role in the City of Yuma. While long-range planners maintain the vision for growth and development for Yuma, current planners help to guide that vision, along with assisting residents, business owners, and developers to move forward with their development goals. Whether it is adding a shade structure to a single family home or the development of vacant property, current planners help move applicants through the process as seamlessly as possible.

The current planning staff has responsibilities which include:

• Administering the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and specific plans;
• Attending Pre-Development meetings;
• Providing customers with information related to permitted and conditional uses by zoning district;
• Providing and implementing information regarding the city’s development standards such as parking, landscaping, setbacks, and signage;
• Conducting site inspections in conjunction with finalizing building permits for development projects;
• Reviewing business licenses for zoning conformance;
• Assisting the public with zoning questions;
• Evaluating land use applications;
• Coordinating planning application reviews with other city departments; and,
• Performing research, compiling data, and writing reports for Variances, Rezonings, Conditional Use Permits, Subdivisions, and Text Amendments.

Current planners strive to promote the development of the City of Yuma with a high quality of life through professional planning strategies, collaboration with members of the community and serving as the liaison to the Commissions and Boards appointed by the Mayor and Council.

• View Community Planning and Engineering annual fee schedule
• View Community Planning land use applications with checklists:
  
  • Accessory Dwelling Unit 
  • Annexation 
  • Conditional Use Permit 
  • Design and Historic Review 
  • General Plan Amendment 
  • Lot Tie - Lot Split
  • Minor / Administrative Variance 
  • Pre-Annexation Agreement 
  • Rezoning
  • Subdivision Plat 
  • Variance 
  • Written Zoning Verification 

We also provide overviews of common topics in the form of informational brochures.

• View any of these helpful brochures for more information:
  • Accessory Dwelling Units 
  • Annexation into the City of Yuma 
  • Backyard Chickens in the city limits 
  • Childcare Services Requirements Large and Small for Providers 
  • Company Housing 
  • Fences, Setbacks and Accessory Buildings 
  • Mobile Food Vending 
  • Mobile Food Vending Spanish Version 
  • Residential Care, Nursing and Personal Care 
  • Temporary Sign Brochures