Development Review Division

Ordinance Administration

The department administers:

• Zoning Ordinance (PDF) (including the tree ordinance)
• Subdivision Ordinance (PDF)
• Sign Ordinances (PDF)
• Maintains the Zoning Map (PDF)

Staff Support

The department provides staff support for:

• Planning Commission
• Design Review Commission
• Historic Preservation Commission
• Board of Zoning Appeals
• Bartlett Station Commission
• Industrial Development Board

Application Approval

The department reviews applications for approval:

• Rezonings and special use permits (by the Planning Commission and Board of Mayor and Aldermen)
• Signs (by the Design Review Commission)
• Site Plans (by the Planning Commission and the Design Review Commission)
• Subdivision plats (by the Planning Commission — Master, Construction, and Final Plans)
• Variances (by the Board of Zoning Appeals)

Application deadlines (PDF) and meeting dates are published by the Department.

See other departments involved in development review.

Other Development Information

• The department comments on development proposals in the Bartlett Annexation Reserve, which is under the jurisdiction of Shelby County.
• See Requirements for Off-Street Parking (PDF) spaces for handicapped persons
• See Requirements for Placement of Telephone and Cable Television Pedestals and Boxes (PDF)