ABOUT US

The Community Development Department is responsible for the stewardship of community standards as established by the Lacey Planning Commission and the Lacey City Council.  Community standards are reflected in land use policies, building codes, and property maintenance regulations.  Community Development Department staff assists policy makers by gathering information, researching market trends, and facilitating public input that ultimately shapes and guides the future of development within the City of Lacey. 

To carry out the responsibilities and duties of the Community Development Department, the department is broken into the following three divisions:

 

Planning Division

The Planning Division has two components, Long Range Planning and Current Planning. Long Range Planning works with the Lacey Planning Commission and Lacey City Council to develop the various community plans and policies and development codes. Current Planning facilitates the land use permitting process implementing the community plans and development codes. The Planning Division also provides support services to the City of Lacey Hearings Examiner.  A primary responsibility of the Planning Division is City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan.   The Comprehensive Land Use Plan is the document that provides the strategic vision for the City of Lacey.  Under the State Growth Management Act (GMA), the Comprehensive Land Use Plan must look at a minimum 20 year planning horizon. 
 

 

Building Division

 

The Building Division ensures the buildings built in our community are safe, sanitary, accessible and compliant with State and City of Lacey Building and Fire Codes. The Building Division is responsible for the facilitation of the building permit application and inspection process.

 

 

Code Enforcement Division

 

The Code Enforcement Division works with our citizens, neighborhoods and business community to ensure that housing, structures and properties within the community are safe and maintained to community standards and that zoning provisions for land use, signage and business registration are met.