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Overview

The City of Leander Planning Department provides comprehensive land use services, both to the public and to the city, in support of the preservation, assistance, and regulation of development in the city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The department's goal is to ensure and enhance the quality of life in the community while accommodating growth and development, and to provide for orderly, safe, and healthful development for the community.

Working for the Leander Community

Our goal is to ensure and enhance the quality of life in the community while accommodating growth and development, and to provide for orderly, safe, and healthful development for the community. Our department:

  • Oversees the current, long-range, and regional planning issues of importance to Leander and the surrounding region.
  • Provides information on development standards to those wishing to develop property within the City or ETJ.
  • Provides for the preservation of the neighborhoods through ordinance compliance.
  • Maintains and updates the City's various maps including Zoning, City Limits ETJ, and Roadway Plan.
  • Provides staff support to the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Council, Board of Adjustments, and other citizen advisory committees by providing public information, reviews, recommendations, and preparation of reports.
  • Administers the zoning, subdivision, and site development processes.

Planning Awards

  • 2017 to 2020 Texas APA Planning Excellence Award
  • 2007 Form-Based Codes Institute Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award
  • 2006 Texas APA Current Planning Award for the development of the Leander Composite Zoning Ordinance
  • 2006 Central Texas APA Innovative Planning Award for the development of the Leander Composite Zoning Ordinance
  • 2006 Envision Central Texas Community Stewardship Award for the development of the Leander Smart Code and Leander TOD