Community Development

Building Division

The Building Division helps ensure that our community’s buildings are safe and comfortable through the review of plans, issuance of permits and inspection of all commercial and residential construction, including plumbing, mechanical, electrical and fire life safety work. Building staff works with contractors and citizens to help ensure that their construction projects meet the state code standards. We are available to answer your permitting and building code questions for your specific project.

What's New: InfoHub Permits

Planning Division

The Planning Division works to make great neighborhoods and an attractive and energetic environment for us to live, work, shop, and play. Our services include current planning, long-range planning, special area planning, and historic preservation. We can help you with your zoning and development questions, urban renewal projects, historic buildings, and much more. We are staff to the Planning Commission, Hearings Board, Central Albany Revitalization Area Agency & Board, and the Landmarks Advisory Commission.

What's New: Current Planning Projects | Goal 5 Review | Home Occupation Standards

• Building & Planning Permit Fee Schedule (266K pdf)
• Valuation Table (33K pdf)

Building Division:

• Contact Building
• InfoHub Permits
  Check your permit history and status online!
• Permit Applications and Checklists

• Operating Plan
• Administrative
• Compliance
• Electrical
• Inspection
• Permitting
• Plan Review
• Plumbing
• Building Board of Appeals

Planning Division:

• Contact Planning
• Planning Commission
• Applications Scheduled for Public Hearing
• Historic Preservation Program
• Landmarks Advisory Commission

Planning Documents:

• 2006 Housing Needs Analysis (1.7MB pdf)
• Albany Comprehensive Plan
  Plan Map (542K PDF)
• Albany Development Code
• Application Forms
• Economic Opportunities Analysis
• Fencing Standards
• Flood & Floodplain Information
• Home Occupation Standards
• Zoning Map (500K PDF)

Planning Projects:

• Current Planning Projects
• Goal 5 (in progress)
• Albany Economic Opportunities Analysis Update (2007) (196K pdf)
• South Albany Area Plan (2007-in progress)
• Central Albany Revitalization Area
• North Albany Refinement Plan
• Goal 9: Economic Development (2002)
• Balanced Development Patterns (2001)
• Great Neighborhoods (1999-2000)

Demographics:

• 2000 Census Database
• Demographic information summary (56K pdf)
• Census 2000 Web site