Planning

The Planning Department plays a critical role in achieving the City Council's goals and objectives relative to the physical development of the community.

The Planning Department has a staff of 20 and is comprised of the Administration, Current Planning, and Advance Planning divisions.

Planning Highlights

The City’s General Plan was comprehensively updated and adopted as a component of The Ontario Plan on January 27, 2010. The Ontario Plan is a dynamic web-based framework for sustained, comprehensive leadership in building the Ontario community. It integrates components of city governance that are typically disconnected. The Plan states community direction at a point in time (2009) and integrates it into a single guidance system that will shape the Ontario community 20 years or more into the future. The Ontario Plan provides for lasting policies to accommodate change. It consists of a six-part Component Framework:   

1. Vision,
2. Governance Manual,
3. Policy Plan (General Plan),
4. City Council Priorities,
5. Implementation, and
6. Tracking and Feedback.

Together these components function as the City’s business plan.  

For more information, click on the following links:

• The Ontario Plan (The City's Comprehensive Business Plan)
• Policy Plan (The City's General Plan)
• Official Land Use Plan (General Plan Map - Print and Zoom Capabilities)
• Land Use Plan/Zoning Map (Interactive Map - Searchable by Parcel or Address)