Planning & Zoning Board

Board Officers - Elected annually by the board

Chair: James Crews (City Resident)
Vice Chair: Angela Lyons                

Secretary: 

Board Members

Greg Chilcott (County Commission Rep.)

Stacie Barker (Council Rep.)

Angela Lyons (Urban Area Rep)

Jesse Reeves (Urban Area Rep)

John Anderson (City Rep.)

James Crews (City Rep.)

From Stevensville Municipal Code:

Sec. 2-316 - Powers and duties as planning board.
(a)The board shall prepare a growth policy and shall serve in an advisory capacity to the local government. The planning board may also propose policies for: subdivision plats; the development of public ways, public places, public structures, and public and private utilities; the issuance of improvement location permits on platted and -unplatted lands; the laying out and development of public ways and services to platted and unplatted lands.

(b)The board shall also have the power and duty to:

(1) Exercise general supervision of and make regulations for the administration of the affairs of the board.

(2) Prescribe uniform rules pertaining to investigations and hearings.

(3) Keep an accurate and complete record of all departmental proceedings, record and file all bonds and contracts, and assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all papers and documents of the board.

(4) Make recommendations and an annual report to any governing bodies represented on the board concerning the operation of the board and the status of planning within its jurisdiction.

(5) Prepare, publish and distribute reports, proposed ordinances and proposed resolutions, and other material relating to the activities authorized under this division.

Sec. 2-317. - Powers and duties as zoning board.
It shall be the duty of the board to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such board shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the town council shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the board.