Planning Department

Planning and Zoning oversees land use within the Williston City Limits and one mile extraterritorial area.  This includes administering the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, and the Renaissance Zone.

Comprehensive Plan- The comprehensive plan is a policy guide based on community values to preserve those values and guide growth and change.  The City of Williston is currently in the process of updating the comprehensive plan, see http://www.willistonplan.com/

Renaissance Zone- The Renaissance Zone is intended to encourage private investment to develop, renovate, rehabilitate and reviatlize the downtown area.  The objective of the Renaissance Zone program is to offer financial incentives that will encourage captial investments within the Zone needed to produce the desired economic, commercial, residential and entertainment outcomes.