We are comprised of three divisions and  the oversight of the public transit system management.

Long Range Planning

The Long Range Planning Division (LRP) is responsible for comprehensive long and short range urban planning for the City of Montgomery. The Long Range Planning Division is responsible for updating and maintenance of the City Comprehensive Planning which is a physical plan for development and redevelopment of the city based on current and future needs of the city. Long Range Planning also applies for various grants for implementation of various projects recommended in plans.

Land Use Planning

The Land Use Division is responsible for the daily operations of the Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations and Historic Ordinance. We are also the staff for the Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, Historic Preservation Commission, and Architectural Review Board. Our Division is responsible for rezoning requests, development plan review, platting process, variances/special exceptions, historic property alterations, historic property designations, zoning verification requests, and zoning violation complaints.

Transportation Planning

The Transportation Planning Division is responsible for the daily operations of the transportation planning process for the Metropolitan Planning Organization and do overall transportation planning work in the areas of public transportation, roadway infrastructure creation and improvements, bicycles and pedestrians and safety. The Metropolitan Planning Organization covers portions of Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga Counties. The Transportation Planning Division plans for long and short range transportation improvements such as road and bridge construction, transit capital and operations (rail, water, and bus), bicycle, air transportation, pedestrian improvements and traffic safety improvements.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

The GIS Division is responsible for the development and maintenance of spatial data layers in a central database used to do analysis and create maps of the City of Montgomery, Montgomery County and Region as needed and requested.  The GIS Division uses GIS technology to make data and maps available to city departments and personnel, and to provide geo-spatial analysis, and mapping services to city departments, private contractors and consultants and the general public.

A GIS is a computer-based system used in creating, storing, querying, analyzing, and mapping spatial data. Spatial data is simply any kind of data that has a known location, or may be data about an object that has a known location. GIS technology combines common database operations such as queries, statistical analysis, and reports with visualization, and geographic analysis. GIS is a powerful tool for governments and businesses to make informed decisions based upon the “big picture” of related data.

The most common GIS data layers used are: Street centerlines, Address point data, County parcel data, Planimetric data including: streams, streets, pavement, bridges, elevation data, and building footprints, Easements, Zoning, U.S. Census Data, Aerial Photography, Annexations, City Limits, County Limits, Council Districts, VotingPrecincts, & Polling Locations, Sanitation/TrashPick-up Routes, Administrative Boundaries for Fire, Police, Inspections, and others, FEMA Flood,  Zones, Historic Districts, Parks and Facilities, Schools, Public Transit/Bus Routes, Stops, and Structures and Aerial Photography.

For more information contact:
Anita Bowen, GIS Manager - 334-625-2739 

M Public Transit System

The M Public Transit System (formerly Montgomery Area Transit System (MATS) General Manager and the Assistant General Manager/ Maintenance Director are managed by the Department of Planning. All federal grant funding for the transit system is applied for and managed by the Planning Director and the transportation planning division. All issues and matters related to public transit and handled by the General Manger of Transit and coordinated with the Planning Director if needed.

These divisions work together to ensure the orderly use of land as it relates to enhancing and maintaining the economic, aesthetic, physical viability of the city.

City of Montgomery Historic Civil Rights Survey, Research, Documentation Planning Project