Mission

Assist citizens to achieve their desired lifestyles by contributing to a better quality of life through community improvement.

At Your Service

The Community Development Department conducts a variety of planning activities for the City and serves the function of central permitting agency for building and construction permits, business registrations and a host of other activities. Please use the left panel to access the information you need.

What's New

Business Registrations has moved to the Economic Development Office at 250 South Downtown Mall. This change is effective May 14th. Contact Vicki Montes at 575-541-2287 or vickim@las-cruces.org.

A neighborhood meeting was held on Monday, April 7th to solicit input on a DRAFT Plan for the Alameda-Depot Neighborhood (2MB). A 30-day public comment period is closed on May 7th. We are now in the process of revising the draft based on comments received. A second neighborhood meeting will be held in the summer. Please contact Carol McCall (528-3209) with any questions or comments you may have.

On March 19th, 2008, the Community Development Department made several presentations to City Council during a worksession on growth management, which are available for download as a PDF. The first was on current development processes (<1MB), and the second was on smart growth (11MB).

The Vision 2040 Regional Planning Project is underway! Click here to visit the official website of this long-range planning project for the City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County.

Information on all Pending Development Applications is now available online. View all development applications currently under review, as well as staff reports and future public hearing dates.