The Community Development Department is responsible for:

• Long-range comprehensive planning
• Land use policy advice to the public, City Council and Planning Commission
• Current planning and land use permits
• Annexations and policy development
• Building permits 
• Building inspections
• Code Enforcement
• Site development review
• Flood plain administration
• Short-Term Rental permitting
• Affordable housing coordination
• Community Development & land use-related grant application
• Land Use & Sign Code enforcement and administration
• GIS and mapping analysis
• Staff support for the Planning Commission
• Staff support for the Ouray Economic Development Committee

Community Development Director - Lily Oswald, AICP
The Community Development Director manages planning and zoning functions including the development and implementation of current and long-range master planning, oversees and coordinates community development and planning operations; oversees building inspection and code enforcement cases; develops, implements, evaluates and revises policies, practices, priorities, methods and procedures in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness of planning functions; enforces the City’s zoning, land use, litter, and dumping, temporary and fixed encroachment, and sign regulations. 

Building Inspector - Matt Haldeman
The Building Inspector manages and coordinated building permitting, inspections, and code enforcement. The Building Inspector is also responsible for ensuring the City remains in compliance with all adopted I-codes (IRC, IBC, IEBC, IFC, etc.) and municipal code standards; enforcing and coordinating the City's backflow prevention program as administered through the Colorado Department of Public Health & Safety; inspection and processing of short-term rental applications; and ongoing coordination with state agencies, private developers and contractors, property owners, and applicants to ensure development within the city limits is done in a way that respects the rights of adjacent property owners, contributes positively to the community character, provides safety for the public, considers environmental and hazard-related impact, and plans for future growth.