Providing efficient, professional guidance to ensure responsible development practices.

The City Planner works to advise developers, property owners, and the public through the development process.  Ultimately, making recommendations to elected and appointed officials on current planning proposals.  In addition to responsibility for the Comprehensive Plan, you will find additional research studies and guidance documents here.

No Zoning - The City of Conroe does not have a Zoning Ordinance.  If you need further documentation to this fact, you may contact the Permits office at (936) 522-3110, and request a "Letter of No Zoning."

Within the City Limits:

The Engineering division reviews all plats and engineering plans for commercial Site Plans and Residential Subdivisions to include review of proposed Roads, Sanitary Sewer Systems, Sidewalks, Streetlights, Storm Sewer Systems, and Water Systems.

Other agencies, such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Municipal Utility Districts (MUD), or other regulatory agencies may have requirements that they impose within the City.

Within the Joint Planning Area:

The Joint Planning Area (also known as the 10-Year Planning Area) is a territory within the ETJ that has been identified as having the potential for annexation by the City within the next ten years. The Joint Planning Area is dynamic, and may be periodically revised by the City of Conroe and Montgomery County via the Inter-local Agreement Between the City of Conroe and Montgomery County, Texas for the Regulation of Subdivisions in the ETJ of the City of Conroe. The current approved Agreement and Joint Planning Area map in effect at the time of plan submittal will govern whether or not an area under development is designated within this area.

The Engineering division reviews all plats and engineering plans for commercial Site Plans and Residential Subdivisions to include review of proposed, Roads Sanitary Sewer Systems, Sidewalks, Streetlights, Storm Sewer Systems, and Water Systems.

Other agencies, such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Municipal Utility Districts (MUD), or other regulatory agencies may have requirements that they impose within the Joint Planning Area.

Within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Area:

The City of Conroe has been granted authority by the State of Texas to regulate certain activities within its specified ETJ. However, the City of Conroe has opted not to require any kind of engineering plan review or bonding within the ETJ that is outside of the City Limits and Planning Area. Development within the ETJ is subject to requirements that may be imposed by Montgomery County, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Municipal Utility Districts (MUD), or other regulatory agencies.

The City has also opted not to review plats submitted within the ETJ. Plats should be submitted to the Montgomery County Engineer for approval.