Planning Department

Please Note: The Planning Commission will resume holding in-person public meetings at the Warren Community Center Auditorium on January 10, 2022.

Welcome to the City of Warren Planning Department. Our mission is to provide citizens and businesses easy access to information and links relating to approvals, projects and programs administered by various commissions and staff in planning, community and economic development.

Our hope is that you find this information valuable, streamlining the process in making the City of Warren a positive place to live and do business.

Under the direction of the Planning Commission, the Planning Department is charged with the responsibility of providing professional advice and service in implementation of the City’s Master Plan. As key advisers to the Planning Commission, City Council and other City commissions and authorities, their goal is orderly and continued positive growth in the City of Warren.

The Planning Department serves as technical advisors and administrators in applying for:

• Zoning ordinance and map revisions related to Warren’s Master Plan.
• Site Plan approval for commercial, industrial and residential multiple family and site condominium developments.
• Site Plan amendments, special land uses, and outdoor retail sales.
• Land use (Zoning) amendments
• Vacations of public alleys, easements, walkways and right of ways.
• Lot splits and combinations
• Property plats.
• Studies related to transportation, recreation, and other land uses.
• Staff liaison to economic development programs for redevelopment such as the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority,
• Downtown Development Authority, Community Development and Block Grant Program and the Tax Increment Finance Authority.

CITY OF WARREN IRON BELLE TRAIL ROUTE & FEASIBILITY STUDY – Adopted February 11, 2020 – Click for more information.

CITY OF WARREN RECREATION MASTER PLAN

Performance Bond Forms

Come into the Planning Department to obtain these forms:
Cash Bond Form
Surety Bond Form