Contact Information

2122 Campus Dr SE Suite #100
Rochester, Mn 55904 (Map)

Phone: 507-328-7100
Fax: 507-328-7958
General Email

Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Department Contacts

Welcome to the City of Rochester-Olmsted County Planning and Zoning Department

Our History

The Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department was formed in 1975 through the merger of the Olmsted County Department of Development and the Rochester Planning Department. The combined department provides planning and related services under the administrative direction of the Planning Administrative Services Committee (PASC), which has charge of setting the department's budget and work program within the constraints established by the County's levy for the department. The PASC is made up of representatives from the City of Rochester, Olmsted County, the smaller cities in Olmsted County, and the townships.

By forming a joint planning agency, the community created a geographically integrated planning system with a comprehensive approach to all phases of the planning and community development process. Planning can be carried out on a community-wide basis without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. Particularly in planning for the overall settlement pattern of the County, the cities, townships, and County have the potential to work with one planning system to create the growth management system necessary for orderly development.





*NEW for 2019:
City of Rochester, MN will be presenting some of their documents via "FlippingBook". Basic instruction on how to navigate the flippingbook is available. Traditional PDF version for all flippingbook document is also available if needed for downloading.