Dan Fleishman has been the Planning and Development Director in Stayton since 2006. Dan came to Stayton after working in southern Maine for more than 25 years. He spent seven years as the Town Planner in Arundel, Maine and on the staff of a council of governments, where he worked with more than 30 cities and towns, was the principal author of the state’s floodplain management guidebook and the state’s model regulations for subdivision regulation.

The Planner's responsibilities include staffing Planning Commission and City Council meetings, providing services to applicants and residents relating to municipal codes, and preparing staff reports pertaining to land use applications.

Long range planning programs currently in progress include updating the Comprehensive Plan, fostering long term sustainable economic development, and continued improvement of the Land Use and Development Code.

Some land use applications regularly handled by the Planning and Development Department include annexations, comprehensive plan and zone map amendments, site plan reviews, conditional uses, variances, subdivisions and planned unit developments. Information about these and other terms may be found in Planning Terms.  Applications for Land Use approvals may be downloaded by selecting the appropriate phrase from the sidebar on the right side of the screen.

The department is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday except for holidays. You may contact the Planning Department at 503-769-2998 or by emailing Planning and Development Director Dan Fleishman.