Public Development

The Mission of the Public Development Department is to provide an orderly process to guide growth and development in conformance with the policies, regulations and procedures adopted by the Board of Commissioners for the betterment of Jackson County.


The Public Development Director oversees the following divisions: 

To submit an application for anything related to building permitting, development, planning, or zoning, please visit Jackson County's Citizen Self Service portal. Please remember that your username is not your email address. Also, CSS has shown to function better in Google Chrome. Lastly, the applicant/owner is responsible for submitting to outside agencies.