The primary administration of the Zoning Ordinance and Land Development Code is vested in seven entities of the government of the City of Peoria as follows:

• Zoning Administrator
• Historic Preservation Commission (please use the link to the left for additional information)
• Planning Commission (please use the link to the left for additional information)
• Site Plan Review Board (please use the link to the left for additional information)
• Zoning Board of Appeals (please use the link to the left for additional information)
• Zoning Commission (please use the link to the left for additional information)
• City Council

The Zoning Administrator is the Director of the Planning & Growth Management Department and manages staffing of the Commissions while the City Council has the following duties with respect to the administration of the above-mentioned development codes:

Receive recommendations from the Zoning Commission, and take action upon all proposed amendments, special uses, N1 Official Development Plans and planned unit development applications.

Review and where appropriate, act upon the annual report from the Zoning Commission and Zoning Administrator concerning the status of this zoning ordinance with regard to effectiveness of the ordinance, administrative procedures and relationships to the Official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Peoria as amended.

Receive and act upon other matters required by this ordinance and forwarded by the Zoning Administrator, other City Officials or citizens.

Approve or deny any application for modification or elimination of restrictive covenants after receiving recommendations and findings of fact from the Zoning Commission.

The Commissions listed above have specific duties as listed on their respective pages. Please use the links to the left for more information on a specific Commission.