Welcome to the Planning Department

City Planner
Jeff Bickerstaff, AICP  jbickerstaff@murphytx.org
206 North Murphy Road
Murphy, Texas 75094
Phone:  972-468-4040
Fax:  972-468-4023

Staff Contact
Executive Assistant                 Kim Green  kgreen@murphytx.org

Mission Statement
The Planning Department is committed to quality, planned growth throughout Murphy by assisting customers in the development process, providing accurate land use information in a timely and courteous manner.

Duties:

• Provides development services to the public in long-range planning (Comprehensive) and short-range planning (Current).

Comprehensive Planning in responsible for:

• Development of Comprehensive Plan
• Land use studies
• Annexation coordination
• Population projections
• Census data and analysis
• Activity reports on future developments

Current Planning handles:

• Zoning and platting requests
• Specific use permits
• Site plan review
• Variance requests from the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance