Welcome to the Community Development Department
Construction Community and Camas citizens, thank you for your cooperation and understanding during the recent construction Stop Work order.
Effective April 24th all low-risk construction may resume.
All work shall be conducted in accordance with Phase 1 Construction Restart COVID-19 Job Site Requirements.
- For general Building questions or appointments please contact: permits@cityofcamas.us
- For general Engineering questions or appointments please contact: aashton@cityofcamas.us
- For general Planning questions or appointments please contact: rmaul@cityofcamas.us
Again thank you for your cooperation and understanding, now let’s get back to work, stay healty and stay safe.
The Third Avenue entrance at City Hall is a one stop shop for development within the City of Camas. We hope this streamlines your development review, which involves collaboration from many city departments and other agencies. The Community Development Department is comprised of the Building and Planning Divisions. Phil Bourquin has served as the Community Development Director since 2006.
The Planning Division’s Case Log (permits) since 2016 (Note this report can be downloaded onto your computer as a pdf or in Microsoft Excel formats).
The Residential & Commercial Development Report includes commercial and residential developments since 2016 (Note that this report extracts information from the full case log found above, Land Use Cases Tracking Report and also can be downloaded onto your computer).
The Subdivision Activity Report (this report is sorted by school district boundaries)
New Flood Hazard Zone Maps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has prepared revised maps that identify new flood hazard zones. Click here to view if your property is within a flood zone.