The Planning Application Tracking Service (PATS) website allows you to follow the progress of planning applications formally submitted for review to the Lincoln City-Lancaster County Planning Department.

PATS provides you with useful information on each planning application. These applications include requests for changes of zoning, special permits, subdivision plats, and amendments to the Comprehensive Plan.

This site displays key dates in the review process. For example, PATS gives you the public hearing dates before the Planning Commission, City Council, or County Board for each application.

With PATS you can also view vital documents in the review process. These include the original application, staff reports, and other planning materials which are part of the review process.

PATS information is drawn directly from an internal workflow database maintained by the City- County Planning Department. You may access the information in several ways.

If you know the number of the application you are interested in following, simply enter the number into the "Selection Screen" and the information for that application will be displayed. Additionally, the site's street address and "Parcel Identification Number" (PIN) can be used to track any given application using the "Selection Screen."

If you happened to have seen one of the Planning Department's yellow "Zoning Action" signs and want to know more, you can view a digital map showing the signs located across the community. Click on the sign icon nearest that location to view pertinent information about the application.

And lastly, if you are interested in researching planning applications in general geographic areas of the community you may do so by viewing the "Applications Overview Map." Simply click on the area in which you have an interest and information on applications in the area will be displayed.