Assists with directing and implementing the city’s planning and development operations in accordance with state and municipal statues and the City’s priorities, mission, and values.

Essential duties include:

• Performs the review of developers’ plans, both civil and architectural, to ensure compliance with state and city regulations
• Makes recommendations to the City Planning Board and City Commission on requests for major subdivisions of land, special use permits, developments of significant impact, rezoning of land, variances, and minor and major amendments.
• Ensures the efficient and timely processing of all zoning related applications.
• Assists in preparing and administering annual planning grant applications; updates plans for compliance with federal, state and other applicable regulations.
• Coordinates activities with other agencies related to the enhancement of the city and potential economic development opportunities.
• Monitors and provides assistance to the Planning and Zoning Board and the Development Review Committee.
• Responds to planning-related inquiries from the general public and other agencies and organizations.
• Prepares amendments for code compliance; prepares maps and graphic presentations.
• Coordinates activities with other agencies related to the request for proposals and corresponding completed plans and bids.
• Provides input pertaining to neighborhood planning initiatives, sites and master plans and design guidelines.
• Participates in the comprehensive planning development and revision process.
• Performs fieldwork and research for both current planning and comprehensive planning.
• Assists with the Nuisance Abatement Program.
• Assists Building Official and Building Inspector during the plan review and building process of all renovation and new construction projects.
• Assists in facilitating pre-submittal and pre-construction meetings.
• Prepares and issues Certification of Completion and Certificate of Occupancy upon the verification of passed final inspections.

• Performs the review of developers’ plans, both civil and architectural, to ensure compliance with state and city regulations
• Makes recommendations to the City Planning Board and City Commission on requests for major subdivisions of land, special use permits, developments of significant impact, rezoning of land, variances, and minor and major amendments.
• Ensures the efficient and timely processing of all zoning related applications.
• Assists in preparing and administering annual planning grant applications; updates plans for compliance with federal, state and other applicable regulations.
• Coordinates activities with other agencies related to the enhancement of the city and potential economic development opportunities.
• Monitors and provides assistance to the Planning and Zoning Board and the Development Review Committee.
• Responds to planning-related inquiries from the general public and other agencies and organizations.
• Prepares amendments for code compliance; prepares maps and graphic presentations.
• Coordinates activities with other agencies related to the request for proposals and corresponding completed plans and bids.
• Provides input pertaining to neighborhood planning initiatives, sites and master plans and design guidelines.
• Participates in the comprehensive planning development and revision process.
• Performs fieldwork and research for both current planning and comprehensive planning.
• Assists with the Nuisance Abatement Program.
• Assists Building Official and Building Inspector during the plan review and building process of all renovation and new construction projects.
• Assists in facilitating pre-submittal and pre-construction meetings.
• Prepares and issues Certification of Completion and Certificate of Occupancy upon the verification of passed final inspections