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Salary: $51,212.00 - $79,446.00 Annually
Job Type: Full-Time
Description:
This is professional planning work.
Work involves responsibility for performing varied services and assignments in City planning, including conducting and preparing studies and reports pertaining to planning and zoning activities, and assisting in the direction of technical and clerical staff. Work includes responsibility for providing information regarding City codes and standards; enforcement of codes and standards; preparation of maps and other illustrative materials; and collecting planning data. Supervision is received from the Planning and Zoning Manager who makes assignments and reviews work for professional soundness and results obtained.
Examples of Duties
Responds to inquiries and advises the general public and development community on City zoning and sign ordinances and matters relating to zoning inspections.
Provides information to general public regarding planning, permitting, and related development policies and procedures.
Investigates complaints about zoning violations, issues violation notices to property owners or agents; negotiates solutions; or recommends legal action for noncompliance with oral and written warnings.
Processes permits by reviewing applications for completeness and compliance with local zoning ordinances and adherence to local planning documents; analyzes data and formulates recommendations on specific zoning requests.
Prepares and reviews updates of City maps, graphic display materials, and exhibits; prepares informational packets including tax ownership maps, zoning maps, and aerials for permit applications.
Reviews plans and development proposals for conformance with technical requirements and standards; prepares staff report and meeting packets for Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals.
Performs long range planning including the preparation of neighborhood plans and updates to the comprehensive plan; gathers, selects, and compiles data pertaining to area demographic, physical, and social characteristics; conducts special planning studies; organizes and attends neighborhood planning meetings.
Attends meetings of, and makes presentations to, boards and commissions and City Council meetings as necessary; provides research and staff support to Preservation Commission and neighborhood groups.
Processes certificate of appropriateness and landmark designation applications; prepares grant applications for historic preservation funding; administers grant programs.
Administers implementation of strategies identified in neighborhood plans and comprehensive plan.
Provides effective and efficient customer services and promotes and maintains responsive community relations.
Typical Qualifications
Graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in planning or related field; attainment of a master's degree in planning desirable but not required; planning or zoning experience; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the following knowledge, abilities, and skills:
Considerable knowledge of the philosophy, principles, practices, and techniques of urban planning and development.
Considerable knowledge of legal provisions and standards applicable to zoning, planning, land use, community development, and historic preservation.
Knowledge of standard analytical and research methodologies and statistical procedures.
Knowledge of computer operations, including word processing; spreadsheets and databases.
Ability to read and interpret site plans and blueprints.
Ability to detect and locate ordinance and code violations and to tactfully enforce codes and regulations.
Ability to adjust formal plans to meet the specific needs of different neighborhoods, individuals, and circumstances.
Ability to plan, organize, and report information effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other city employees, the development community and the general public, particularly neighborhood residents and business groups.
Ability to prepare maps, charts, sketches, and complex graphics.
Ability to effectively organize and speak at public meetings.
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Performs related duties as assigned.
Supplemental Information
Possession of a valid Class D Illinois driver's license or an equivalent license from the employees state of residence.
Selected candidates must meet a residency requirement, which includes living in the state of Illinois or Iowa and must report within 60 minutes after being called into work for an overtime assignment.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work is performed mostly in office setting. Some outdoor work is required in the inspection of proposed land use developments and neighborhood improvement sites. Hand eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear; sit; use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and bend; and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.