City Planner

Job Summary: The City Planner performs professional work in planning, zoning, subdivision, and general community development work including administrative functions to include responding to public inquiries and land use issues, conducting research, preparing detailed staff reports, weekly and monthly housing reports, and conducting site visits.Essential Functions, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Principles and practices of land development related to site design and land use compatibility.
• Organized in setting up electronic files and saving approved regulatory documents for ease of future reference.
• Analyzes building permit and land development related applications and uniformly apply relevant adopted planning documents and ordinances.
• Prepares and presents oral, written, and graphic reports, documents, maps, and related planning and land development materials in public hearing settings.
• Facilitates Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meetings with utility purveyors, applicants, and city personnel.  Prepare and provide meeting minutes of all TAC meetings, in a timely manner, to attendees. 
• Coordinating plan review with City Engineer, Building Official, Fire Marshal, Police Chief, Public Works Director, and other municipal departments, as warranted.
• Reads and interprets City, State, and Federal codes and ordinances, Planned Unit Development plans, technical and operational documents and reports, site plans, maps, and drawings to include the use of a scale to measure parking space dimensions, landscaping requirements, building setbacks, and more.
• Know basic Geographical Information Systems (GIS) interfaces.
• Manage stress effectively without interfering with job performance.
• Organizes, sets priorities and exercises sound independent judgement within areas of responsibility.
• Operates a computer, spreadsheets, database software and other standard office equipment.
• Communicates clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establishes and maintains effective professional working relationships with public officials, City Manager, department heads, other employees, other agencies, and the general public.
• Willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Conducts oneself with integrity, morality, character, and trustworthiness.
• Collaborate well with other members of the Community Development Department and the City.

Experience Preferred: At least 5 years of experience in municipal planning
Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelors in a related field, or work- related equivalentEssential Job Functions
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential duties:

1. Perform technical planning functions including research, review, analysis, presentation and coordination of rezoning applications, annexation requests, platting, and land use permit application processing to include specific use permits, variance and special exception requests and other related applications and processes.
2. Prepare, track, and meet all public notice requirements.
3. Review various planning related applications received for compliance with the City’s general Comprehensive Master Plan, land development policies and subdivision and site plan design standards.
4. Perform site layout design code analysis and provide review comments for applicants.
5. Coordinate the City’s application review process with affected parties, including the applicants, property owners, other Community Development staff, architectural and civil engineering consultants, City regulatory and review bodies, and the general public.
6. Maintain current and accurate case files on each Planning application, as received.
7. Prepare and present written and oral reports to regulatory bodies in a public hearing setting. Such reports include planning staff findings and recommendations as it relates to compliance with City regulations.
8. Ability to utilize the software currently needed to perform City Planner duties with the aptitude to grow as technology grows.
9. Maintain City planning documents, information data bases, case mapping, planning development codes and related regulations for research, documentation, public access, and use.
10. Maintain land use and development data to analyze proposed land uses and prepare and maintain base maps, graphics, reports, and related documents.
11. Develop and maintain statistical reporting systems.
12. Answer inquiries from and assist the public in-person, via email, and by telephone, regarding land development and zoning matters as they apply to current City codes and ordinances.
13. Perform related tasks, as requested and/or required.