Senior Planner

Job Purpose

The purpose of this classification is to assist in overseeing Planning & Zoning Division operations and activities, including development review, process management, comprehensive planning, and general division administration. The following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of the duties or functions does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.

Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Supervises, directs and evaluates assigned staff, addresses employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, and managing employee performance.
• Coordinates daily work activities; organizes and prioritizes department workload; makes work assignments; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work; troubleshoots problem situations.
• Coordinates and manages planning consultant contracts, as assigned.
• Interprets and applies applicable City codes, ordinances, regulations, and the comprehensive plan pertaining to zoning, land use, and site development.
• Oversees periodic evaluations and updates to the Comprehensive Plan pursuant to state law and administrative code.
• Provides information and assistance to the public, City officials, or other individuals concerning City codes, land development regulations, zoning regulations, interpretation of codes/regulations, application processes, and procedural issues; responds to complaints, researches problems, and initiates problem resolution.
• Prepares legal notices for privately- and City-initiated applications; prepares legal notices and legal advertisements for property owners regarding such applications.
• Reviews for completeness applications submitted for annexation, land use amendment, rezoning, master plan, comprehensive plan text amendment, zoning code variance; amendment, and abandonment.
• Reviews site plans, building elevations, building permit applications and exhibits, and conducts necessary inspections to ensure compliance with applicable land development regulations and development orders.
• Reviews applications filed under the Historic Preservation Program and makes recommendations on Certificates of Appropriateness.
• Reviews applications filed under the Public Art Program.
• Assists in the planning of public and/or civic spaces.
• Develops, evaluates, and implements the City's Public Art Program and Public Art Master Plan.
• Researches, evaluates, and prepares written reports including the collection of facts, documentation of relevant requests for approvals, and site plan approval.
• Prepares special studies on annexation; researches tax records, property taxes, fiscal impacts, projections of costs and revenues, annexation laws, and other information.
• Formulates recommendations and conclusions relating to work activities; forwards/presents recommendations to City Commission.
• Prepares/presents results of staff evaluations/analyses on development proposals or special projects, including technical data, at public meetings, hearings, and workshops.
• Assists with inter-governmental coordination activities; represents the City at multi-governmental meetings; reviews development petitions, including plan amendments of adjacent jurisdictions, and distributes similar information on local petitions to adjacent jurisdictions.
• Maintains and distributes computerized and hard-copy information on population/census data, including decennial counts, official annual estimates, and federal publications; interacts with source agencies to review and confirm housing unit counts, municipal boundaries, and annual permanent population estimates from the state.
• Maintains computerized and/or hard-copy records of previously reviewed and/or approved development projects.
• Assists with drafting division budget; researches division staffing, equipment, supplies, and professional training needs; completes budgetary forms, enters data into computer, and compiles final reports.
• Maintains records, data bases, and files related to long-range function. Performs analysis of private petitions, special projects and comprehensive plan update projects, which often involve significant research, advanced data analysis, and coordination with consultants and other planning professionals.
• Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, staff reports, budget reports, performance appraisals, charts, graphs, or other documents.
• Receives various forms, reports, correspondence, staff reports, development applications, site plans, master plans, census data, traffic impact studies, comprehensive plan, community redevelopment plan, regulations, statutes, codes, ordinances, manuals, reference materials, or other documentation; reviews, completes, processes, forwards or retains as appropriate.
• Interprets comprehensive plan and redevelopment…