ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

The duties assigned include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide information and assistance to the public regarding the City's General Plan and Zoning Code, development standards, application processes, and planning projects.
• Process zoning verifications, various ministerial permits (i.e., temporary use permits, sign permits, etc.), home occupation certificates; receive/intake planning applications.
• Perform plan check functions for various projects, review building permit applications for compliance with applicable zoning standards, regulations, policies, approved development plans, and conditions of approval.
• Serve or assist as the project coordinator for development projects (i.e. site development permits, use permits, variances, zone text amendments, zone changes, general plan amendments, and general municipal code amendments), which includes application and plan review, coordination with other City departments and/or outside agencies, background research, ensuring compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and monitoring of project implementation to verify substantial conformance with approved plans, conditions of approval, and mitigation measures.
• Prepare or assist with the preparation of technical planning staff reports, ordinances/resolutions, legal notices, CEQA documents, and presentations.
• Participate in public hearings and presentations; prepare and present written and oral reports to community groups, Planning Agency, and City Council; develop recommendations and resolutions of determination; serve as staff support and liaison to the Planning Agency; occasionally attend evening and weekend meetings.
• Conduct research independently on various land use and planning issues.
• Assist in resolving resident and customer issues; investigate complaints and recommend corrective action as necessary to resolve complaints.
• Conduct field evaluations and assessments to ensure projects comply with zoning codes, design regulations, and approved plans.
• Update and distribute public information handouts, maps, and project status lists.
• Perform related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices pertaining to urban planning and development.
• Applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations affecting land use.
• Site planning and architectural/engineering techniques and terminology.
• Current literature and research methods in the field of urban planning.
• General Geographic Information Systems concepts, data structure, and design.
• Basic statistics, algebra, and geometry.
• Methods of effective report preparation and presentation.

Ability to:

• Interpret planning and zoning information to the general public.
• Perform basic plan checking activities (i.e. site plans, floor plans, building elevations, construction details, surveys, topographic, and grading plans), and apply provisions of ordinances and codes to determine compliance with such regulations.
• Enforce codes and ordinances, and respond to inquiries, complaints, and requests for service in a fair, tactful, and impartial manner.
• Advise and provide consistent/fair interpretation to others regarding applying policies, procedures, and standards to specific situations.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Understand GIS and assist with basic operations of GIS technology/applications, as well as create, maintain, classify, tabulate, categorize, and manipulate data in a non‐digital or digital format.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive spreadsheets and databases; prepare comprehensive reports.
• Utilize a variety of computer software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as permit processing software.
• Operate a telephone, computer and modern office equipment.
• Utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as budgets, plans, ordinances, environmental guidelines, maps, technical operating manuals, statutes, procedures, guidelines, and non‐routine correspondence.
• Understand and carry out written and oral directions and work on several projects or issues simultaneously.
• Maintain work effectiveness with frequent changes in workload and priority of assignments, and under pressure of meeting deadlines.
• Work independently in the absence of regular supervision or in a team environment.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Communicate clearly and effectively in English, orally and in writing.