PLANNING AND ZONING COORDINATOR - CITY OF PLANT CITY

Job Description

Job Description

SALARY RANGE DOQ : $72,800 - $118,664

Plant City, FL

11 paid holidays, PTO and excellent benefits package!

Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm

Position Summary :

Performs advanced, professional-level planning work in all division program areas, both independently and as part of a team.

Conducts professional-level research and studies, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, preparing professional-planning recommendations and written staff reports and making oral staff presentations.

Provides support to the Director of Planning & Zoning by supervising assigned staff, ensuring productivity and quality standards, and facilitating effective communication between team members.

Work is reviewed through oral and written reports, discussion, and results obtained.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

• Provides direct and indirect supervision to Planning personnel.
• Assists the Director of Planning in Selecting, supervising, training, and evaluating assigned staff and enforces division rules and regulations and disciplinary control.
• Provides direction and guidance to other department staff with less planning experience.
• Report on team performance and operational issues to the Director of Planning & Zoning.
• Monitors workflows, manages schedules and resolves any issues that arise.
• Leads review, coordination, communication and processing of advanced development applications and prepares staff reports and presentations for advanced planned development rezonings and major modifications, variances, right of way vacations, historic resource certificates of appropriateness, plats, community development districts, text amendments and special approvals.

Tracks assigned projects and applications from initiation to completion.

• Performs research, analyzes and interprets data, and prepares reports, maps, exhibits and recommendations for the Director of Planning & Zoning, as well as the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, Historic Resource Board, the City Manager and the City Commission.
• Attends and makes presentations at local public meetings including, Planning Board, Historic Resource Board and Board of Adjustment, and any other meetings as required, including night meetings as assigned by the Director of Planning & Zoning.
• Provides planning assistance to the public in person i.e. walk-ins or via email, letter, or telephone.
• Prepares and provides assistance to other city staff in the preparation of land development regulations and related ordinances.
• Provides advice and input on decisions regarding code interpretation.
• Attends and conducts various meeting which may include various county wide committees.
• Conduct detailed research on demographics, economic trends, environmental factors, and zoning regulations.
• Conducts specialized reviews of proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
• Provides project management or support for studies and / or long range plans conducted within and for the City of Plant City.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Extensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of comprehensive planning and regulating land development, and growth-management methodologies.
• Significant knowledge of the Florida Growth-Management Act (Chapter 163, FS) and general land-use law.
• Knowledge of applicable local, regional, and state development policies and regulations.
• Knowledge of urban design, transportation planning, and environmental concerns, historic preservation.
• Knowledge of facilities, storm-water management, and construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Ability to think logically, conceptually, critically, analytically and formulate professional recommendations.
• Ability to present ideas and findings clearly and concisely in writing, graphically, and orally. Skilled in writing reports, regulations, and official documents.
• Skilled in the use of computers and software utilized by the assigned work unit.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with division heads, outside agencies, the general public, and other staff.
• Ability to deal with difficult people and / or disgruntled customers.
• Ability to move around a work site to perform site inspections in the field.
• Ability to read and understand construction, landscape, and site plans, and to verify compliance with approved plans.
• Ability to read and interpret maps, such as Aerials, Zoning or Future Land Use.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical computations, including computing pro-rata shares, and planning-related computations, such as floor-area ratios, land and building areas, and impact-fee calculations.
• Ability to understand and comply with rules and regulations.

Education and Experience :

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s in urban or community planning and eight (8) year of professional-planning experience with at least two (2) years of land development regulation experience.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s of urban or community planning and ten (10) years of professional-planning experience with at least two (2) years of land development regulation experience.
• Two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• A combination of education, training, and experience may be substituted at the City Manager’s discretion.

Certificates and Licenses :

• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver's license and be insurable by the City’s current insurance carrier.
• Certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) or by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

• Supervision of Planning personnel, department duties, and responsibilities.
12 hours ago