Community Development - Planning & Zoning Administrator

PLANNING & ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

Qualified applicants can apply by clicking the online application link at the bottom of the job description below. This position will remain open until filled.

The City of Hiram is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This position is a Full-Time/Exempt position reporting directly to the City Manager with a starting salary of $50,000.00 annually based on experience.

The Planning & Zoning Administrator directs and administers the City’s planning, zoning, land development, permitting, development review, sign administration, annexation management, and comprehensive planning functions. Serves as the City’s Zoning Administrator and principal planning professional, ensuring compliance with municipal ordinances, adopted plans, and applicable state and federal regulations while coordinating with developers, citizens, elected officials, and regulatory agencies.

The following duties are representative of the position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them if the work is similar, related, or logically assigned.

• Serve as the City’s Planning & Zoning Administrator.
• Administer and enforce zoning, subdivision, sign, development, and land use ordinances.
• Interpret and administer the Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map.
• Review rezonings, variances, conditional uses, annexations, subdivisions, plats, and site plans.
• Coordinate the City’s Development Review Committee process.
• Review zoning compliance for building permits, certificates of occupancy, business licenses, alcohol licenses, and occupational tax certificates.
• Prepare technical reports, findings, recommendations, ordinances, resolutions, and staff presentations.
• Serve as staff liaison to the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals.
• Coordinate public hearings, legal advertisements, notifications, agendas, and meeting packets.
• Draft and recommend amendments to zoning, subdivision, sign, and development ordinances.
• Maintain official zoning maps, Future Land Use Maps, annexation maps, and GIS records.
• Conduct site inspections and zoning verification inspections.
• Assist Code Enforcement with interpretation and enforcement of zoning regulations.
• Prepare annual departmental budgets, reports, policies, and strategic initiatives.
• Supervise assigned personnel and perform related duties.

• Administer the City’s Sign Ordinance.
• Review and approve permanent, temporary, monument, wall, freestanding, EMC, and special event sign permits.
• Inspect installed signs for ordinance compliance.
• Maintain sign permit records and coordinate enforcement of illegal or nonconforming signs.

• Administer municipal annexation requests in accordance with Georgia law.
• Review annexation petitions and prepare staff reports, ordinances, resolutions, and exhibits.
• Coordinate with legal counsel, engineering, utilities, GIS, finance, and outside agencies.
• Evaluate fiscal impacts, infrastructure capacity, land use compatibility, and service delivery.
• Coordinate public notices and hearings.
• Update municipal boundaries, zoning maps, GIS, parcel records, and initial zoning classifications after annexation approval.

• Knowledge of zoning, land use planning principles, and municipal development regulations.
• Knowledge of City of Hiram, Paulding County, and State of Georgia ordinances and codes, including zoning, land use, property maintenance, alcohol, sign, health and safety, and occupational tax regulations.
• Knowledge of the Georgia Planning Act, Zoning Procedures Law, and Development Impact Fee Act.
• Proficiency with personal computers and Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to read and interpret zoning ordinances, site plans, plats, surveys, engineering drawings, and maps.
• Skill in professional and technical writing, including staff reports and correspondence.
• Ability to analyze data, maintain accurate records, and manage multiple assignments under deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly, tactfully, and professionally with the public, applicants, and City staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working…