Director of Community Development

Under general supervision, the Community Development Director administers the operation of the Planning and Zoning, Building Inspection, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) functions, acting as a liaison to the City Manager to ensure the effective delivery of all services of the various divisions to all customers of the City.

This position reports to the City Manager and supervises various positions within the Community Development Department.

The duties listed below represent the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them if the work is related to, or a logical assignment for, this class.

• Establish policies and procedures and interpret, administer, and enforce the zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, development application procedures, and building code regulations of the City of Alvarado. Supervise all full-time/part-time staff and applicable consultants.
• Manage and organize all activities relating to the City's planning and zoning, building permitting and inspections, GIS, and development functions to ensure enforcement of adopted ordinances, comprehensive plans, and policies created by the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission.
• Oversee the creation, development, updating, and distribution of a new GIS mapping database. Serve as liaison to the Public Works Department to ensure that all existing City infrastructure, new infrastructure, and changes to existing infrastructure are correctly represented on the GIS mapping database.
• Serve as staff liaison for the Planning and Zoning Commission and other ad-hoc committees under the direction of the Planning and Zoning commission. Prepare staff reports and draft ordinances for planning, zoning, and development matters.
• Periodically review, recommend, and draft revisions to relevant ordinances, agreements, and pertinent resolutions. Review petitions for annexation, zoning, preliminary plats, conditional use permits, variances, appeals, and exceptions to be heard by the City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Board of Adjustment.
• Attend meetings of all bodies serving as the City’s witness during each hearing. Review and analyze all proposals of private or public development in the City of Alvarado.
• Review all residential and commercial plans for compliance with the zoning ordinance, subdivision regulations, comprehensive plan, technical specifications, and other plans, policies, and procedures pertinent within the Planning and Development.
• Meet with and coordinate staff’s meeting with all customers to provide professional consultation assistance in explaining, preparing, and processing the City’s development applications, procedures, and policies pertaining to proposed annexations, zoning changes, subdivision, conditional use permits, variances, and complaints of possible zoning/code violations.
• Coordinate, manage, and facilitate the preparation of the City’s Comprehensive Plan amendments and periodic review of all applicable sections of the Comprehensive Plan.
• Provide research, comments, and recommendations to public participants, Planning and Zoning Commission, and the City Council of the City’s past, existing, and future growth.
• Responsible for preparing, managing, controlling, and reporting of all financial transactions of the Planning and Zoning Department and the Building Inspection Department.
• Monitor inner-departmental needs and ensure proper means for staff performance.
• Report on a regular basis to the City Manager regarding the status of all development and construction activities within the City.
• Supervise, manage, and prepare annual performance evaluations of all staff personnel, assuring…