Planner , II, or III

Description

Performs professional and skilled technical work with an emphasis on current planning and zoning, and related work as apparent or assigned. This position is designated as essential during emergency or disaster situations. Work is performed under the various degrees of supervision of the Planning Supervisor.

• Performs technical review of plans of limited complexity such as residential plot plans, subdivisions plats, exempt plats, development site plans for small-scale residential and non-residential developments, sign permit applications, and annexations.
• Conducts site visits and field evaluations to assess and assist with compliance with Town regulations.
• Assists with zoning application reviews to the Technical Review Committee, including preparation and distribution of agendas and plans for review; facilitates projects and prepares comments from involved parties; works with applicants to satisfy recommendations and updates plans; coordinates with various State, County and local agencies on plan review; performs field inspections to gather data and verify compliance with ordinances and plans.
• Reads and interprets site plans, maps, planning and zoning regulations and other planning documents while responding to inquiries, reviewing permits, and performing planning tasks.
• Utilizes GIS to perform analyses and create maps related to planning and zoning requests, plans, and proposals.
• Addressing
• Assists with maintaining the Town's addressing system and assigns new addresses.
• Presentations and Board Attendance
• Attends Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, and Town Council meetings; prepares and makes presentations on projects, plans, recommendations on cases and general updates as required.
• Prepares and presents information and recommendations to the Planning Board, Town Council, and Board of Adjustment.
• Creation of Policies and Regulations
• Assists in the development of new policies, procedures, and ordinances related to land use, subdivisions, flood damage prevention, and transportation.
• Long Range and Other Planning
• Assists with the development and implementation of short and long-range, transportation, community development, and other planning projects.
• Special Projects
• Serves as a Town representative for various boards and committees and attends meetings as assigned.
• Collects a variety of statistical data; prepares reports and maps on a variety of topics.
• Prepares correspondence, reports, charts, diagrams, GIS projects, information and mapping.
• Public Point of Contact
• Provides information to the public regarding land use and related plans, land use and subdivision regulations, current projects, application procedures, and actions related to the Planning Board, Town Council, and Board of Adjustment.
• Assists applicants with pre-application and pre-development process.
• General
• Performs other duties as directed or assigned.
• Integrates and aligns with organizational culture and core values.

• Performs technical review of plans of moderate complexity such as small-scale major subdivisions, development site plans for medium-scaled residential and nonresidential developments, annexations, and floodplain development requests.
• Serves as the administrator for the Technical Review Committee including assisting with zoning application reviews to the Technical Review Committee, including preparation and distribution of agendas and plans for review; facilitates projects and prepares comments from involved parties; works with applicants to satisfy recommendations and updates plans; coordinates with various State, County and local agencies on plan review; performs field inspections to gather data and verify compliance with ordinances and plans.
• Assists in the administration of the flood damage prevention ordinance, the Community Resource System (CRS) and performs damage assessments for post-flooding events.
• Presentation and Board Attendance
• Prepares Council and Planning Board submittals for projects, plans, and permits; prepares case summaries, ordinance language, maps for inclusion in agenda…