Planner III - Zoning

Collier County strives to be an employer of choice, and many of our employees build long-term careers with us. The salary listed in the job description reflects the full pay range for this position, from entry level through advanced career stages.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

Performs advanced, lead work assisting in the implementation of the Collier County Growth Management Plan (GMP) and County Land Development Code. Employees in this classification review and analyze amendments to the plan and land use petitions; conduct special studies and projects; prepare reports; and make presentations to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), the Collier County Planning Commission (CCPC), and Hearing Examiner (HEX).

• • Prepares GMP interpretations and amendments; reviews and analyzes GMP amendments; prepares legal ordinances and resolutions.
• • Reviews and coordinates the land use petitions for rezoning, variances, conditional uses, development of regional impacts, and minor land use petition process: coordinates and leads pre-application meetings between applicants and various County Divisions to provide a cursory review of a proposed project, and identifies and explains potential conflicts with the County codes, policies, and procedures; review and evaluate applications for sufficiency and accuracy;
  
  evaluates requests and coordinates County Division reviews; analyzes requests for consistency with the County’s Land Development Code, Growth Management Plan, and any other applicable land use related laws; analyzes land use petitions and presents them to the Hearing Examiner, Environmental Advisory Council, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, and Board of County Commissioners; conducts site visits to the subject property.
• • Facilitate communication between applicants and County Divisions to ensure project and applicant are complying with all applicable development regulations, and to ensure the County’s interests are met should the County desire to obtain land or other rights through the rezoning process; coordinate the Board of County Commissioners, the applicant, and other County divisions to ensure that the decisions made by the Board of County Commissioners are carried out appropriately.
• • Reviews site development plans: coordinates and attends pre-application meetings; evaluates application submittals for accuracy and sufficiency; coordinates the review of the project; provides mediation when disagreements occur; reviews all submittals and re-submittals for compliance.
• • Communicates information to the public concerning the details and characteristics of a project and the details of staff’s findings and recommendations, both in a public hearing setting and in advance of the public hearing, either by telephone, in writing, or a group setting.
• • Maintains the Land Development Code: recognizes changing development patterns, market conditions, technological enhancements, and when the desires of the community and the Board of County Commissioners are no longer being met; researches the existing code, how it is applied and interpreted and determines where it is deficient or inefficient; creates, changes, or deletes code provisions; attends public hearings and public meetings;
  
  educates staff members in other divisions as to the nature of the code changes and assists them in understanding how they will be affected.
• • Implements the Development Review Module between the Current Planning, Comprehensive Planning, and Engineering Review section users, the Information Technology Division, and vendors: assists in the development of the function of the module as it relates to current procedures and the review and…