Planner II - Development Review

Department: Community Development

Position

Reports to:

Community Development Director

Pay Grade: 16

Employment Type: Full-time

Exempt/Nonexempt: Non-exempt

Description: Under general direction from the Community Development Director, performs professional planning services for the City. Develops and improves procedures, service delivery, and planning outcomes in collaboration with City departments, applicants, agencies, and the public.

Duties:

• Independently manages complex or multilayered development applications and planning projects from initial inquiry or preapplication through final action and required follow-through.
• Reviews and analyzes land use, subdivision, site plan, zoning, annexation, development agreement, design, and related applications for compliance with adopted plans, regulations, policies, and applicable law.
• Interprets the General Plan, land use regulations, development standards, development agreements, and administrative procedures; prepares defensible findings, recommendations, and conditions of approval.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary review with City departments and outside agencies; facilitates meetings, identifies conflicts or gaps, develops options, and escalates unresolved issues appropriately.
• Prepares and presents staff reports, findings, notices, ordinances, resolutions, agreements, policy recommendations, maps, graphics, and technical analyses to decision-makers and public audiences.
• Leads or substantially contributes to plan and code amendments, planning studies, public engagement, data analysis, and implementation of adopted plans and policies.
• Develops and maintains standard operating procedures, checklists, templates, guidance, code interpretations, tracking practices, and other tools that promote consistency and institutional knowledge.
• Evaluates workflows and service performance, uses data and stakeholder feedback to identify problems, and recommends and implements practical improvements.
• Provides technical guidance, training, quality review, and project-based coordination to Planner I, interns, consultants, or other staff as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in urban or regional planning, geography, architecture, landscape architecture, public administration, or a closely related field.

Experience: Three years of progressively responsible professional planning, development review, land use administration, or closely related experience, including independent management of projects or applications.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of directly related education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Preferred: American Institute of Certified Planners certification.

License: Valid Utah driver license.

• Knowledge of municipal planning, zoning and subdivision administration, land use, urban design, development review, and planning implementation.
• Working knowledge of Utah municipal land use law, including applicable notice, due-process, open-meeting, public-records, and decision requirements.
• Skill in project and workflow management, including scope, schedules, dependencies, risk identification, issue resolution, documentation, and follow-through.
• Skill in facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and building alignment among people with different responsibilities and interests.
• Ability to develop procedures, analyze performance information, lead process improvement, and translate organizational goals into practical workflows.
• Proficiency with GIS, electronic permitting and plan-review systems, records and project-tracking systems, office and collaboration software, databases, and presentation tools.

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