Associate Planner / Permit Technician

JOB SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Township Community Development Director this position will perform the zoning related work and planning related services for the Township and other municipalities, when contracted. This position will also work with the Township Planning Commission, the Township Zoning Board of Appeals and will oversee the Construction Board of Appeals process. This position will perform a variety of technical permitting functions; provides customer service to the public; permit applications; and performs other related duties.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assists the Community Development Director in the daily implementation of the Zoning Ordinance and zoning operations of the department. Receives and responds in writing to zoning questions; provides recommendations of actions or refers inquiries to the Community Development Director.
• Research available information to facilitate investigation of zoning code violations; and reviews and responds to concerns and inquiries from the public. Provides explanation of zoning codes, enforcement regulations, and Township policies as related to land use and zoning; performs zoning inspections or causes them to be performed; and coordinates compliance with other land use codes of the Township.
• Performs the planning services for contracted work, which may include acting as lead staff for the municipality’s Planning Commission; attending the municipality’s meetings, when necessary; consulting with the municipality’s Manager on all matters that may need legal clarification; overseeing the work of consultants at the municipality; and attending and representing the municipality at meetings.
• Completes the responsibilities of the Township’s permit technician.
• Under the Supervision of the Community Development Director, conducts review of various development applications including plats, permits, site plans, ordinance amendments, special use permits, rezonings, and other proposals.
• Conducts extensive research in specific or general project areas. Including statistical data, reports, census information, land use, environmental topics, etc.
• Oversee the Construction Board of Appeals process in conjunction with the Building Official.
• Assist the Assistant Assessor with Neighborhood Audits and enter data gathered from the Audit. Assists with March Board of Review, when necessary. Responds to routine permitting inquiries and provides customer service to the public at the permit counter and via telephone, email, and/or facsimile.
• Provides general information to the public regarding permitting processes, zoning, environmental codes, comprehensive plans, and land use development actions.
• Responds to public disclosure requests for Community Development and Environmental Health records.
• Receives and processes various types of permit applications; reviews applications for accuracy, completeness.
• Creates permit files and distributes applications for review; updates and maintains permitting records; tracks and reports on permit activity; determines, collects, and receipts permit fees. Research and communicates the status of permits to applicants.
• Serves as a liaison between the public and Community Development
• Prepares and distributes the weekly Issued Building Permits Report.
• Files and/or or retrieves construction plans for closed permits and forwards to the County Auditor’s Office.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular and reliable attendance.