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Location: Clearwater, FL

Development Review (Current) Planning Manager

Salary: $78,484.90 - $102,030.37 DOQ

Description
Located between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, the city of Clearwater combines the natural beauty of a tropical environment with safe, affordable, active living and opportunities for personal and professional prosperity.

We are searching for the next manager for our Development Review Planning team to lead professional planners and certified arborists as they guide development in a primarily developed city. Because we are primarily seeing infill development, we are seeking someone who can:

  • Lead the technical review committee with collaborative problem solving.
  • Participate in and support the strategic negotiation of projects to achieve best quality designs and implement long term goals for the built environment.
  • Balance the perspectives of a variety of technical professionals, city goals, and public investment.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Participates in and manages complex professional planning projects, research and analysis.
  • Prepares planning information and presents at City Council; provides quality control for agenda items and other documents prepared by staff.
  • Provides extensive and professional customer service for the general public, city staff, elected officials, and outside professionals.
  • Communicates regulations clearly and concisely to lay groups and the general public; assists applicants, owners, and others through permitting and applications; disseminates information, prepares reports, and communicates extensively through the process of planning and development; participates in meetings, public hearings, pre-application meetings, and plan reviews to ensure compliance with regulations.
  • Gathers, compiles, researches, and uses data for analysis and to answer Council concerns.
  • Advises and represents the department and City at various internal and countywide committees, boards and stakeholder groups on planning and related issues as needed.
  • Develops goals and objectives; makes work assignments; provides technical assistance, mentoring and coaching to assigned staff to accomplish goals and objectives; provides reviews, feedback, and analysis of work products.
  • Participates in the selection, placement, promotion, training, appraisal, and discipline of assigned personnel.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Development Review

  • Performs or supervises, checks and reviews site plans for sufficiency and consistency with the Community Development Code, and prepares and reviews staff recommendations and reports and expert witness presentations at public hearings; coordinates the Development Review Committee meetings.
  • Manages and oversees personnel inspecting construction sites for permitted landscaping, tree removal, tree preservation, and hazardous trees for compliance with the Community Development Code and erosion control; issues stop work order or red tags as needed.
  • Manages and oversees tree and landscaping related code violations including inspections, notices, expert witness presentations before the Municipal Code Enforcement Board.
  • Prepares memos and correspondence pertaining to any aspects of zoning or current plans.

Licenses, Certifications, and Equipment

  • A valid State driver's license is required.
  • American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification is preferred.

Education and Experience
Master's Degree in Planning or a related field AND five (5) years of experience in the field of public planning; OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.

How to Apply
Apply online at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/clearwaterfl/jobs/4195664/planning-manager-development-review