There is hereby created a department within the city to be known
as the department of community development.
(a)
The head of the department of community development shall be the
director of community development. The director shall be a graduate
of an accredited college or university with a degree in regional or
city planning and a minimum of one year's experience in municipal
direction or planning, or a minimum of five years related experience
in municipal development and five years actual general business experience
in related and equivalent fields. The director's salary shall
be provided in the budget of the department of community development
and shall be fixed from time to time by the common council.
(b)
The director may appoint and dismiss department personnel as authorized
by the mayor and common council.
(a)
The department of community development shall coordinate, implement,
and execute the general policies and directives of the city and of
such state and federally funded programs as the city may elect to
participate in. The department shall develop and administer programs
for future rehabilitation of housing and neighborhood development
within the city. The department shall prepare and submit all applications
made by or on behalf of the city for specially funded revenue sharing
programs available to the city under federal, state or private grants-in-aid
and shall prepare and submit all applications for any federal, state
or private grant-in-aid programs that the city may be eligible for
and elect to participate in. The department shall furnish information
and assist in the financing, construction and maintenance of all local
programs including the construction and operation of public offstreet
parking facilities and any future housing construction programs within
the city.
(b)
The department shall assist the zoning board of appeals in the orderly
development under the master plan of the city and shall make appropriate
recommendations as may be necessary to update the master plan from
time to time. The department shall carry on and coordinate a comprehensive
plan of code enforcement and enforcing all local codes regulating
the construction of dwellings, carrying on of certain occupations
and businesses and such other codes as may be from time to time enacted
by the common council. The department shall assist in the orderly
development of the central business district and in promoting comprehensive
and orderly industrial growth within the city.
(c)
All activities of the department shall be under the general supervision
of the director of community development. The department shall also
act as a general liaison between the city departments and furnish
such information as may be required to coordinate the orderly progress
of the city.
