The governing body, by majority vote, shall appoint a community
development director. This position shall be set by contract as approved
by the governing body.
(Prior code § 2-82; Ord. 99-014 § 43, 1999; Ord. 05-018 § 1, 2005; Ord. 18-003 § 1, 2018; Ord. 21-015 § 8, 2021)
The community development director shall be responsible for:
A. Attending
all regular and special meetings of the city council, unless excused
by the city administrator.
B. The
preparation of comprehensive reports or presentations to boards and
commissions on community development items.
C. Supervision
over the community development department and is the primary staff
representation of the department at city council, planning commission,
board of adjustment, and other commissions and boards as necessary.
D. The
review of all building and planning matters, including, but not limited
to: development proposals, site plans and maps, petitions for rezoning,
special reviews, conditional use permits, annexation, jurisdictional
area proposals, and subdivision maps. Review all preliminary development
proposals for form and consistency with policies or recommendations
of the planning commission and compliance with all local laws and
state statutes.
E. Distribute
all appropriate petitions, applications, maps, plats and site plans
filed with him or her to the agency or person as determined by the
governing body. After the final approval of the map or plat by the
governing body, the community development department shall provide
copies of such approvals to other departments within the city as required
in Chapter 3 of the Unified Land Development Code.
F. Perform
such other duties required of him or her by law, this code or other
ordinances of the city.
(Prior code § 2-83; Ord. 1113 § 2, 1998; Ord. 18-003 § 1, 2018; Ord. 21-015 § 9, 2021)
All inspections fees collected by the community development
director shall be paid over to and accounted for to the finance director.
(Prior code § 2-85; Ord. 18-003 § 1, 2018)
A. It shall
be the duty of the community development director to carefully preserve
on file in his or her office, and arrange for convenient reference:
1. All
notices of official surveys made by the community development director;
2. All
notes, papers, profiles, plans and other documents prepared by him
or her or under his or her supervision, respecting any of his or her
official surveys, or respecting the location of the water pipes and
appurtenances to the water system, the sewer pipes and appurtenances
to the sewer system of the city; and
3. All
notes, profiles, plans and papers officially prepared by him or her.
B. All
such notes, plans, profiles, papers and documents shall be the property
of the city, and shall be kept in the office of the community development
director, and shall not be by him or her disposed of to any person
without the consent of the council entered of record, but any such
notes, profiles, plans, papers and other documents shall be delivered
by the community development director to his or her successor in office,
the same to be preserved as aforesaid.
(Prior code § 2-86; Ord. 99-014 § 44, 1999; Ord. 18-003 § 1, 2018)