Code Administration
The Code Administration Division has a staff of 7 full-time employees. The Division is responsible for providing public safety by ensuring that new structures and renovations of existing structures are designed and built in compliance with most current construction and environmental health codes. This is achieved through three major functions: permitting and inspections, environmental health inspections, and code enforcement.
Permitting and Inspections: This function entails review and approval of construction drawings and issuance of permits and performing in-the-field inspections.
Environmental Health: The environmental health function involves licensing and inspection of mobile home parks, tattoo and body art facilities, pools and spas, restaurants and temporary food vendors.
Code Enforcement: This function primarily entails investigation and enforcement of nuisance and zoning ordinances pertaining to weeds, trash, junk and abandoned vehicles, illegal dumping and signs.
Engineering
The Engineering Division has a staff of 5 full-time employees and 1 intern. The Division performs technical engineering design reviews for subdivision plats, plat vacations, annexations, public improvements and zoning requests. They implement the majority of the capital improvement program by prioritization, field research, preparing design drawings, contract administration, and inspection. This Division provides support services to all City Departments and Divisions. They issue permits, conduct inspections and enforce codes for public works projects and other construction in the public way such as sidewalk, curb and gutter, water lines, sewer lines, storm sewers, and franchised utility work. The Engineering Division's primary purpose is to assure that all new and future infrastructure improvements will be constructed in such a manner as to provide long term functionality to the City. The Division provides initial contact and consultation with the public, private engineers, developers, contractors, state and federal agencies and supplies basic information regarding established precedent, departmental policy, ordinances, codes and areas of departmental responsibility. Engineering routinely addresses public complaints and concerns with respect to street and utility conditions and other related matters in the public right-of-way. The Division maintains and updates files and records for reference by engineers, developers and property owners.
Planning
The Planning Division consists of 3 full-time planners. The Division has two major functions: development review and long range planning.
Development Review: The development review function entails reviewing and facilitating subdivision and zoning applications, including preliminary and final plats, planned unit developments, conditional use permits, variances and zone changes. Applications are reviewed for compliance with the State Statutes, City Code and City development standards. Upon staff review, most applications are forwarded to the Planning Commission and City Council for consideration and final action.
Long Range Planning: The long range planning function entails writing and updating documents pertaining to the physical development of the City, including zoning ordinances, subdivision and development standards, special corridor plans and the Comprehensive Plan. Long range planning documents are formulated through a public process in collaboration with stakeholder groups and committees, the Planning Commission and the City Council.
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