Planning and Community Development Administrator
April 2026
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR
JOB FAMILY: Community Development
EEO CATEGORY: Professionals
FLSA: Exempt
PAY PLAN: Full-Time Pay Plan
UNION STATUS: Represented
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Under the direction of the assigned administrator, the Planning and Community Development Administrator plans, coordinates, and administers a variety of urban planning and planning-related issues to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, policies, and regulations; in addition, provides complex and technical assistance to the city planner, and/or City Manager.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND TASKS:
The following list of functions, duties, and tasks is typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform other closely related or departmentspecific functions, duties, and tasks from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.
• Reviews, processes, and completes all planning-related applications such as conditional use permits, environmental checklists, site plan review applications, home occupation permits, zoning verifications, address assignments, variances, and specific plans. • Prepares all documents, notices of public hearings, and/or staff reports related to the applications for necessary reviews by staff, the planning commission, and/or City Council. • Researches, develops and revises ordinances, ensuring compliance with goals and objectives, policies, and priorities. Ensures the city conforms to state and federal planning-related laws and regulations that supersede our local municipal code.
• Processes, codes, files, and tracks invoices associated with current engineering and environmental consultants and active projects and applications. • Takes in plats and subdivision applications such as tentative tract and parcel maps, final tract and parcel maps, lot line adjustments, and lot mergers. Notifies staff of needed reviews and tracks reviews for approval.
• Completes plan reviews and generates review comments required for projects associated with building permits (signs, temporary banners, accessory dwelling units, residential, commercial, and industrial projects), conditional use permits, and site plans. • Reviews projects and applications for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), determines what CEQA exemptions may apply to projects, and collaborates with our legal staff to determine if the proper exemptions are being applied. • Performs other related duties as assigned.
Job Classification Description
Equal Employment Opportunity
Planning and Community Development Administrator
April 2026
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
(At time of application)
Knowledge of:
• Federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, policies, rules, and regulations pertaining to contracts, agreements, grants, and the administration of the same
• GIS applications
• Standard office procedures, methods, and computer usage including related software • Techniques used in dealing with the public and customer service • Principles of economics, public administration, budget preparation and analysis, human resources, management, organizational development, systems, and procedures • Survey techniques, statistics, and report writing
Skills and Abilities to:
• Compile and maintain case files and logs
• Plan and organize work to meet schedules and timelines • Perform complex mathematical calculations and analyses • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, commissions, the city council, city manager and the public
• Coordinate projects with city departments and outside agencies • Communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance
• Perform all essential functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without reasonable accommodation
• Relate well, communicate, and work effectively with diverse groups of stakeholders who represent a range of ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds JOB QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:
(At time of application and in addition to the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities listed above.) EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge, abilities and skills is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the qualifications would be:
Bachelor’s Degree and two (2) years of community development work experience, analytical, environmental, or planning experience. Master’s Degree is desirable and may count towards years of experience.
LICENSE(S) REQUIRED:
• Valid, state-issued Driver’s License and a good driving record.
WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
(Must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations) Planning and Community Development Administrator
April 2026
• This position works primarily in an outdoor environment. • Positions in this class typically require: standing, walking, sitting, gripping, feeling, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking and hearing with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally (up to 1/3 of workday), and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently (1/3 to 2/3 of workday), and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of workday) to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.