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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />Department Overview <br />The Community Development Department provides direction and vision for the future economic and physical <br />growth of the City of Little Canada in a professional and courteous manner. The Planning Division carries out the <br />objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan to facilitate orderly growth and development in the <br />community. The Protective Inspections Division is responsible for the enforcement of the adopted building <br />codes. The division also provides quality customer service, technical information, permit processing, inspections <br />and code enforcement to ensure compliance with State and local standards for livability and the integrity of the <br />community and surrounding area. <br />Service Areas <br />•Zoning and Land Use •Economic Development •Building Permits <br />•Planning •Code Enforcement •Building Inspections <br />•Rental Housing Inspections <br />2020 Departmental Goals <br />•Complete 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />•Implement building permit and license software <br />•Process rental housing licenses including rental inspections done by City Staff <br />Budgetary Commentary <br />Planning Budget - The Planning Budget includes an increase in personnel services. The new Community <br />Development/Planning position is included in this budget. However, there is a reallocation of the City <br />Administrator, City Clerk, and Finance Director into the Administration Budget from the Planning Budget that <br />offsets much of the increase of the new position. $10,000 has been included in Commodities for updating the <br />City and Zoning Codes since this is one of the objectives in the Strategic Plan. To partially offset this increase, <br />the planning technical consultant assistance has been removed from the 2020 budget. <br />Inspections Budget - The Inspections Budget includes an additional Code Enforcement/Rental Inspection <br />position for enhanced rental inspections and code enforcement activities. Rental inspection revenue has been <br />increased to offset the increase for this position. The Inspections Budget includes the same reallocation of the <br />City Administrator, City Clerk and Finance Director as described in the Planning Budget. An additional Laserfiche <br />license has been added to this budget. The additional license will help create operational efficiency which was <br />identified in the Strategic Plan. <br />Planning Budget Summary 2017 Actual 2018 Actual 2019 Budget 2020 Budget <br />Personnel Services $130,642 $141,649 $148,660 $153,705 <br />Commodities 0 0 0 0 <br />Contractual 13,326 11,702 11,700 18,840 <br />Total $143,968 $153,351 $160,360 $172,545 <br />Percent Change 7.60% <br />40