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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br />FUND: General <br />DEPARTMENT: Community Development <br />DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br />The reorganization of the former Public Wor?s/Planning & Engineering Department <br />into two separate divisions has resulted in the creation of the Community Development <br />Department Headed by the City Planner, the Department includes the Building <br />Inspector, Engineering Aide and Recycling Coordinator/Code Enforcement Officer. <br />The primary objective of the Community Development Department is to coordinate <br />development and use of land within the City to be consistent with the Comprehensive <br />Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Building Codes, Housing Codes and Development Regulations <br />of the City. Additionally, administration of all Recycling and Solid Waste Disposal <br />activities are coordinated through the Department <br />DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES <br />Major activities of the Department include the daily administration of applicable City <br />codes as they pertain to land use within the City. The City Planner, Building Inspector <br />and Engineering Aide review zoning applications, special use permits and building <br />permit applications as regulated by various City and State codes relating to building <br />safety, fire code requirements, setbacks, land use and similar issues. The Department, <br />in coordination with the Public Works Department, also reviews the issues involved with <br />major developments and reports to the Planning Commission and the City Council <br />regarding those proposals and their impacts. All efforts associated with recycling and <br />reduction of the solid waste stream are also coordinated through the Community <br />Development Department. <br />DEPARTMENT JOALS <br />Finalize updates to Zoning and Sign chapters of the Mounds View Municipal Code. <br />Begin a comprehensive housing inventory and analysis program. <br />Develop program for the amortization of non -conforming land uses. <br />Catalog City infra -structure on the Geographic Information System to provide <br />computerized reference for all land parcels in the City. <br />Improve the quality of Recycling efforts in the City and integrate those efforts Solid <br />Waste Disposal. <br />