Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supervises collection of facts to determine proper action to be taken for a violation in accordance with Municipal Codes and Regulations.
• Supervises and reviews detailed reports and correspondence regarding violations.
• Prepares evidence and provides sworn testimony on legal actions for cases subpoenaed to court hearings.
• Assists Manager and Director in developing and implementing policies and procedures in relation to amendments to the code.
• Supervises and participates in the issuing of warning, written notice of violations, and citations; follows departmental procedures for notification, re-inspections, and other actions as required to gain voluntary compliance.
• Provides technical assistance to all Code Officers with daily investigations and case preparation.
• Direct, through Code Officers and support staff, all aspects of City Municipal Codes, which include nuisance abatement, property maintenance, housing, signage, land use, noise, and other ordinances and regulations.
• Investigate work in enforcing compliance with these laws, ordinances and regulations.
Additional Duties:
• Conducts special studies when requested, which may include various site visits.
• Develop or recommend change in policies, procedures, and priorities to meet goals previously outlined with Code staff and Management.
• Represents the City and Jacobs at local, regional, and national conferences to enhance the Division’s outreach and function.
• Relays Code Compliance information to the public through speaking engagements (which are outside of regular working hours i.e., weekends, after-hours during the workday) to an audience that may include homeowners associations, City Council meetings, and civic groups.
• Provides support in-person for Code Officers to perform periodic follow-up inspections of properties to ensure violations are properly documented throughout i.e., photographs, samples, or other evidence deemed essential to the violations and maintains respect for those cases submitted anonymously.
• Oversees the written correspondence pertaining to the violations, issue of notice, fines, and citations.
• Oversees and prepares computerized case files and uploads into the City database for records keeping to be reviewed by the City Attorney.
• Directs the preparations of memoranda and correspondence pertaining to all aspects of Code Compliance Division.
• Serves as a member of senior management on task forces and committees participating on the City’s long-range planning efforts and addressing citywide policy and forecasting supporting a staff level increase.
