Citizens Academy 2018 Planning & Community Development Who Do - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Planning & Community Development

Citizens Academy 2018

Who Do We Work With?

State of Ohio MORPC DCRPC County Township Elected Officials Citizens Architects Engineers Landscape Architects Planners Attorneys Consultants Real Estate Pro’s Businesses Contractors Developers Lenders Surveyors Appraisers Title Companies Builders

Why?

• State enabling legislation
• Police Power
• Efficient use of resources
• Maintain property values / investment

values

• Vision of the community / Implement

Comp Plan

• We are in the City Charter: Article XXII –

City Planning, Zoning, and Platting!

Planning & Community Development Director David Efland Planning / Zoning Administrator Lance Schultz Chief Building Official Jerry Warner

Planning & Community Development

Code Enforcement Officer Susan Martin Inspector (Residential) Paul Standering Inspector (Commercial & Residential) Larry Eley Inspector (Electrical) Marvin Phipps Administrative Assistant Julie Mannon Intern Development Planner Dianne Guenther PPT Code Enforcement Officer Dwight Wells Zoning Officer Jordan Selmek

PCD Lifecycle

PLANNING PLANNING PRE- DEVELOPMENT PRE- DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT

Population

• About 15% since 2010, 5,226 new citizens
• Est. 40,000 people now
• 2010-2020 might see 15-20% growth

Permits

• Residential Permits Topped 250 in 2017
• 153 in 2018, 133 SF through end of April – pace is 3rd

highest ever, highest since 2005

• 243 Commercial permits in 2017 – 6th year in a row over
• 200. 2018 on pace to make it a 7th year.

Single-Family Permits

• 220 in 2017
• Low last

10 years 88 (2008)

• Peak 487 (2003)
• 10 yr. avg. ~200

Inspections

Includes building and zoning inspections related to construction activity such as: foundations, framing, electrical, HVAC, drywall, insulation, roofing, sprinklers, etc.

• Residential: 6063
• Commercial: 1410
• Other: 2,263
• Total: 9,736
• Highest since 2005

Code Enforcement

Includes: trash and rubbish, Weeds and grass; property maintenance, signs in right-of-way; junk and inoperable cars; tenant landlord fair-housing disputes

• 2017: 1,772 actions
• Signs in right-of-way: 628
• Trash-rubbish: 391
• Zoning: 321
• Weeds and grass: 247

Grants

• Community Development Block Grant

(CDBG) – Repaving, sidewalks, Fair Housing program

• Community Housing Impact and

Preservation Program (CHIP) – city and county are partners; tenant-based rental assistance, emergency repairs, Habitat for Humanity houses

• Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) –

Economic development, Downtown Façade Program, wayfinding, Blighted property demolition, program administration

Thank You!