Development Codes Inspector, Town of Mount Pleasant
Employee is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Town’s land development and zoning regulations related to single family site development. Employee performs field work associated with compliance and enforcement of regulations and coordinates with other departments and agencies with respect to enforcement action involving single family land development, individual tree removals, and code compliance matters. Employee is a member of the Flood Investigation Team and manages the vision corridor permitting process.
Performs specialized field and administrative duties to ensure compliance of construction and development projects to the Town’s zoning and land development standards regulations, including tree protection. Investigates clearing and grading, tree removal and buffer violations and issues citations where such violations exist; follow-up on violations until the situation is remedied. Conducts on-site inspections on construction projects for code compliance.
Manages vision corridor requests within the Town’s critical line buffers. Performs field inspections related to the tree protection ordinance to include verification of tree mitigation requirements on construction sites and individual properties. Attends court hearings and testifies concerning violations of the associated codes; represents the Town’s position in Municipal Court; issues summons as required. Maintains detailed and complete records and files. Coordinates with other Town departments and outside governmental agencies as necessary. Perform all similar or related duties as assigned.
High School diploma and one year of work experience Currently a Certified Arborist or will obtain such certification within 2 years from date of hire.
Preferred experience in civil site drainage installations, use of topographic software such as GIS, CityWorks and/or Pictometry and use of logging, tracking and updating software such as BluePrince and BlueBeam. Preferred experience in landscape design and/or installation.
Valid South Carolina driver’s license.
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