Assistant Planner

City of El Monte, CA • El Monte, CA

370d

About The Position

Under general supervision, provides professional planning services for City staff, property owners, developers, contractors, and the general public; performs professional, technical, statistical, and analytical duties involving land use or other planning studies for a variety of public or private development projects; prepares and adheres to a variety of documents for compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and planning laws including the City's General Plan, Zoning Code, and Design Guidelines; completes planning tasks and assignments with other staff; and performs related work as required. This is the first experienced level classification in the professional Planner series. Initially under close supervision, incumbents learn and perform basic and routine professional and technical planning work in current planning. As experience is gained, assignments become more varied, complex, and difficult; close supervision and frequent review of work lessen as an incumbent demonstrates skill to perform the work independently.

Requirements

• Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in urban planning, geography, architecture, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of one (1) year of professional experience in planning, zoning, architecture, or a related field.
• Possession of a valid California Driver's License to be maintained throughout employment.

Responsibilities

• Provides information and assistance at the public counter, over the telephone, and via e-mail to the public, developers, property owners, business tenants, contractors, other departments, and outside agencies regarding land use, entitlements, planning inquiries, business occupancy, new construction, development policies, and processing procedures.
• Manages entitlement projects for commercial, industrial, and residential properties, zoning clearances, California Environmental Quality Act environmental studies, and documents for projects.
• Reviews landscape and irrigation plans for private property developments for compliance with the municipal code's landscape requirements, tree protection, and the state's water efficiency standards.
• Reviews and analyzes proposed minor development projects for conformance with adopted City plans, design/architectural guidelines and standards, applicable codes and ordinances, and other regulations.
• Prepares staff reports and presentations for the Planning Commission and committee meetings.
• Schedules and coordinates project meetings for planning entitlement projects with applicants, developers, and property owners for project updates.
• Conducts site visits and field inspections of proposed development projects, community areas, and entitlement projects to verify the appropriate construction of approved plans.
• Conducts research for land use, zoning, advanced planning, urban design, population trends, transportation, housing, economic, and environmental issues.
• Prepares maps using GIS software for division specific zoning and general plan.
• Prepares statistical tabulations, computations, charts, and graphs to illustrate planning studies in areas of population, transportation, traffic, land use, zoning, and subdivisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree