This position is responsible for advanced managerial and professional work in the areas of planning and development for the City’s current and long-range planning goals, objectives and initiatives. Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to, comprehensive and neighborhood planning, development review, conducting research and special studies, interpreting the land development, and reviewing amendments to the code for conformance with the comprehensive plan. Responsibilities include managing and coordinating the activities of professional and paraprofessional planning staff, providing technical advisement on planning and growth management issues, coordination with other departments and agencies involved in planning and growth management, conducting surveys and compiling and analyzing data for planning projects affecting zoning and land use planning. The incumbent will act as the liaison to the various Boards and City Commission on all current planning cases and zoning code amendments.