There is hereby created, in accordance with section 25 of the city charter, the department of community development.
(1970 Code, sec. 10-1/2-1; Ordinance 2089, sec. 1, adopted 4/24/72; 1988 Code, sec. 9-1)
The purpose of the department of community development shall
be to plan or replan the development of the community, the clearance
of slum districts, rehabilitation of blighted areas, the improvement
and redevelopment of neighborhoods, and the reconstruction or redevelopment
of any area or district which may have been destroyed in whole or
in part by disaster.
(1970 Code, sec. 10-1/2-2; Ordinance 2089, sec. 1, adopted 4/24/72; 1988 Code, sec. 9-2)
The department of community development shall have the following
responsibilities, duties and functions in conjunction with the formulation
of comprehensive planning recommendations for community development:
(1)
Conduct
research on growth and development of the community.
(2)
Formulate
and recommend acceptable planning standards and locations for community
facilities such as streets, buildings, parking, pedestrian and vehicular
circulation, police and fire protection, parks and recreation, schools,
public institutions and private enterprise.
(3)
Prepare
community goals and objectives for community facilities.
(4)
Prepare
development plans and programs within funding capabilities.
(5)
Provide
technical services for the planning commission, other governmental
agencies and private organizations by maintaining an up-to-date plan
for the use of land within the city and nearby areas subject to urbanization.
Work with and recommend to the planning and zoning commission effective
methods of enforcement and control.
(6)
Revise
and maintain the official zoning district map as approved by the city
council.
(7)
Coordinate
activities of community development with activities of other departments
and cooperate in exchange of information, personnel and services to
accomplish priority goals.
(8)
Increase
public understanding and acceptance of community development through
planning.
(9)
Prepare
community goals and objectives for clearance of slum districts and
rehabilitation of blighted areas.
(10)
Prepare community goals and objectives for replanning, improvement
and redevelopment of neighborhoods and for the replanning, reconstruction
or redevelopment of any area or district which may have been destroyed
in whole or in part by disaster.
(1970 Code, sec. 10-1/2-3; Ordinance 2089, sec. 1, adopted 4/24/72; Ordinance 2096, sec. 1, adopted 6/12/72; 1988 Code, sec. 9-3)