Sec. 30.401. - Community Planning Division; Establishment; Responsibilities.

There is established within the Department a Community Planning Division, which shall be responsible for: (a) Preparation, evaluation and review of the comprehensive plan for the City, including the required five-year Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR), and amendments and modifications thereto, as required by Chapter 650 ; (b) Preparation, maintenance and updating of short and long-range plans relating to land use, community facilities, utilities and environmental systems and for compiling and updating socioeconomic data used by the Department; (c) Capital Improvement and facilities planning; (d) Land use regulation matters, including environmental and historic preservation matters related to land use; (e) Preparing historic studies, designations, tax abatement requests, certificates of appropriateness; (f) Providing staff support to the Historic Preservation Commission; (g) Parks Planning; (h) Reviewing and monitoring all Developments of Regional Impact; (i) Preparation and implementation, as required, of special planning studies including but not limited to Neighborhood Action Plans, District Plans, Special Study Areas, etc.; (j) Preparation and/or participation in planning studies such as corridor studies, district plans, and neighborhood action plans; (k) Any other activities as may be assigned by the Director. (Ord. 2007-839-E, § 8; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 28)