Zoning Inspector

JOB General DescriptionThe purpose of this job within the organization is to enforce the zoning ordinance codes by conducting routine inspections for commercial and residential properties.
This job works for the Zoning Administrator, with limited supervision, and reports major activities through periodic meetings.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job.
Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Essential Functions: Performs zoning inspections of new and existing buildings - residential and commercial - to include re-inspections and follow-ups.
Utilizes the International Code Council standards, zoning ordinance codes, and other code standards, but not limited to state laws, local ordinances, guidelines, regulations, and manufacture standards when performing inspections.
Investigates complaints of unsafe buildings and work being done without the proper permits to include follow-ups and re-inspections.
Keeps records of work performed for zoning inspections, investigations, and/or complaints for filing purposes and for potential court cases.
Provides customer service to citizens, contractors, builders, and other inspectors.
Abates unsecured properties.
Additional Duties: Prepares and issues verbal warnings and violation notices to construction projects not being done in compliance with City standards and/or other applicable regulations.
Reads and understands construction plans, blueprints, drawings, and diagrams.
Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements, and ImpactsData Responsibility: Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation.
Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines, or evaluates data or information, and may prescribe action based on this information.
People Responsibility: People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Provides information, guidance, and assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Asset Responsibility: Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses.
Mathematical Requirements: Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas and/or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes and/or compute discounts and interest rates.
Communications Requirements: Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads routine sentences, instructions, regulations, procedures or work orders; writes routine sentences and completes routine job forms and incident reports; speaks routine sentences using proper grammar.
Judgment Requirements: Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Requires frequent decisions, affecting the individual, co-workers, and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures, but many variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work: Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration, and creativity required by the job, and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous and close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Impact of Errors: Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is serious – affects most units and may affect other units or citizens or loss of life could occur, but the probability is low.
Physical Demands: Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs medium to heavy work that involves walking, standing, stooping, lifting, crawling, pushing, and raising objects on an occasional basis.
Equipment Usage: Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses machines, equipment, or work aids involving some latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards: Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to bright/dim light; dusts and pollen.
Safety of Others: Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Americans with Disabilities Act ComplianceThe City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities.
Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.