Code Compliance Office

To perform inspections and enforce related codes and ordinances adopted by the City of Gainesville as directed by the Community Development Director.  

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:

• fences 
• public nuisance violations (lot visibility, trash and debris)
• structures (property maintenance, construction without a permit, dilapidated/substandard structures)
• signs 
• junk vehicles 
• pool violations (stagnant water and fencing)
• non-compliance with City code violations 

• entering case information into applicable data processing program (MyGov)
• collecting related data (property liens, taxes, past violations) 
• taking photographs of code violations for documentation purposes
• documenting all relative conversations with property owners and lien holders

• Manages cases
  • communicates with the public regarding complaints and violations
  • explains the City’s voluntary demolition program to qualified property owners
  • issues citations, notices of violation, and summons 
  • prepares dilapidated/substandard building cases and other code enforcement vases for presentation to the Building Standards Commission
  • follows through with demolition orders and voluntary demolition agreements through demolition to complete site clean-up (includes physically helping to remove trash and debris demolition sites)
• Reviews permit applications and recommends approval or revision for permits such as the following:
  • Signs
  • Fences
  • Accessory Buildings
  • Moss Lake Dock Permits
• Generally

• Answer questions and provide information to the public concerning junk vehicles, grass, weeds, dilapidated structures, and other code compliance subjects.
• Inventory supplies and ensure that adequate levels of supplies and materials are maintained for assignments.
• Respond to and resolve difficult and sensitive citizen inquiries and complaints in regard to code violations.
• Ensure that all service is efficient, effective and courteous.
• Prepare and submit reports concerning inspections, investigations and daily activities. Report potential problems to Community Development Director as necessary.
• Work with the Police Department, Fire Marshal, and Streets Department as necessary.

Additional Duties:

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Basic computer, telephone, and office machine skills.
• Office procedures and record keeping.

Ability to:

• Respond to requests and inquiries from the public in a professional manner.
• Establish and maintain an efficient filing system both in terms of hard copies as well as software programs.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Identify and respond to public, fellow City staff and City Council issues and concerns.
• Establish and maintain cooperative-working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, both in the office and in the field.
• Interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

Experience and Training Guidelines:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

Experience in code compliance-related issues and/or experience with municipal services and implementation of local government codes, etc.

Education/Training:

Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade with additional specialized training applicable to code enforcement work and/or Associates/Undergraduate Degree with classes applicable to code enforcement responsibilities, etc.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Possession of a valid driver’s license required.

• Registered as a Code Enforcement Officer with the State of Texas or ability to obtain registration or certification within one year from hiring date.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The following physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. 
• Frequently is required to walk, stand and reach with hands and arms.
• Must drive code enforcement vehicles, sometimes for the majority of the work day. 
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or smell.
• Regularly required to move 10 pounds.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Required to wear safety equipment while performing job duties.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The following work environment characteristics, among others, are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:

• Frequently works in outside weather conditions.
• Drives to sites in question as well as regularly inspects city for potential violations.
• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration with occasional risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate to loud.
• Encounters angry or hostile citizens.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

This job description is not an employment agreement, contact agreement, or contract. Management has exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.

Salary : $18 - $31