Code Compliance Officer

About the role

The role of Code Compliance Officer involves investigating, inspecting, and evaluating Pasco County’s environmental and land development codes. This includes ensuring compliance with codes for various land uses such as residential, professional, commercial, and industrial zones. The officer also inspects and monitors sand mines and construction and demolition debris disposal facilities, investigates complaints, and enforces codes related to land use and environmental violations.

Responsibilities

• Determines compliance with codes for the allowed land uses within residential, professional, commercial, and industrial zones.
• Inspects and monitors all sand mines and construction and demolition debris disposal facilities.
• Locates and investigates complaints and enforces codes pertaining to land use and environmental violations.
• Investigates violations of the Pasco County codes and ordinances.
• Issues notices of violations or warnings and citations for violations of these codes.
• Maintains accurate documentation and case files on all investigations, inspections, and other job-related activities including photographs.
• Reviews applications, performs field inspections, and issues permits as required.
• Reports in writing all complaints of violations using appropriate report forms, collects evidence as required, and resolves complaints and violations.
• Prepares and presents information to courts, commissions, and boards.
• Disseminates information regarding land use principles and practices and explains standards and regulations to applicants, public agencies, and departments.
• Testifies in County Court.

Requirements

Requires work involving lifting, moving, pushing and pulling of heavy objects. Requires work involving stooping, bending, standing for extended periods of time, walking on uneven surfaces for long distances, occasionally at a fast pace. Ability to lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and also push or pull heavy objects. Requires occasional work involving lifting, moving, pushing and pulling of heavy objects. Requires work involving stooping, bending, standing for extended periods of time, walking on uneven surfaces for long distances, occasionally at a fast pace. Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, written and visual communication. Requires stooping, bending, standing for extended periods of time, walking on uneven surfaces for long distances, occasionally at a fast pace. Ability to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions. Ability to enter and exit vehicle frequently. Must be able to work a rotating schedule that includes evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate degree in criminal justice OR graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma and two (2) years' experience in code enforcement, land use permitting, general law enforcement, corrections and/or general military law investigations.

Skills

• Knowledge of land development and use, and environmental codes.
• Working knowledge of plans interpretation, specifications, codes, and regulations pertaining to land development use and the environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with complainants, applicants, violators, public bodies, and the general public.
• Ability to make use of a personal computer through diverse software applications.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to present facts and express ideas clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
• Ability to prepare detailed written reports.
• Ability to document, collect evidence and present findings in a court of law.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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