Job Information
Arkansas Employer Code Compliance Officer in Benton, Arkansas
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Summary
The Code Compliance Officer serves the City of Benton residents by educating and enforcing laws/ordinances/resolutions pertaining to city codes. Ensures all city codes are uniformly applied by inspecting and investigating violations. Position is deemed essential personnel and safety sensitive.
Essential Duties
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the following Essential Duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position:
Answers questions and provides technical information to the public regarding zoning, signs, landscaping subdivision ordinances or other regulations, city code, ordinances, and procedures.
Receives written and telephone complaints from citizens regarding violations of housing, nuisance, signs, zoning, and other Ordinances.
Records complaints of code violations including residential structures and surrounding premises, vacant lots, zoning, signs, landscaping, and subdivision violations.
Completes inspection in response to citizen complaints. Prepares reports to include photographs, listing any code violations found, as well as other pertinent information.
Issues and notifies citations to property owner and/or agent and testifies in court involving violations of the city housing, nuisance, and other code violations that must be corrected within a time frame established by City Ordinance.
Re-inspects violations.
Research deeds, maps, abstracts, and other records to determine ownership of properties.
Discusses persons refusing to comply with ordinances with supervisor and forwards violations information to the Prosecuting Attorney upon supervisor approval.
Maintains files for each complaint and /or inspection, including the inspection report, a listing of any violations, citations issued, related correspondence, and notes final disposition.
Prepares daily, weekly, and monthly reports of enforcement activity.
Provides technical and administrative assistance in coordination and implementation of special activities, events, disasters, and projects as assigned.
Notifies supervisor of life-threatening conditions found during an inspection.
Compiles information for special reports regarding housing, premise, and vacant lot conditions within the City or areas to be annexed.
Prepares specs for condemnation bid work and submits to Administrative Services Department upon approval of supervisor. Oversees contractors work, approves invoices and supporting documentation before submitted for payment.
Prepares and mails bills to owners for corrective actions taken by the City.
Prepares and files liens against property owners that fail to reimburse the City for corrective actions taken by the city.
Operates a City vehicle to patrol the City; maintains a vehicle in a clean and sanitary manner.
Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
This job description and the enumerated Essential Duties are intended to provide general guidelines for job expectations and the employees ability to perform the position described. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned or assumed by the incumbent as necessary to fulfill the requirements of the position.
Environment & Physical Activity
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee frequently works outside in adverse weather conditions, and in an office environment. The position requires regularly driving a motorized vehicle.
The position involves writing, keyboarding, speaking, listening, lifting, carrying, see ng (such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting, pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.
The incumbent for this position may operate any or all the following: telephone, copy machine, scanner and image systems, computer terminal, personal computer, printers, or other equipment as directed.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; frequently required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; and frequently required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical d