Code Compliance Officer

Code Compliance Officer

The City of Allen, with over 100,000 residents, is a dynamic and welcoming community. The city's mission is "To achieve excellence in managing development of the community and in providing city services so that conditions of living and public confidence are continually enhanced". Our employees serve the citizens of Allen with the PRIDE values. We do "Work that Matters!"

Under general supervision, investigates, addresses, and enforces City ordinances and protects the health and safety of the City's citizens. This is accomplished by conducting physical inspections, responding to complaints of code violations, and facilitating and investigating illegal dumping and tampering of water services. Other duties may include ensuring food establishments and vendors meet state and federal health and sanitary requirements, assisting the general public, providing administrative support, and interacting with other city employees and citizens. This position does not provide direction to other employees.

The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Enforces City codes and ordinances for sign, zoning, property maintenance, and swimming pool violations by conducting inspections, investigating violations, taking photographs, removing illegal signs, conducting a variety of tests of swimming pools, issuing notices and citations, and conducting follow-up investigations.
• Responds to complaints about code violations by notifying and informing residents and establishments of violations of City ordinances, conducting investigations, issuing citations, and ensuring establishments meet Federal and State codes.
• Investigates violations of illegal dumping and the tampering of water services by investigating illegal water connections and reports of illegal dumping, photographing violations, gathering evidence for court cases, issuing citations, testifying in court, and coordinating the removal and disposal of illegal and / or hazardous material and debris.
• Assists the public by answering the telephone, responding to inquiries, and providing information on departmental and City policies and procedures.
• Provides various forms of administrative service by writing notices and citations, generating reports, maintaining files and records, preparing memos and correspondence, inputting case information into a database, researching legal information, and reviewing incoming mail.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be :

Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

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The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as needed.