About Marin
Marin County, California, is a picturesque community located in the Northern Bay Areas across from San Francisco and adjacent to Napa and Sonoma Counties. Marin is known for its combination of rural and suburban lifestyles, excellent schools, entertainment and recreational activities, and its mild, year-round climate. Outdoor activities are plentiful with access to the bay, the ocean, hiking and biking trails, vineyards in Napa and Sonoma, wildlife viewing, agritourism, and the Muir Wood National Monument. Given it's natural beauty and high quality of life, it is no surprise that over 260,000 engaged residents call Marin County home.
Marin County is a General Law County governed by five members of the Board of Supervisors. The County has approximately 2300 positions allocated between its 22 agencies and has an operating budget of approximately $716 million (FY 22/23). The majority of the workforce is represented by nine labor unions and covered under 12 collective bargaining agreements. The Board's priorities for the future include: (1) investing in County infrastructure, (2) preserving affordable housing and housing first, (3) addressing climate change, (4) improving disaster preparedness, and (5) prioritizing racial equity.
This diverse organization strives to uphold a set of core values: respect, trust, integrity, diversity, equality, excellence, accountability, innovation, and collaboration. These values help to maintain and enhance public trust and help achieve high quality service outcomes. The County is committed to being a well-managed organization that relies on the talents of its workforce and the dedication of its residents to succeed.
Description
There is currently 1 full-time, regular hire vacancy.
With an emphasis on customer service, the Community Development Technician I/II (CDT) performs a variety of specialized technical work to support the review of building permits and planning permits. Duties include verifying completeness and accuracy of applications, tracking the progress of applications routed to other divisions and County departments, conducting permit history research, and reviewing minor building and planning permits. Additionally, the CDT educates applicants about the permit process, explains general to moderately complex permitting policies and procedures, and determines and collects fees. Duties for the CDT will include:
- Assists the public and developers with planning, zoning, building, and development questions including the entitlement process.
- Provides customer service at the public counter, by telephone, or by other means of communication regarding applicable ordinances, regulations, requirements, processes, and procedures related to permitting, planning, land use/zoning, and County regulations and requirements.
- Assists staff and the public with the review of a variety of building and land development permit applications for accuracy and completeness to ensure conformance with legal standards, and compliance with County requirements; inputs information into the computer system; routes plans and information.
- Reviews building permit applications, engineering and architecture plans, specifications, and supporting documents for completeness and compliance with County requirements.
- Explain plan review corrections to architects, engineers and contractors and provides information in response to code-related inquiries.
- Performs a wide range of moderately complex clerical and paraprofessional administrative and office support duties in support of the Department.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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