Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance creates the new Department of Building and Zoning Services and makes the needed code changes to ensure that the new department has all the necessary tools and resources it will need to begin delivering better customer service to the private development community. This new department will streamline the reporting structure and increase accountability by reporting directly to the Administration.
Through these changes, an efficient and effective department will emerge, allowing for an improved customer-centered department. These changes were developed over the last two years in conjunction with an operational review conducted by Zucker Systems Consulting and input from the Building Services Review Committee which represents of all facets of the building industry. The costs for the new department will continue to be sustained by the permit and review fees charged, allowing the new department to continue to be self-sufficient.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this reorganization and associated code changes, however, in the long term, the new department should create operational efficiencies and streamline existing functions. Any costs associated with these changes shall be the liability of the Development Services 240 Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To enact, amend, and repeal various sections of the Columbus City Codes to eliminate the Division of Building Services within the Department of Development, to create the new Department of Building and Zoning Services, and to reflect the impact of the creation of this new department in all affected code sections of the Columbus City Codes, including moving codes related to platting and development related engineering functions into the currently unutilized Title 43; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance creates the new Department of Building and Zoning Services and makes the needed code changes to ensure ...
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