Planning & Development

Mission Statement

The mission statement of the Planning & Development Department is: "To provide the City of Brownwood with a proactive approach to enhance development and growth within the City by partnering with citizens and developers to meet common goals while ensuring code compliance, affording due process to citizens and developers using the Code procedures with a goal of a clean and prosperous City."

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of this department include:

Checks zoning and variance requests
Code compliance
Exercises general inspection supervision over all public and private construction work
911 Addressing
Floodplain management
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Management and Oversight for Engineering Support
Issues all permits required by the City
- Building
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Plumbing
- Signs
- Vendors
- Alcohol
Provides staff assistance for boards and commissions
- Planning & Zoning Board
- Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Building and Standards Commission
- Unified Board of Appeals
- Historical Building Review Committee

Staff

The department has 16 employees:

1 Director
1 Assistant Director / GIS Coordinator
1 Project Manager/Engineering Tech V
1 Chief Building Official/Permit Tech
2 Combination Building Inspectors (Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical)
2 Code Compliance Officers
1 Building Official/Code Compliance
2 Administrative Assistants
3 Property Maintenance Staff
2 Facility Maintenance Staff
(Seasonal) Laborers

Goals

This department has 3 goals:

To ensure community compliance with all codes in accordance with City Ordinances and standard specifications
To provide adequate engineering and inspection services for the City of Brownwood
To provide timely and accurate information in regards to citizen requests to the commissions to which the department gives staff assistance

Objectives

The department strives to meet the following objectives:

Continue a proactive approach to code compliance.
Continue to provide adequate staff support and training to related boards.
Increase public awareness of purpose of permits and inspections.