There is hereby created a Division of Engineering within the Department of Economic and Community Development. The Division of Engineering shall be headed by a City Engineer, who is a civil engineer registered as a professional engineer in the State of Ohio. The City Engineer shall be appointed by and be answerable to the Director of Economic and Community Development.
(a) Duties. The City Engineer's duties and responsibilities shall be to:
(1) Supervise all personnel of the Division of Engineering.
(2) Advise the Mayor, the Council, and administrative departments in connection with all civil engineering matters of the City related to engineering, zoning, building, sewers, development and repair of property in the City, including but not limited to the streets therein.
(3) Examine and approve all sidewalks, grading, draining, curbing, paving, placing of lines, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water curb connections and all other utilities of any nature within the right of way of City streets, alleys, roads and boulevards.
(4) Examine and approve or disapprove all grading, draining or construction within the City, examine and approve or disapprove all plans for subdivisions and the installation or improvement of private streets, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and appurtenances, and to examine and approve or disapprove all lot splits and consolidations.
(5) Exercise continuing control and inspection of public installations and public improvements while work is in progress.
(6) Prepare and update all City zoning and street maps.
(b) Employees. The staffing of the Division of Engineering is hereby established and is reflected in the organizational chart for the Department of Economic and Community Development contained in Section 179.99(b), which, as it pertains to this Division only, is incorporated herein as if fully rewritten.
(Ord. 2023-19. Passed 3-7-23.)