The development services department is renamed as the planning and development services department, and there is hereby established the planning and development services department. The head of the department shall be the director of planning and development services, whose appointment, compensation and removal shall be in accordance with sections 2, 6 and 11 of Chapter V of the Charter.
(Ord. No. 10655, § 2, 4-21-09, eff. 7-1-09)
The planning and development services department shall perform such work and duties as the city manager may designate, and the director of the planning and development services department shall carry out such assigned duties and functions, including the supervision of divisions established within the planning and development services department as necessary. The divisions of the department shall be established by the director, subject to the control of the city manager, so as to facilitate the efficient and effective delivery of services to be provided by the department.
(Ord. No. 10655, § 2, 4-21-09, eff. 7-1-09)
The purposes and functions of the planning and development services department shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Administration of those functions and duties of the former director of the department of urban planning and design as set forth in the Land Use Code and Tucson Code chapter 23A;
(b) Development and implementation of the Land Use Code, chapter 23, the Development Compliance Code, chapter 23A, development standards, the Unified Development Code, chapter 23B, and its administrative manual and technical standards manual;
(c) Creation and maintenance of city zoning maps;
(d) Administration of the board of adjustment, the planning commission, sign design review committee and the design review board;
(e) Serving as the planning agency as set forth in A.R.S. Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 6 unless otherwise designated by the city manager; and
(f) Such other purposes and functions as the city manager may designate from time to time.
(Ord. No. 10655, § 2, 4-21-09, eff. 7-1-09; Ord. No. 11227, § 1, 12-9-14; Ord. No. 11508, § 11, eff. 1-4-18)
For purposes of this chapter, and for purposes of all other chapters of the Tucson Code, the terms "planning and development services department", "PDSD", "development services department" and "DSD" shall be deemed to refer to the planning and development services department; and any references to the "the director of the planning and development services department", "PDSD director, "Director of the development services department" or "DSD director" shall be deemed to refer to the director of the planning and development services department.
(Ord. No. 10655, § 2, 4-21-09, eff. 7-1-09; Ord. No. 11227, § 2, 12-9-14)