Quarterly Report Thursday, October 12, 2023
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Presented by Shayla Reed, Community Development Director
Planning & Zoning Community Development Department
Building & Inspections Code Compliance Administrative
Community Development Director
Organizational Chart
Building Official
Senior Building Plans Reviewer and Inspector
Building Inspector
Planning and Zoning Adminstrator
Code Compliance
Senior Planner
Senior Code Compliance Officer
Planner I
Code Compliance Officer
Operations Coordinator (Quality Control)
Document Management Specialist
Operations Coordinator (Customer Service)
Permit Technician
SHAYLA REED, DIRECTOR DAVINA DAUGHTRY, OPERATIONS COORDINATOR JENNIFER OWENS, OPERATIONS COORDINATOR GINA DAVIS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST MARISSA JACKSON, PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Community Development Department Team
CHELSEA TUBBS, PLANNER I DANA GRAY, SR PLANNER QUINESHA GOLDEN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER LATOYA JOHNSON, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER PAEVIA HAYES-JORDAN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER KEITH BROWN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER CRAIG CUMMINGS, SENIOR PLANS REVIEWER & INSPECTOR LAWERENCE NICHOLAS, BUILDING INSPECTOR FREDDIE RICHEY , BUILDING INSPECTOR MIKE METTLER, BUILDING INSPECTOR - PT KRISTEN BROOKSHIRE, PERMIT TECH
Planning and Zoning Division
Planning Updates: • Douglasville Town Center Implementation Strategy (Adopted June 20, 2023) • Comprehensive Plan (Due by October 31, 2023)
Planning & Zoning Division
Zoning Updates: • Town Center Mixed Use Ordinance (Adopted June 20, 2023) • Mini-warehouse and Storage Units (Adopted August 7, 2023) • Alcohol Use Definition Updates (Adopted September 18, 2023)
Application Type
Application Reviews and Completions
Total Processes for Type (2022)
Total Billed (2022)
Total Processes for Type 2023 JanuarySeptember
Total Fees for Type 2023 JanuarySeptember
Annexation
1
$700.00
1
$700.00
Certificate of Appropriateness
1
$150.00
2
$300.00
City Council Variance Development Plan/ Plats Rezoning
3
$1,090.00
7
$2,390.00
35
$6,150.00
23
$4,570.00
20
$18,433.50
6
$5,650.00
2
$720.00
5
$1,860.00
232
$27,768.00
96
$10,886.66
Special Outdoor Event Text Amendments
26
$2,700.00
28
$2,800.00
1
$0.00
6
$0.00
Zoning Verification Letter
68
$5,100.00
38
$2850.00
Special Land Use Permit Sign Permits
Building & Inspections Division
2022 Reviewer Name
Total Number of Plans Reviewed Per Year
Number of Reviews
Craig Cummings
16
Matthew Alexander
241
Mike Mettler
54
Total
311
2023 (January - September) Reviewer Name
Number of Reviews
Craig Cummings
46
Matthew Alexander
204
Mike Mettler
36
Total
286
2022 Inspector Name
Total Number of Inspections Performed Per Year
Number of Inspections
Craig Cummings
1,124
Freddie Richey
1
Lawrence Nicholas
3,417
Matthew Alexander
1,347
Mike Mettler
661
Total
6,544
2023 (January - September) Inspector Name
Number of Inspections
Craig Cummings
185
Freddie Richey
1,068
Lawrence Nicholas
1,992
Matthew Alexander
609
Mike Mettler
266
Total
4,120
Total Valuation of Commercial & Residential Construction
2022 Total Revenue: $2,050,874
2023 (January - September) Total Revenue: $958,312
ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION Town Green- Greystone Amphitheater
Hazel Park (Senior Development)
W. Strickland Street (Townhome Development)
Durelee Senior Living Apartments
Chicago Park Phase 4
Novo Apartments
QuikTrip – Fairburn Rd
Riverside West Site 5, 6, & 7 Warehouses
QuikTrip – Hwy 5
Tributary Village Retail Shop
Tributary Village Resia Apartments
Elan Sweetwater Apartments
Microsoft Data Center
Laurelwood Townhomes
Lynch Road Project (Warehouse)
Beyond Water, Wine & Spirit
Douglas County Multi Purpose Area
DDS ( Department of Driver Services)
Emblem Riverside Phase 2 Apartments
Jessie Davis Park
Sweetwater Pointe (Senior Development)
Chestnut Grove Townhomes UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION
Douglasville Self Storage (Hwy 5)
Astoria at Crystal Lake (Senior Development)
Slater Mill (Single Family Homes)
The Revive Townhomes
Ashley Falls Phase 3 & 4 (Single Family Homes)
Future Seekers (Training Resource Center)
Storquest Self Storage
Kidney Spa
Bright Star Phase 5
Heron Mill Apartments
Kensington Park Phase 2B
Project Blackberry (Warehouse)
Veteran Memorial at Whitley Dr Single Family Homes
Tributary Village C2A
Vansant Rd (Townhomes)
Code Compliance Division
Staff
Ward
Paevia Hayes- Jordan
1
Quinesha Golden
2
Keith Brown
3
Paevia Hayes- Jordan & Latoya Johnson
4
Latoya Johnson
5
Code Compliance Activities
Category
2022
2023
Business License
183
49
Garbage/ Debris
243
176
High Grass and Weeds
658
238
IPMC (International Property Maintenance Code)
118
279
Outdoor Storage
17
86
Prohibited Signs
8
1
Temporary Sign Permits
37
4
Vacant Property Update
5
14
Vacant Property Registration
21
20
Vehicle/Inoperable/Abandoned
254
107
Yard Sale
66
58
Zoning
1
4
(January to September)
Adopted Text Amendments: • Animal Ordinance Fowl (Chickens)
Overall Text Amendments
Upcoming Text Amendments: • Camera Installation (Commercial Uses) • Shipping Container/Cargo Structures for Commercial Use • New Horizon’s Community Zoning Classification • Parking and Towing Details • Georgia’s New Zoning Procedure Laws Update
GIS Division Geographic Information Systems
GIS Updates: • Two employees for on-site and remote access services 327 hours
GIS Division
• GIS Data Updates, Analysis, and Reports: 12 - Park acreage report (January 2023) - Comprehensive Plan Update (February 2023) - Ward 3 population info (Business Analyst) (March 2023) - Zoning by Ward Analysis and Report (July 2023) • Creation of pdf maps: 14 - Downtown District Map (May 2023) - Fairburn Rd zoning project map (July 2023) - Wards 1-5 poster maps (August 2023) - New Horizon project map (September 2023)
Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Department’s New Functions Customer Service: • New Operating Hours • New Position that focuses primarily on Operational Enhancements • Revisions to the Department’s Webpages • Creation of new Departmental SOP’s • Updated applications contact information and ordinance sections
Software Updates: • BS&A Cloud Upgrade in late October 2023 • iWorQ (TextMyGov) • Code Compliance Radio – Emergency Dispatch
THANK YOU!