Annual Report RPC/RZC/CD - 2009 - Hamilton County, Ohio

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Director's Message2009 was a year ofsignifi cant transition forthe Regional PlanningCommissionTo Those We Serve:We are pleased to provide you with the 2009 Annual Report of Hamilton County’s Planning,Zoning and Community Development Departments and the commissions we served – HamiltonCounty Regional Planning Commission, the Planning Partnership, and the Hamilton County RuralZoning Commission, the Hamilton County Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Hamilton CountyBoard of Commissioners.With critical support of county commissioners, jurisdiction members, volunteers and our manyorganization partners, we are able to report another year of successes in our core functions of communityplanning, data products, development services (zoning and subdivision), zoning services(permits and enforcement), and community development (federal grants administration). Thissuccess, however, was accompanied by many organizational changes.Beginning in January, the Regional Planning Commission embarked on an internal departmentconsolidation process including the merging of the Planning, Zoning, Community Development,Building Inspections, and Public Works Departments into the new Planning & Development Department.Staff spent substantial time in department-wide meetings to consolidate policies, mergeorganization tables, and establish a single budget for this new department. A major component ofthis transition included converting the Regional Planning Commission staff to Board of CountyCommissioner employees.The goal of this consolidation is to create a single, high-performing, coordinated, efficient departmentto better serve residents and private industry in the development process. The formal launchof this consolidation in January aims to maintain the integrity of each separate department whilecreating coordinated, seamless integration of functions.Despite this time consuming effort, we continued to expand our partnerships in 2009 to assistcommunities in Hamilton County to plan in a comprehensive manner and to collaborate to achieveregional goals identified in COMPASS. In this report, you will find more information about progressbeing made on important implementation initiatives such as:• Government Cooperation and Efficiency Project• Transportation Policy Plan• Hamilton County Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant• Communities of the Future Initiative (in collaboration with MSD)• First Suburbs Consortium• Planning Commissioners' Forum• APA Webinars• Contract ServicesThis report, as well as additional information about our work and progress, is available on our website at www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/pd. We welcome your feedback, ideas, and suggestions abouthow we can better serve Hamilton County communities.We look forward to hearing from you.Best regardsTodd Kinskey, AICPDirector of Regional Planning
Table of ContentsPlanning Commission ...................................................................................................... 2Frank F. Ferris II Planning Award .................................................................................... 4Planning Partnership ........................................................................................................ 5Community Planning ....................................................................................................... 8Information Technology / Data Products .......................................................................14Development Review ..................................................................................................... 17Zoning Commission ....................................................................................................... 23Community Development...............................................................................................26Planning, Zoning, and Community Development 2010 Staff ........................................ 312009 Committees, Teams, and Board Memberships .......................................................322009 ANNUAL REPORTi
Page 1: PLANNING, ZONING, andCOMMUNITY DEVE
Page 5 and 6: Planning CommissionThe Commission
Page 7 and 8: Planning PartnershipMissionTo bring
Page 9 and 10: Planning Partnershipwas appointed a
Page 11 and 12: Community PlanningFirst Suburbs has
Page 13 and 14: Community Planningand certification
Page 15 and 16: Community PlanningEarly small phase
Page 17 and 18: Information Technology / Data Produ
Page 19 and 20: Development ServicesDevelopment Ser
Page 21 and 22: Development ServicesGreen TownshipT
Page 23 and 24: Development ServicesGreenhills Comp
Page 25 and 26: Zoning CommissionRZC VisionTo have
Page 27 and 28: Community DevelopmentZoning Enforce
Page 29 and 30: Community DevelopmentInfrastructure
Page 31 and 32: Community DevelopmentStimulus Commu
Page 33 and 34: Planning, Zoning, and Community Dev
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Annual Report RPC/RZC/CD - 2009 - Hamilton County, Ohio

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