{"id":71339,"date":"2025-02-03T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/?page_id=71339"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:00:34","slug":"community-development-about-our-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/community-development-about-our-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Development – About Our Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENERAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The Community Development Department is responsible for guiding physical development of private property in the city in a manner that complies with General Plan goals, objectives and policies and zoning, subdivision and development standards; for administering and enforcing state and city regulations applicable to construction in the City; for administering, enforcing zoning, and regulations. In addition, the Community Development Director serves as the Building Official for the City, Secretary to the Planning and Environmental Quality Commission, and Environmental Quality Officer. Major programs of the Department are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Building Services <\/strong>
\nIncludes the planning, construction, maintenance, and alterations of all structures and buildings on private property. The ultimate goal is to ensure the safety and well-being of all citizens and visitors and to increase property values in the City. This includes the review of plans for compliance with National, State, and Local codes; the issuance of building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical permits; the performance of inspections during the construction process; emergency inspections; maintenance of building records and plans; and the administration of general building and construction information.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Planning and Environmental Quality Commission<\/strong> Support<\/strong>
\nThe commission conducts public hearings, renders decisions and makes recommendations to the City Council on all significant development proposals and land use and development matters, including design and improvement of subdivisions, general plan amendments, ordinances, and other zoning, land use, or environmental policy issues. The Commission also functions as the appeal body for decisions of the Director and as the Housing and Building Appeals Board.<\/p>\n

Community Development staff supports both Commission and Council proceedings on land use matters by scheduling and advertizing public hearings, preparing staff reports and specific recommendations, developing environmental and procedural documentation as required under state planning and zoning, subdivision and California Environmental Quality Act laws for all entitlements and land use related actions. Staff also supports Council proceedings on appeals of Commission actions. Commission meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month and Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SERVICES<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Development Services<\/strong>
\nIncludes all activities to promote and facilitate development projects that are consistent with development standards and goals and policies of the general plan and that will enhance the quality of life, the economic vitality of the City, and will be compatible with surrounding existing land uses. This includes advising prospective developers and property owners, reviewing and processing development proposals either administratively or through the commission pursuant to the state development and planning laws and procedures, the State Map Act, and CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act); dispensing general zoning, planning and subdivision information; reviewing construction plans for consistency with zoning regulations, clearing business license applications, entertainment, special permits, temporary use permits and truth-in-sales for compliance with zoning and development standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Planning <\/strong>
\nPlanning includes activities and initiatives to promote, maintain, and implement the General Plan goals and policies and guide growth and development in the City. This includes development of zoning, subdivision, and related standards and regulations to implement the General Plan; implement state mandates and monitor demographic, physical, and environmental data about the City.<\/p>\n<\/div>

PUBLIC SERVICE GOAL:<\/strong> To provide local building and planning services that promote high quality development and construction and maintenance of private property and thereby promote economic vitality for businesses and a higher-level quality of life for residents.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Greg Tsujiuchi<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Director of Community Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr. Tsujiuchi serves as the Director of Community Development, where he oversees the divisions of Planning, Economic Development, Building and Safety, Permits and Licensing, Code Enforcement, and Animal Control. He is a South Bay native having been born and raised in north Torrance, and having also lived in Gardena for over 13 years.\u00a0 Mr. Tsujiuchi has over 25 years of government experience, and has previously worked for several different local southern California cities during his career.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tsujiuchi is a proud combat veteran of the United States Army, California Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserves. He most notably served as an Infantry Paratrooper during Operation Just Cause \u2013 the Invasion of Panama, Operation Desert Shield\/Storm \u2013 the Persian Gulf War, and Operation Garden Plot \u2013 1992 Los Angeles Riots. He is also a graduate of the California Military Academy\u2019s Officer Candidate School.<\/p>\n

True to his southern California and South Bay roots, he obtained his Associate of Art\u2019s Degree in General Studies from El Camino College, a Bachelor\u2019s of Science Degree in Public Administration from California State University \u2013 Dominguez Hills, and a Master\u2019s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from California State University \u2013 Long Beach.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tsujiuchi continues to make the South Bay his home with his wife, son, and two dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":839501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71339","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/839501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}