The Department's Planning Division ensures compliance with the above-mentioned obligations by annually reviewing, analyzing, conducting, researching, processing, and issuance of: 4,000 zoning compliance reviews for building permits; Over 150 commercial, industrial, residential, and mixed-use development permits; Over 500 of environmental clearance reviews for public and private projects, including approximately 4 to 8 Environmental Impact Reports, 20 to 30 Negative Declarations/Mitigated Negative Declarations, and over 150 exemptions; Over 50 zoning changes; Multiple General Plan Amendments, ordinance amendments, urban village plans, and land use policies; and . Acceptable Substitution for Experience: An associate degree from an accredited college with an emphasis in a technical field such as computer science, geographic information systems, computer graphics, or architectural drafting with completed coursework in each of the following software applications: word processing, computer graphics, databases, spreadsheets and maps.