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A. The planning commission shall prepare a comprehensive plan for guiding the orderly and coordinated physical development of the city. Such plan may consist of maps, reports, descriptive text covering objectives, principles and standards, and such other material as may be required to present clearly the plan and the programs that may be a part of it. Notwithstanding the language herein, the comprehensive plan shall comply with requirements of state law.

B. The comprehensive plan shall include the following elements:

1. A land use plan which designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of uses of land such as: agricultural, housing, commerce, industry, recreational, educational, public buildings and land, and other categories of public and private land, and delineates neighborhood and/or community units and includes standards of population density;

2. A transportation plan which defines the general location, alignment and extent of proposed and existing highways, parkways, walkways, trails, public transportation, transportation demand management, and major and secondary arterials, all correlated with the land use element of the comprehensive plan;

3. A housing element recognizing the vitality and character of established neighborhoods defining housing conditions and needs and indicating standard requirements for approved housing conditions, design, and supply;

4. A capital facilities plan which looks at future and existing needs, locations and financing of capital improvements and relates those improvements to land uses;

5. A park and recreational plan defining a system of parks and public sites for recreation, natural open space reservations, parkways, beaches, playgrounds, etc.;

6. A public utilities plan defining systems for water, power, sewage, drainage, refuse disposal, and other utilities, including easements, right-of-way, and location of facilities required by the system;

7. An economic development element.

C. The comprehensive plan may also include the following elements:

1. A public building design plan defining the general location, design and arrangements of civic and community centers, public schools, libraries, police and fire stations, public works buildings, and other public buildings;

2. A development plan defining areas of blight or areas of incompatible land uses that are leading to blight and including reports programming the elimination of blight, its spread, and/or its cause and the conservation of all areas of the city;

3. Subarea plans, such as, but not limited to, neighborhood plans, each of which is consistent with the comprehensive plan:

4. Conservation and solar energy plan;

5. Such other elements as are essential or desirable to coordinate public services, to complete programs for physical, social and economic development of the city and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare. (Ord. 1736-90 § 10, 1990.)