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9 <br /> g) A services and facilities element which identifies existing and <br /> proposed service areas and improvements for water, sewer, refuse <br /> disposal, education, emergency services, and other utilities and <br /> service facilities. <br /> h) Such additional elements dealing with other subjects which in the <br /> judgment of the Board of Commissioners relate to the physical <br /> development of the County. Such elements may include, but not <br /> be limited to, the subjects of historic preservation, community or <br /> rural design, growth management, etc. <br /> As part of the Comprehensive Plan, area plans may be prepared which <br /> focus on a portion of the County such as a township, a watershed or an <br /> interstate highway interchange. Likewise, technical information and/or <br /> task force reports prepared as part of a plan element or an area plan may <br /> be incorporated as part of the appendix of or as a supplement to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> In preparation and adoption of a plan element, area plan or other similar <br /> document, the Board of Commissioners shall ever be mindful of the need <br /> to balance the public interest with the needs of private interests, <br /> particularly in the conservation of surface and underground water <br /> resources, soil resources, and natural growth resources of the county and <br /> the efficient use of the renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. <br /> *2.2.13 Comprehensive Plan Adoption <br /> *Amended <br /> 4-4-88 The Comprehensive Plan shall be so prepared that all or individual <br /> elements and parts thereof may be adopted by the Board of <br /> Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners, upon receipt of a <br /> recommended Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof from the Planning <br /> Board, shall consider such recommendations and adopt them by <br /> resolution, either unchanged or with modifications. <br /> Prior to adoption of the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof, the Board <br /> of Commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of the public <br /> hearing shall be given by publishing said notice at least twice in a <br /> newspaper of general circulation in Orange County, stating the time and <br /> place of such hearing, and the substance of the proposed plan. This <br /> notice shall appear in said newspaper for two successive weeks with the <br /> first notice appearing not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty-five <br /> days before the date set for the public hearing. <br /> *2.2.14 Amendment of Adopted Comprehensive Plan <br /> *Amended <br /> 9 <br />