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!.~ 4. Comprehensive Plan Amendments a. Designation of Land Use Plan as the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan The staff presentation was made by Gene Bell. This agenda item is to receive citiaen comment on a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan which would designate the Orange County Land Use Plan as the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Existing references in the Zoning Ordinance refer to the Comprehensive Plan for the County as the Land Use Plan. While the Land Use Plan has served well as the County's Comprehensive Plan, new issues have emerged which warrant special recognition and study. Among the subjects which have received or are contemplated for such treatment are recreation and parks, open space, housing, utility services, and transportation. To recognize the special nature of such issues yet incorporate them as part of the Comprehensive Plan, a re-definition of the Plan has been proposed. The Comprehensive Plan would consist of several documents or plans, each dealing with a specific element of physical development and each adopted by resolution as part of the Comprehensive Plan. Proposed elements would include land use (the current Land Use~Plan), recreation, transportation, housing, open space, economic development, services and facilities, and additional elements as needed. Proposed amendments to Articles 2.2.12 of the Zoning Ordinance would re-define the purpose, intent, and method of adoption of the Comprehensive Plan. Article 2.2.12 of the Zoning Ordinance, if amended, would provide that one element of the Comprehensive Plan be a Land Use Element which designates the general distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land for housing, business, industry, open space, education, public buildings and grounds, and other