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— h <br /> f � <br /> 2.2.12 comprehensive Plan, Defined <br /> iThe Comprehensive Plan, which includes maps, plats, charts, and <br /> descriptive matter, task force reports, official statements which <br /> are part of the underlying policy of the County, shall constitute <br /> the Board's recommendation of the physical development of that <br /> portion of the County under County jurisdiction, and shall be <br /> presented to the Board of Commissioners for its acti=n The <br /> recommendations shall. address such things as the general location, <br /> character, and extent of streets, bridges, boulevards, parkways, <br /> playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, and other public <br /> ways, grounds, and open spaces; the general location and extent <br /> of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately <br /> owned or operated, for water, light, sanitation, transportation, <br /> communication, power, and other purposes, the removal, relocstian, <br /> widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or <br /> extension of any of the foregoing ways, buildings, grounds, open <br /> spaces, property, utilities, or terminals= the most desirable <br /> pattern of land use within the area, including areas for resi- <br /> dential uses, for farming and forestry, for manufacturing and <br /> i industrial uses, for commercial uses, for recreational uses, for <br /> open spaces, and for mixed uses. In preparation of these re- <br /> commendations the Board shall even be mindful of the overriding <br /> need to protect the public interest over the private interest <br /> and particularity the conservation of the surface and under- <br /> ground water resources of the County, the soils resources and <br /> the natural growth resources of the county and to provide for <br /> efficient use of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. <br /> 2,2.13 Comprehensive Plan Adoption <br /> d <br /> f <br /> The Hoard of Commissioners upon receipt of a recommended com- <br /> prehensive Plan and portions thereof from the Planning Board <br /> shall consider such recommendations and adopt them by resolu- <br /> tion, either unchanged or with modifications. <br /> Prior to adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Board of <br /> Commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of <br /> ' the public hearing shall be given by publishing said notice at <br /> least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in Orange <br /> County, stating the time and place of such hearing, and the <br /> substance of the proposed plan. This notice shall appear in <br /> said newspaper for two successive weeks with the first notice <br /> c appearing not less than fifteen days nor more than twenty- <br /> five days before the date set for the public hearing. <br /> 2.2.14 Amendment Of Adopted Compreh ensive Plan <br /> Proposed amendments to the adopted Comprehensive Plan, if not <br /> i initiated by the Planning Board, shall be referred to it by <br /> 2--5 <br /> i <br /> 1 <br /> r <br />