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<br /> open space, economic development,
<br /> services and facilities, and additional
<br /> elements as needed.
<br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS:
<br /> 2. 2. 12 Comprehensive Plan, intent_
<br /> The Comprehensive Plan, which includes, the land use
<br /> plan, maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter, task
<br /> force reports, official statements which are officially
<br /> approved by resolution of the Orange County Board of
<br /> Commissioners, and are part of the underlying policy of
<br /> the County, shall constitute the Boards recommendation
<br /> of the physical development of that portion of the
<br /> County under County jurisdiction. The recommendations
<br /> shall address in whole or part such things as the
<br /> general location, character, extent of streets,
<br /> bridges, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares,
<br /> parks, aviation fields, and other public ways, grounds,
<br /> and open spaces; the general location and extent of
<br /> public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or
<br /> privately owned or operated , for water, light,
<br /> sanitation, transportation , communication, power, and
<br /> other purposes; the removal , relocation, widening,
<br /> narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or
<br /> extension of any of the foregoing ways, buildings,
<br /> grounds, open spaces, property, utilities, or terminals;
<br /> the most desirable pattern of land use within the area,
<br /> including areas for residential uses, for farming and
<br /> forestry, for manufacturing and industrial uses, for
<br /> commercial uses, for recreational uses, for open spaces,
<br /> and for mixed uses. In preparation of these
<br /> recommendations the Board shall ever be mindful of the
<br /> need to balance the public interest with the needs of
<br /> private interests, particularly in the conservation of
<br /> surface and underground water resources, soil resources,
<br /> and natural growth resources of the county and the
<br /> efficient use of the renewable and non-renewable sources
<br /> of energy.
<br /> 2. 2. 13 Gomprgtierts i ve P Ian AA.optioa
<br /> The Board of Commissioners upon receipt of a recommended
<br /> Comprehensive Plan and portions thereof from the
<br /> Planning Board shall consider such recommendations and
<br /> adopt them by resolutions, either unchanged or with
<br /> modifications.
<br /> Prior to adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Board
<br /> of Commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon.
<br /> Notice of the public hearing shall be given by
<br /> publishing said notice at least twice in a newspaper of
<br /> general circulation in Orange County, stating the time
<br /> and place of such hearing, and the substance of the
<br /> proposed plan . This notice shall appear in said
<br /> newspaper for two successive weeks with the first notice
<br /> appearing not less than fifteen days nor more than
<br /> twenty-five days before the date set for the public
<br /> hearing.
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