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200 <br /> 2. 2. 14 Amendment of Adopted Comp_rehensiNL2 Plan <br /> Proposed amendments to the adopted Comprehensive Plan, <br /> if not initiated by the Planning Board, shall be <br /> referred to it by the Board of Commissioners for <br /> recommendation . The Planning Board shall have sixty <br /> days from the date of referral in which to make such <br /> recommendation . Failure to make a recommendation within <br /> the sixty day period shall be considered approval of the <br /> proposed amendment by the Planning Board . <br /> Adoption of all amendments to the adopted Comprehensive <br /> Plan shall be made only after a public hearing with <br /> notice as specified in 2. 2. 13 . <br /> Article 22 - Definitions <br /> Comprehenslie Plan Land Use Plan , maps, plats, charts, <br /> and descriptive matter, task force reports, and <br /> official statements which are officially approved <br /> by resolution of the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners. The plan shall address in whole or <br /> part such things as the general location, <br /> character, extent of streets, bridges, boulevards, <br /> parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation <br /> fields, and other public ways, grounds, and open <br /> spaces; the general location and extent of public <br /> utilities and terminals, whether publicly or <br /> privately owned or operated , for water, light, <br /> sanitation, transportation, communication, power, <br /> and other purposes; the removal , relocation, <br /> widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change <br /> of use, or extension of any of the most desirable <br /> pattern of land use within the area, including <br /> areas for residential uses, for farming and <br /> forestry, for manufacturing and industrial uses, <br /> for commercial uses, for recreational uses, for <br /> open spaces, and for mixed uses. <br /> ( See also attached Procedures for Amending the Land Use Plan) <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br /> 2. 2. 12 .Q.OMprghgasLYe PL4n. Intent <br /> The Comprehensive Plan shall constitute an internally <br /> consistent and compatible statement of policies for the <br /> long-term, physical development of that portion of <br /> Orange County under County jurisdiction. The <br /> Comprehensive Plan shall consist of a statement of <br /> development policies and shall include maps and text <br /> setting forth objectives, principles, standards and plan <br /> proposals for physical development. The Comprehensive <br /> Plan shall be comprised of the following individual <br /> elements: <br /> a) A Land use eLement which designates the general <br /> distribution, location, and extent of the uses of <br /> land for housing, business, industry, open space, <br />