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existing and proposed service areas and improvements for water, sewer, refuse disposal , education, emergency services, and other utilities "r•4 and service facilities. h ) Such additional elements dealing with other subjects which in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners relate to the physical development of the County . Such elements may include, but not be limited to, the subjects of historic preservation, community or rural design, growth management, etc . As part of the Comprehensive Plan, area plans may be prepared which focus on a portion of the County such as a township, a watershed or an interstate highway interchange. Likewise, technical information and/or task force reports prepared as part of a plan element or an area plan may be incorporated as part of the appendix of or as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan . In preparation and adoption of a plan element, area plan or other similar document, the Board of Commissioners shall ever be mindful of the need to balance the public interest with the needs of private interests, particularly In the conservation of surface and underground water resources, soil resources, and natural growth resources of the county and the efficient use of the renewable and non renewable sources of energy . 2 .2 . 13 Comprehensive Plan Adoption The Comprehensive Plan shall be so prepared that all or individual elements and parts thereof may be adopted by the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners, upon receipt of a recommended Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof from the Planning Board, shall consider such recommendations and adopt them by resolution, either unchanged or with modifications. Prior to adoption of the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof, the Board of Commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon . Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing said notice at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in Orange County, stating the time and place of such hearing, and the substance of the proposed plan . The notice shall appear in said newspaper for two successive weeks with the first notice appearing not less than ten ( 10) days nor more than twenty-five (25) days before the date set for the public hearing. 2 .2 . 14 Amendment of Adopted Cornprehej)s i ve P1 an For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable, and desirable development within Orange County, the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof shall not be amended except as follows: a) Because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or areas of the County;