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disposal, education, emergency services, and other utilities and O <br />service facilities. <br />h) Such additional elements dealing with other subjects which in the <br />judgment of the Board of Commissioners relate to the physical <br />development of the County, Such elements may include, but not <br />be limited to, the subjects of historic preservation, community or <br />rural design, growth management, etc. <br />As part of the Comprehensive Plan, area plans may be prepared which <br />focus on a portion of the County such as a township, a watershed or an <br />interstate highway interchange, Likewise, technical information and/or <br />task force reports prepared as part of a plan element or an area plan may <br />be incorporated as part of the appendix of or as a supplement to the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />In preparation and adoption of a plan element, area plan or other similar <br />document, the Board of Commissioners shall ever be mindful of the need <br />to balance the public interest with the needs of private interests, <br />particularly in the conservation of surface and underground water <br />resources, soil resources, and natural growth resources of the county and <br />the efficient use of the renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. <br />