<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 54-31. - Comprehensive planâ€”Purpose, contents.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               The comprehensive plan, as a part of a continuous comprehensive planning program,
               with the accompanying maps, plans, charts and descriptive matter, shall constitute
               the planning board's recommendations to the board of commissioners for the physical
               development of the county, including, among other things, the general location, extent
               and character of streets, bridges, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks,
               aviation fields, other public ways, grounds, open spaces, public and private utilities
               and terminals, whether operated for water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication,
               power and other purposes; the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating,
               abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing ways, buildings,
               grounds, open spaces, property, utilities or terminals; the most desirable pattern
               for land use within the county, including areas for residential uses, for farming
               and forestry, for manufacturing and industrial uses, for commercial uses, for recreational
               uses, for open spaces and for mixed uses.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The plan and any ordinances or other measures to effect it shall be drawn with the
               general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious
               physical development of the county which will, in accordance with present and future
               needs, best promote health, safety and the general welfare, as well as efficiency
               and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, the promotion
               of safety from fires and other dangers, adequate provisions for traffic, adequate
               provisions for light, water and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient
               distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise
               and efficient expenditures of public funds and the adequate provision of public utilities,
               services and other public requirements.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 54-31; Ord. of 1-13-1976, Â§ V)
               
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