<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 50-24. - Basic studies.</div>
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               (a)
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               As background for its comprehensive plan and any ordinances it may prepare, the planning
               board may gather maps and aerial photographs of manmade and natural physical features
               of the area, statistics on past trends and present conditions with respect to population,
               property values, the economic base of the area, land use, and such other information
               as is important or likely to be important in determining the amount, direction, and
               kind of development to be expected in the area and its various parts.
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               (b)
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               In addition, the planning board may make, cause to be made, or obtain special studies
               on the location, condition, and adequacy of specific facilities, which may include
               but are not limited to studies of housing; commercial and industrial facilities; parks,
               playgrounds, and recreational facilities; public and private utilities; and traffic,
               transportation, and parking facilities.
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               (c)
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               All county officials shall, upon request, furnish to the planning board such available
               records or information as it may require in its work. The board or its agents may,
               in the performance of its official duties, enter upon lands and make examinations
               or surveys and maintain necessary monuments thereon.
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               (d)
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               These studies and information are subject to availability of funds appropriated by
               the county board of commissioners.
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               (Ord. of 8-15-1986, Â§ 4; Ord. of 12-15-2009, Â§ 4)
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