Article 7 — AUTHORITY FOR AND SCOPE OF MASTER OR GENERAL PLANS.

(Heading amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65460. Each commission or planning department shall prepare and the commission shall adopt a comprehensive, long term general plan for the physical development of the city, county, area, or region, and of any land outside its boundaries which in the commission's judgment bears relation to its planning. The plan may be referred to as the master or general plan and shall be officially certified as the master or general plan upon its adoption by the planning commission and the legislative body.

65461. The master or general plan shall be so prepared that all or portions of it may be adopted by the legislative body as a basis for the development of the city, county, area, or region.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65462. The master or general plan shall consist of a map and a statement describing it and a statement covering objectives, principles, and standards used to develop it; and shall include all of the following elements:

(a) A land use element which designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land for housing, business, industry, recreation, education, public buildings and grounds, and other categories of public and private uses of land.

(b) A circulation element consisting of the general location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, and other local public utility and facilities, all correlated with the land use element of the plan.

(c) A statement of the standards of population density and building intensity recommended for the various districts and other territorial units, and estimates of future population growth, in the territory covered by the plan, all correlated with the land use element of the plan.

(d) Supporting maps, diagrams, charts, descriptive material and reports.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65463. A master or general plan may include a conservation element of the plan for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, including water and its hydraulic force, forests, soils, rivers and other waters, harbors, fisheries, wild life, minerals, and other natural resources. The conservation element of the plan may also cover:

(a) The reclamation of land and waters.

(b) Flood control.

(c) Prevention and control of the pollution of streams and other waters.

(d) Regulation of the use of land in stream channels and other areas required for the accomplishment of the conservation plan.

(e) Prevention, control, and correction of the erosion of soils, beaches, and shores.

(f) Protection of watersheds.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65464. (Repealed by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65465. A master or general plan may include a recreation element of the plan, showing a comprehensive system of areas and public sites for recreation, including the following and, when practicable, their locations and proposed development:

(a) Natural reservations.

(b) Parks.

(c) Parkways.

(d) Beaches.

(e) Playgrounds.

(f) Other recreation areas.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65466. The circulation element of the master or general plan as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 65462 may also include studies and recommendations concerning parking facilities and building setback lines and the delineations of such systems on the land; a system of street naming, house and building numbering; and such other matters as may be related to the improvement of circulation of traffic.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65467. A master or general plan may include a transportation element of the plan, showing a comprehensive transportation system, including locations of rights of way, terminals, viaducts, and grade separations. This element of the plan may also include port, harbor, aviation, and related facilities.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65468. A master or general plan may include a transit element of the plan, showing a proposed system of transit fines, including rapid transit, streetcar, motor coach and trolley coach lines, and related facilities.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65469. A master or general plan may include a public services and facilities element of the plan, showing general plans for sewerage, refuse disposals, drainage, and local utilities, and rights of way, easements, and facilities for them.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65470. A master or general plan may include a public buildings element of the plan, showing locations and arrangements of civic and community centers, public schools, libraries, police and fire stations, and all other public buildings, including their architecture and the landscape treatment of their grounds.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65471. A master or general plan may include a community design element of the plan, consisting of standards and principles governing the subdivision of land within the scope of the Subdivision Map Act, Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, and showing recommended designs for community and neighborhood development and redevelopment, including sites for schools, parks, playgrounds and other uses.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65472. A master or general plan may include a housing element of the plan, consisting of a survey and reports upon housing conditions and needs, standards and plans for the elimination of substandard dwelling conditions, the improvement of housing and for provision of adequate sites for housing.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65473. A master or general plan may include a redevelopment element of the plan comprising surveys, plans, procedure, and reports for the elimination of slums and blighted areas and for community redevelopment, including housing sites, business and industrial sites, public building sites, and for other purposes authorized by law.

(Amended by Stats. 1955. Ch. 1644)

65474. As a part of the master or general plan the commission may prepare, receive and adopt additional elements and studies dealing with other subjects which in its judgment relate to the physical development of the city, county, area, or region.

(Amended by Stats. 1955. Ch. 1644)

65475. During the formulation of a master or general plan, the planning commissions shall inform and, to such an extent as may be necessary, confer and cooperate with such school boards, departments, or agencies as may have jurisdiction over the territory or facilities for which plans are being made, to the end that maximum coordination of plans may be secured and properly located sites for all public purposes may be indicated on the master or general plan.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65476. Whenever a city planning commission has adopted a master or general plan or any major section or unit covering any land outside the boundaries of the city, which in the judgment of the commission bears relation to its planning, such plan, section or unit shall be certified to the planning commission of every county or city, the land of which is included in said plan.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)

65477. Whenever a county planning commission has adopted a master or general plan or any major section or unit covering any land adjoining or within a city such plan, section or unit shall be certified to the planning commission of such city or cities.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1644)