The
comprehensive plan shall consist of a map or maps, and
descriptive text covering objectives, principles and standards
used to develop it, and shall include each of the following
elements:
(1) A land use element which designates the proposed general
distribution and general location and extent of the uses of land
for agriculture, housing, commerce, industry, recreation,
education, public buildings and lands, and other categories of
public and private use of land, including a statement of the
standards of population density and building intensity
recommended for the various areas in the jurisdiction and
estimates of future population growth in the area covered by the
comprehensive plan, all correlated with the land use element of
the comprehensive plan. The land use element shall also provide
for protection of the quality and quantity of groundwater used
for public water supplies and shall review drainage, flooding,
and storm water run-off in the area and nearby jurisdictions and
provide guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse
those discharges that pollute Puget Sound or waters entering
Puget Sound;
(2) A circulation element consisting of the general
location, alignment and extent of major thoroughfares, major
transportation routes, trunk utility lines, and major terminal
facilities, all of which shall be correlated with the land use
element of the comprehensive plan;
(3) Any supporting maps, diagrams, charts, descriptive
material and reports necessary to explain and supplement the
above elements.
[1985 c 126 § 3; 1984 c 253 § 3; 1963 c 4 §36.70.330 . Prior: 1959 c 201 § 33.]