Title 15 Cities and Towns

15-1-503. Master plan; adoption; concurrent action; contents; amendment.

(a) The commission, after holding public hearings, shall adopt and certify to the governing body a master plan for the physical development of the municipality. If the plan involves territory outside the city or town, action shall be taken with the concurrence of the board of county commissioners or county planning commission, or other municipal legislative body concerned. The master plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter shall show the: (i) Commission's recommendations for the development and may include the general location, character and extent of streets, bridges, viaducts, parks, waterways and waterfront developments, playgrounds, airports and other public ways, grounds, places and spaces; (ii) General location of public buildings and other public property; (iii) General location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned, for water, light, power, heat, sanitation, transportation, communication and other purposes; (iv) Acceptance, widening, removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment, or change of use of any public ways, grounds, places, spaces, buildings, properties, utilities or terminals; (v) Zoning plan for the regulation of the height, area, bulk, location and use of private and public structures and premises, and of population density; (vi) General location, character, layout and extent of community centers and neighborhood units; and (vii) General character, extent and layout of the replanning of blighted districts and slum areas. (b) The commission may amend, extend or add to the plan or carry any part or subject matter into greater detail.