§ 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.