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3) Land use in the area north of South Boulder <br />Road on both sides of Highway 42 should be <br />analyzed to determine the need for additional <br />commercial land. <br />4) Changing conditions also necessitate <br />consideration of the following housekeeping <br />amendments: a. revise the street network to <br />reflect conditions as currently built or planned. <br />b. removal of the regional shopping center <br />designation from the Homart site. <br />5) Other matters considered necessary by the <br />Commission to maintain consistency and a <br />coordinated Comprehensive Plan. <br />Planning Commission approved four amendments as out- <br />lined in Attachment A (included in these minutes). <br />Wanush explained that the Comp Plan is to be a guide <br />for future commissions, councils or citizens as to <br />how the City is to be developed over a period of <br />time. The Comp Plan is not intended to be like a <br />zoning ordinance wherein you identify specific <br />parcels of ground and designate what it is, i.e., <br />commercial, residential, etc. The Comp Plan makes <br />general statements concerning land use and how it <br />should develop, transportation to support that and <br />designated land uses throughout the City. The <br />intention is to allow the Commission and Councils <br />to make judgements on the facts they hear at the <br />time to balance those against the Comp Plan. A <br />Comp Plan is not an ordinance, nor a strict law in <br />the sense that a zoning ordinance is law. The <br />Comp Plan is a guide and contains a map itself and <br />a text that generally tries to outline some of the <br />conditions as found, why these conditions are <br />adopted and identifies some policies and <br />guidelines as criteria against which to make <br />judgements on individual land use decisions. <br />Four criteria must be met according to City code <br />in considering a Comp Plan: 1) the amendment <br />request be consistent with goals, policies and the <br />intent of the Comprehensive Plan in the City - <br />(i.e., not to make changes in conflict with other <br />elements of the Comp Plan); 2) the amendment <br />request will not result in adverse impacts to <br />existing or planned services of the citizens of <br />Louisville; 3) the amendment request demonstrates <br />a need exists for the amendment to either change <br />conditions or past error which supports <br />adjustments to the City's Comprehensive Plan; <br />4) and anything else that the Planning Commission <br />and/or City Council may want to consider. The <br />5 <br />