KRS 100.187: Contents of comprehensive plan.

The comprehensive plan shall contain, as a minimum, the following elements:

(1) A statement of goals and objectives, which shall serve as a guide for the physical

development and economic and social well-being of the planning unit;

(2) A land use plan elem ent, which shall show proposals for the most appropriate,

economic, desirable, and feasible patterns for the general location, character, extent,

and interrelationship of the manner in which the community should use its public

and private land at specified times as far into the future as is reasonable to foresee.

Such land uses may cover, without being limited to, public and private, residential,

commercial, industrial, agricultural, and recreational land uses;

(3) A transportation plan element, which shall show proposals for the most desirable,

appropriate, economic, and feasible pattern for the general location, character, and

extent of the channels, routes, and terminals for transportation facilities for the

circulation of persons and goods for specified times as far into the future as is

reasonable to foresee. The channels, routes, and terminals may include, without

being limited to, all classes of highways or streets, railways, airways, waterways;

routings for mass transit trucks, etc.; and terminals for people, goods, or vehicles

related to highways, airways, waterways, and railways;

(4) A community facilities plan element which shall show proposals for the most

desirable, appropriate, economic, and feasible pattern for the general location,

character, and the extent of public and semipublic buildings, land, and facilities for

specified times as far into the future as is reasonable to foresee. The facilities may

include, without being limited to, parks and recreation, schools and other

educational or cult ural facilities, libraries, churches, hospitals, social welfare and

medical facilities, utilities, fire stations, police stations, jails, or other public office

or administrative facilities;

(5) (a) Provisions for the accommodation of all military installa tions greater than or

equal in area to three hundred (300) acres that are:

1. Contained wholly or partially within the planning unit's boundaries;

2. Abutting the planning unit's boundaries; or

3. Contained within or abutting any county that contains a planning unit.

(b) The goal of providing for the accommodation of these military installations

shall be to minimize conflicts between the relevant military installations and

the planning unit's residential population. These provisions shall be made after

consultation with the relevant installation's command authorities to determine

the needs of the relevant military installation. These consultations shall

include but not be limited to questions of installation expansion,

environmental impact, issues of install ation safety, and issues relating to air

space usage, to include noise pollution, air pollution, and air safety concerns;

and

(6) The comprehensive plan may include any additional elements such as, without

being limited to, community renewa l, housing, flood control, pollution,

conservation, natural resources, regional impact, historic preservation, and other

programs which in the judgment of the planning commission will further serve the

purposes of the comprehensive plan.