10-20-401. General plan required -- Content.
(1) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for: present and future needs of the municipality; and growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.
(2) The general plan may provide for: health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities; the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population; the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of: food and water; and drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources; the use of energy conservation and solar and clean energy resources; the protection of urban development; if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing; the protection and promotion of air quality; historic preservation; identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by an affected entity; and an official map.
(3) Subject to Section, the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan. 10-20-404
(4) Except for a city of the fifth class or a town, on or before December 31, 2025, a municipality that has a general plan that does not include a water use and preservation element that complies with Sectionshall amend the municipality's general plan to comply with Section. 10-20-404 10-20-404