§ 12-61. Comprehensive plan.

(a)

Description and purpose. The comprehensive plan shall provide an expression of the city's vision for the future with a listing of goals and objectives. Once prepared and adopted, the plan will guide and influence decisions that affect the future of the city.

(b)

Form. The comprehensive plan hereinafter provided for may include and consist of maps, charts, drawings, exhibits and other descriptive matter. The plan may consist of one (1) unit, may consist of several component parts, may be adopted in whole or may be adopted in parts, but, in any event, shall be comprehensive in that its scope encompasses the entire city.

(c)

Contents. The comprehensive plan may include, but is not limited to, any or all of the following elements:

(1)

Land use;

(2)

Transportation including streets and highways, public transit, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, railroads, airports, and other aspects of the transportation system;

(3)

Capital and community facilities;

(4)

Parks and recreation;

(5)

Urban design;

(6)

Historic preservation;

(7)

Areas for development and redevelopment;

(8)

Housing;

(9)

Neighborhood revitalization;

(10)

Environment;

(11)

Economic development;

(12)

Human services; and

(13)

Metropolitan planning.

(d)

Adoption. Whenever it is desired to make any map, chart, drawing, exhibit, other descriptive matter, or policy the comprehensive plan or a part thereof, the item shall, after approval by the planning board, be transmitted by the manager to the mayor and the council and accepted, modified or rejected. Acceptance or acceptance as modified shall be accomplished by enactment of an ordinance; and any subsequent item amending the comprehensive plan shall be approved and accepted or accepted as modified in the manner prescribed herein. Prior to such action, the council, or a committee thereof duly authorized by the president of council, shall monitor the process whereby such item is formulated. Upon acceptance by ordinance of the item transmitted to the mayor and the council, such item shall become the comprehensive plan or an appropriate part thereof. The accepted plan or part thereof shall be lodged with the city clerk.

(e)

Enforcement:

(1)

Through regulation of private land uses. Whenever any permitted land use, development, or construction would interfere with the preservation or protection of any area included within the comprehensive plan, the manager, at the same time that such plan or part thereof is transmitted to the mayor, shall recommend the enactment of an appropriate ordinance to preserve and protect the applicable area. Whenever the enforcement of the comprehensive plan requires the limitation of private land use, the manager shall recommend the enactment of a zoning amendment, subdivision requirement, or other appropriate ordinance to accomplish such limitation. Such ordinances shall be considered only after review by the manager for compliance with the comprehensive plan, and advice thereon secured.

(2)

Through implementation by public works and other city agencies. Projects for capital improvements involving land acquisition shall be considered only after review by the manager for compliance with the comprehensive plan.

(3)

No private right of action. Implementation of the comprehensive plan shall be by the means as described in this subsection (e), and no private or third party right of action shall exist to enforce or to compel the enforcement of the comprehensive plan. This restriction shall not apply to any claims or defenses asserted by the City and County of Denver in any action it brings or defends.

(Ord. No. 634-00, § 3, 8-14-00; Ord. No. 291-05, § 12, 5-2-05)