The Thoroughfare Plan as shown on the most current map entitled "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Urban Area Thoroughfare Plan," and prepared by the City of Charlotte, County of Mecklenburg and the planning and research branch, State Department of Transportation, is approved and adopted as a guide in the development of the street and highway system in the Charlotte urbanized area and the same is hereby recommended by the State Board of Transportation for its subsequent adoption.
(1995 Code, § 40-1)