A. The planning agency shall prepare, administer, and maintain, in accordance with policies established by the city council, a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city, including any lands outside of the city boundaries that bear on the city's planning. The general plan contains the mandatory elements specified in the Planning and Zoning Law. The general plan may contain optional elements that, in the judgment of the city council, are necessary or desirable for directing or facilitating the physical development of the city.
B. The planning director, planning and design commission, or the city council may initiate general plan text amendments and amendments to the general plan land use designations. (Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)