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10. ACT 270 The preceding eight chapters of this Cary Community Plan out- line our community's vision and values, set policy direc on, and recommend strategic ini a ves as well as specific ac ons for guiding growth and for helping our community thrive over the next 20 years. This ninth chapter (ACT) offers general guidance and recommenda ons for applying plan policies, for monitoring plan performance, and when necessary, amending the plan. This chapter also provides a summary table of the strategic ini a ves and ac ons found at the end of each of chapters 2 through 8, (or in the case of Chapter 6, at the end of each of that chapter's four Special Planning Area discussions). Applying Plan Policies The comprehensive plan's policies provide guidance for making decisions related to private land development proposals, for shaping the appearance, economic vitality, and environmental quality of the community, for coordina ng inter-jurisdic onal planning efforts, and for planning and priori zing service needs and capital improvements. The Future Growth Framework Map and the policies included in this plan should be used by Town Staff and Town Advisory Boards when making their recommenda ons, and by the Town Council when making decisions about land development, capital investments, and community programs. One of the primary uses of the Town's comprehensive plan is for evalua ng development proposals. Landowners and develop- ers who wish to develop property o en need to request a new zoning designa on for their site. The Town's evalua on of the rezoning applica ons begins with the guidance provided in this comprehensive plan. The former Cary Land Use Plan could be characterized as a map- based plan because its future land use map was used as the primary guidance document for evalua ng rezoning requests. In contrast, the Cary Community Plan can be characterized as a policy-based plan, in that the Town's values and future aspira- ons are ar culated in wri en policies that provide the primary guidance for evalua ng rezoning applica ons. The Plan's Future Growth Framework Map works alongside the policies to depict the general long-term physical layout and general character of development envisioned for Cary. This shi from a map-based plan to a policy-based plan reflects the fact that there is a dwin- dling supply of large, undeveloped greenfield sites remaining in Cary's planning area; future development in Cary will increas- ingly be infill and redevelopment that require the flexibility that a policy-based plan offers for evalua ng individual sites within the context of surrounding exis ng development. When a rezoning applica on is received for a site, the site's geographic loca on within the Future Growth Framework, coupled with the per nent guiding policies in the Cary Community Plan, will provide the basis for analyzing the proposal and making ra onal planning decisions. This comprehensive plan provides a vision for Cary's growth and development over the next twenty years. Updates should be made when necessary to acknowledge planning objec ves for new facili es. There should be a review and interim update to this Plan at least every five years, with the understanding that when the three recently-adopted, s ll-current plans that are incorporated by reference into this Cary Community Plan — the Parks, Recrea on and Cultural Resources Master Plan; the Public Art Master Plan; and the Historic Preserva on Master Plan — are ready for an update, their respec ve updates will be physically integrated into this Plan. The Cary Community Plan as a whole should be comprehensively updated every 10 years.