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1. USE OF THE PLAN Purpose of Preparing the Plan The Comprehensive Municipal Plan of Gem Lake has been prepared with the Primary purpose of guiding the long-term physical development of the City including. investments in both 2rivately and publicly owned resources. The City Planning Commission . and City Council have both recognized that investments in physical facilities within Gem Lake are usually long-term fixed assets that establish the development character of the City for many .years. Accordingly, this document has been prepared to firmly establish the manner in which citizens and their effected and appointed,representatives wish the City of Gem Lake to develop.. This Plan document is the second comprehensive plan prepared for the City. The first plan was prepared in 1962 but was not officially adopted by the municipal government. This Plan draws. freely upon the proposals of the 1.962 plan, but incorporates .more recent. development trends within . Gem Lake and in the immediate vicinity of the City. New 'goals and policies of the City are also established. This Plan supersedes all of the contents of the previous plan document. The. Comprehensive Plan represents. the collective position of the City Planning Commission and the City Council at the time of its adoption. While consultant assistance was sought in the preparation of this plan, the actual recommendations and policy statements represent solely those of the City Council, the Planning Commission and, hopefully., to the maximum extent possible, the citizens of Gem. Lake. While the Plan is intended primarily as a policy document with the principal goal of guiding the orderly physical development of the City, the Plan should not be considered a detailed progTam for the. effectuation of City policies nor should it be considered a remulatory device for accomplishing this end. Rather, it is expected that all plan effectuation procedures and regulatory devices legally available to the City will be used in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The general time frame of the Plan is approximately 20 to 25 years at which time it is anticipated that most, if not all, land holdings within Gem Lake will be committed to some form of urban development.