§535. Definitions
As used in this subchapter-
(a) "Unit of general local government" means any city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.
(b) "Urban area" means-
(1) any geographical area within the jurisdiction of any incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except county or parish, having a population of ten thousand or more inhabitants;
(2) that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of any county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density equal to or exceeding one thousand five hundred inhabitants per square mile; and
(3) that portion of any geographical area having a population density equal to or exceeding one thousand five hundred inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of any incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of ten thousand or more inhabitants.
(c) "Comprehensive planning" includes the following, to the extent directly related to the needs of a unit of general local government:
(1) Preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and action, of general plans with respect to (A) the pattern and intensity of land use, (B) the provision of public facilities (including transportation facilities) and other governmental services, and (C) the effective development and utilization of human and natural resources;
(2) Long-range physical and fiscal plans for such action;
(3) Programing of capital improvements and other major expenditures, based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for such expenditures in the earlier years of the program;
(4) Coordination of all related plans and activities of the State and local governments and agencies concerned; and
(5) Preparation of regulatory and administrative measures in support of the foregoing.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §806, as added