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Relationship to Other General Plan Elements Colton's General Plan currently consists of six sepazate elements: 1) Land Use; 2) Circulation; 3) Housing; 4) Noise; 5) Open Space and Conservation and 6) Safety. A seventh element, Cultural Resources Preservation, was recently added to the Colton General Plan; it was adopted October 3, 2000. California Planning Law Intemal consistency, as used in California planning ]aw, means that no policy conflict exists, either textual or diagraimnatic, between the components of an otherwise complete and adequate general plan. The intemal consistency requirement has five dimensions with respect to the structure and content of the general plan, which is explained in the following pazagraphs. All elements of the general plan have equal legal status. For example, the Land Use and Open Space elements cannot contain different land use intensity standazds. Because no element is legally subordinate to another, the general plan must resolve potential conflicts between or among the elements through clear language and policy. All general plan elements, whether mandatory or optional, must be consistent with each other. Whenever a jurisdiction adopts a new element or amends part of a plan, it must change the rest of the plan to eliminate any inconsistencies that the new element or amendment creates. The jurisdiction should update the plan at the same time it adopts the new element or amendment, or immediately thereafter. Each element's data, analyses, goals, policies, and implementation programs must be consistent with and complement one another. Established goals, data, and analysis form the foundation for any ensuing policies. In turn, policies must form a logical basis for a general plan's implementation programs. Internal consistency also means that all principles, goals, objectives, policies, and plan proposals set forth in an azea or community plan must be consistent with the overall general plan. The general plan must contain a discussion of the role of area plans (if any) and their relationship to the general plan. Intemal consistency means that the general plan text and diagrams must be consistent with one another since both aze integral parts of the plan. Housing Element City of Colton 2000-2005 10