San Diego

The City Council wrapped up four days of reviewing a blueprint for managing the city’s growth Thursday without voting on any of the major elements of that plan.

The council suggested many changes in documents produced by its Planning Department and an advisory committee, and it scheduled meetings for as many as 11 separate days beginning July 14 to continue debate and vote on the plan.

Critical aspects of the blueprint, which could guide the city’s growth into the next century, include a cap on home building; language protecting environmentally sensitive lands; measures to ensure that public facilities are available when homes are occupied; language protecting the character of neighborhoods, and standards on air quality, water availability, sewer treatment, solid-waste disposal, traffic congestion and energy supply.

The plan is scheduled to be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot, where it will compete with a generally more strict initiative sponsored by Citizens for Limited Growth, a community group.

However, some council members expressed support this week for adopting some of the growth-control measures by council vote instead. They will take up that issue again next month.

Council members offered divergent views on almost all the critical areas of the plan, setting the stage for divided votes when the panel convenes to make its final decisions next month.