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multiplied by 100 units yielding 250 subdivision residents. Two hundred fifty residents <br />would then be multiplied by .0050 (218 square feet) yielding 1.25 acres or 54,500 square <br />feet required in minipark recreational space for the subdivision. <br /> <br />Section 66-1~2. Same--Purpose and standards <br /> <br />Acceptable Types of Miniparks. The purpose of the minipark is to provide <br />adequate active ~ecreational facilities for use by the residents of the <br />immediate surrounding neighborhood within the development. Examples of <br />facilities both serving active recreational needs and fulfilling the minipark <br />requirements of these regulations are: <br /> <br />· tennis courts <br />· racquetball courts <br />· swimming pools <br />· sauna and exercise rooms <br />· meeting or activity rooms within clubhouses <br />· basketball courts <br />· ballfields <br />· swings <br />· slides. <br />· play apparatus <br /> <br />"Tot lot" requirement. Each development should satisfy its minipark <br />requirement by installing the types of recreational facilities most likely suited <br />to and used by the age bracket of persons likely to reside in the <br />development. However, when five percent of the residents of any <br />development are likely to be children under 12, then at least 15 percent of <br />the minipark requirement must be satisfied by construction of a "tot lot" - <br />an area equipped with imaginative play apparatus oriented to younger <br />children as well as seating accommodations for their parents. <br /> <br />Minipark size. The total acreage of miniparks required for a residential <br />development may be divided into miniparks of not less than 10,000 square <br />feet. <br /> <br />Landscaping. Miniparks shall be attractively landscaped and be provided <br />with sufficient natural or man-made screening or buffer areas to minimize <br />any negative impacts upon adjacent residences. <br /> <br />38~ <br /> <br /> <br />