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June 24, 2004 <br /> <br />Page 548 <br /> <br /> were developed with 100 units and census tract information indicated an average <br /> of 2.5 persons per household, 2.5 persons would be multiplied by 100 units <br /> yielding 250 subdivision residents. Two hundred fifty residents would then be <br /> multiplied by .0050 (218 square feet) yielding 1.25 acres or 54,500 square feet <br /> required in minipark recreational space for the subdivision. <br /> <br /> Section 2. Same--Purpose and standards <br /> <br /> A. Acceptable Types of Miniparks. The purpose of the minlpark is to <br /> provide adequate active recreational facilities for use by the <br /> residents of the immediate surrounding neighborhood within the <br /> development. Examples of facilities both serving active <br /> recreational needs and fulfilling the minipark requirements of <br /> these regulations are: <br /> <br /> tennis courts <br /> · racquetball courts <br /> · swin~ning 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 /> B. 'Tot lot" requirement. Each development should satisfy its <br /> minipark requirement by installing the types of recreational <br /> facilities most likely suited to and used by the age bracket of <br /> persons likely to reside in the development. However, when five <br /> percent of the residents of any development are likely to be <br /> children under 12, then at least 15 percent of the minipark <br /> requirement must be satisfied by construction of a 'tot lot" - an <br /> area equipped with imaginative play apparatus oriented to younger <br /> children as well as seating accommodations for their parents. <br /> <br /> C. Minipark size. The total acreage of miniparks required for a <br /> residential development may be divided into miniparks of not less <br /> than 10,000 square feet. <br /> <br /> D. Landscaping. Miniparks shall be attractively landscaped and be <br /> provided with sufficient natural or man-made screening or buffer <br /> areas to m/nimize any negative impacts upon adjacent residences. <br /> <br /> E. Location and siting. Each minipark should be centrally located and <br /> easily accessible so that it can be conveniently and safely reached <br /> and used by those persons in the surrounding neighborhood it is <br /> designed to serve. Each minipark shall be constructed on flat, dry <br /> land capable of serving the purposes intended by these regulations. <br /> <br />Section 3. Exemptions <br /> <br />Residential developments with minimum one acre or larger lots, while encouraged <br />to incorporate recreational areas, are exempt from these requirements. <br />Further, nothing within these regulations should be construed as preventing the <br />establishment of addItional recreational amenities. <br /> <br />Section 4. Ownership and maintenance <br /> <br />Ownership. Recreational facilities established on subdivision plats shall <br />remain under the ownership and control of the developer (or his successor) or a <br />homeowners' association or similar organization. <br /> <br />Maintenance. The person or entity identified as having the right of ownership <br />and control over a development's recreational and open space area shall be <br />responsible for the continuing upkeep and proper maintenance of the same. <br /> <br />Section 5. Homeowners' association <br /> <br />In the event a homeowners' association or similar legal entity is to be <br />responsible for the maintenance and control of recreational facilities <br />established under these regulations, the association shall be established in <br />conformance with the following: <br /> <br /> <br />