(a) Dedication Requirement. In order that adequate open spaces and sites for public uses may be properly located and reserved and in order that the cost of providing public areas, such as but not limited to, parks, recreation areas may be equitably apportioned on the basis of additional need created by the subdivision development, each Subdivider/Developer shall be required to dedicate land or fees in lieu of land for park or other public uses.
(b) General Design. In the design of a subdivision, land division, planned unit development or development project, provision shall be made for suitable sites of adequate area for parks, playgrounds, open spaces, drainage-ways and other public purposes. Such sites are to be shown on the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat, and shall comply with the Village of Edgar Comprehensive Plan or component of said Plan. Consideration shall be given to the preservation of scenic and historic sites, stands of trees, marshes, lakes, ponds, streams, watercourses, watersheds, ravines and woodlands, prairie and wetlands, and plant and animal communities.