(A) Recreation.
(1) Recreation sites.
(a) Land reserved for recreation purposes shall be of a character and location suitable for use as a playground, or for other recreation purposes, and shall be relatively level and dry; and shall be improved by the developer to the standards required by the City Council, which improvements shall be included in the performance bond or escrow.
(b) All land to be reserved for dedication to the city for park purposes shall have prior approval of the City Council and shall be shown marked on the plat “Reserved for Park and/or Recreation Purpose.”
(2) Other recreation reservations.
(a) The provisions of this section are minimum standards.
(b) None of the paragraphs above shall be construed as prohibiting a developer from reserving other land for recreation purposes in addition to the requirements of this section.
(B) Other public uses.
(1) Except when an developer utilizes planned unit development or density zoning in which land is set aside by the developer as required by the provision of the zoning code, whenever the subdivision includes a school, recreation use, or other public use as indicated on the General Plan or any portion thereof, such space shall be suitably incorporated by the developer into his, her, or their preliminary plan.
(2) After proper determination of its necessity by the Planning Commission and the appropriate city officials or other public agency involved in the acquisition and use of each such site and a determination has been made to acquire the site by the public agency, the site shall be suitably incorporated by the developer into the final plats.
(C) Referral to public body.
(1) The Planning Commission shall refer the plat to the public body concerned with acquisition for its consideration and report.
(2) The Planning Commission may propose alternate areas for such acquisitions and shall allow the public body or agency 30 days for reply.
(3) The agency’s recommendation, if affirmative, shall include a map showing the boundaries and area of the parcel to be acquired and an estimate of the time required to complete the acquisition.
(D) Notice of property owner. Upon receipt of an affirmative report, the Planning Commission shall notify the property owner and shall designate on the preliminary and final plats that area proposed to be acquired by the public body.
(E) Duration of land reservation.
(1) The acquisition of land reserved by a public agency on the final plat shall be initiated within 12 months of notification, in writing, from the owner that he, she, or they intends to develop the land.
(2) Such letter of intent shall be accompanied by a plat of the proposed development and a tentative schedule of construction.
(3) Failure on the part of the public agency to initiate acquisition within the prescribed 12 months shall result in the removal of the “reserved” designation from the property involved and the freeing of the property for development in accordance with these regulations.
(Ord. 2020-006, passed 3-9-2021) Penalty, see § 150.999