1195.02 RESERVING STREETS, PUBLIC GROUNDS, AND OPEN SPACES.

   (a)   The subdivision layout shall conform to the Roadway Functional Classification Map, the Comprehensive Plan, and any other officially adopted long-range plans of the City of Hamilton and of Butler County.

      (1)   Whenever a tract to be subdivided includes any part of a freeway, expressway, arterial, or collector road as designated on said plan, such part of such public way shall be platted by the Subdivider in the location and at the width indicated on the plan.

      (2)   Where a proposed park or other recreational area, school site, or other public ground shown in any adopted long-range plan for the City of Hamilton is located in a subdivision or platted area, or if the City or Board of Education has indicated its intention to acquire an area in such subdivision or platted area, if such area is not dedicated to the City, Board of Education, Park Board, or other public body, it shall be reserved for acquisition by the City, Board of Education, Park Board, or other public body within a period of two years after the effective date of the ordinance accepting the Final Plat of the subdivision. Such area shall be acquired by purchase or other means.

   (b)   Where held appropriate by the Planning Commission, open spaces constituting a reasonable proportion of the gross acreage of the subdivision — suitably located and of adequate size for parks, playgrounds, or other recreational purposes for local or neighborhood use - shall be provided for in the proposed subdivision; and if not dedicated to the City, shall be reserved for the common use of all property owners in the proposed subdivision by covenant in the deeds.

(Ord. 2021-5-30. Passed 5-12-21.)