(a) Where a proposed park, playground or other public use shown on the Master Plan is located in whole or in part within a subdivision, a suitable area for this purpose may be dedicated to the public.
(b) If within ten years of the plat recording, the City has not accepted the dedicated land, the dedication may be rebutted by competent evidence, before the Circuit Court in which the land is located, by establishing either of the following:
(1) That the dedication, before the effective date of the Subdivision Control Act and before acceptance by the City, was withdrawn by the proprietor; or
(2) That the notice of withdrawal of the dedication is recorded by the proprietor with the County Register of Deeds Office and that a copy of the notice was forwarded to the State Treasurer within ten years after the date the plat was first recorded and before acceptance of the dedicated land by the City.
(c) Ten years after the date the plat is first recorded, land dedicated to use of the public in or upon the plat shall be presumed to have been accepted on behalf of the public by the City.
(Ord. 421. Passed 6-1-82.)