Careful consideration shall be given to the selection of suitable sites for parks, schools, playgrounds, bike/pedestrian trails, greenbelt walkways, open space, and other common open space and public facilities for the public use which shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan. The developer shall indicate the location of such areas on the preliminary plat in order to determine the adequacy of the site to the city’s and the Newton Community School District standards for land requirements. Such public sites, other than streets and alleys, shall be secured by the proper governing bodies, or arrangements made for the acquisition of the area from the developer at the cost of unimproved land, within a period not to exceed three years of the recording date of the subdivision. Should such public sites not be approved and secured, by the proper governing bodies, in the time specified, the developer may request replatting for the purpose of resale. Said public sites shall be zoned initially to allow uses comparable with land contiguous to it in case it is not secured within said three-year period.
(Ord. 2217, passed 11-4-2013)