In a MUTND District, all proposed development shall comply with the following open space requirements:
(a) Special Natural Area Corridors. The banks of Plum Creek, Minnie Creek and the West Branch of the Rocky River shall be preserved and available to the general public pursuant to the terms and restrictions of this section and shall comply with the following:
(1) The natural area corridor shall extend along the entire waterway frontage and shall have a minimum depth of 100 feet measured from the edge of the waterway, except that a maximum of thirty percent of the length of the natural area corridor may be reduced to a depth of not less than fifty feet.
(2) The natural area corridor shall be for public access, use and enjoyment. No structures, parking areas, access drives, or other pavement, except for pedestrian and bicycle pathways, sitting areas and look-outs, shall be permitted in the natural area corridor. The specific use of the corridor shall be established during review of the overall concept plan as determined by the Planning Commission.
(3) Trees within the natural area corridor shall not be disturbed, destroyed or removed other than as necessary to locate and construct pedestrian pathways. Trees with a caliper of eight (8) inches or greater that are to be disturbed, destroyed or removed shall be replaced by an equal number of trees within the corridor area or adjacent thereto as determined by the Planning Commission. Each replacement tree shall have a minimum caliper of two and one-half (2.5) inches.
(4) If there is any uncertainty as to the exact location of the edge of the waterway, the location of the water’s edge, for the purposes of establishing the limits of the natural area corridor, shall be determined by the Planning Commission.
(5) When a standard single-family subdivision is developed separately from a Mixed Use Traditional Neighborhood Development, the natural area corridor shall be provided in addition to and exclusive of any rear or side yard requirements.
(6) The natural area corridor shall be clearly designated on the applicable development plan and/or subdivision plat.
(7) Appropriate pedestrian access from public streets or from common open space to the natural area corridor shall be designated on the development plan and approved by the Planning Commission.
(8) In addition to these requirements, the use of the natural area corridor and the land areas adjacent thereto shall comply with other applicable regulations established for floodplains in Section 1274.14 and any other applicable local, State or Federal floodplain or wetland regulations.
(b) Common Open Space. In addition to the public parks and public open space requirements set forth in Chapter 1216, a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the total project area of a proposed MUTND, inclusive of the required natural area corridor established in Section 1260.06(a) above, shall be devoted to common open space.
Land areas devoted to streets, drives, parking areas, rights-of-way, required setbacks from streets and rights-of-way, required spacing between buildings, and areas within individual lots shall not be included in the calculation of open space for the purpose of meeting the minimum area requirement. Open space areas within required buffers and/or setbacks from property lines may be counted as common open space when such areas are contiguous to and part of a larger common open space area.
(c) Access. Appropriate public pedestrian and bicycle pathways providing access to public streets, common open space, natural area corridor, and/or adjacent parcels shall be designated on the development plan and approved by the Planning Commission.
(d) Management and Maintenance of Natural Areas and Open Space. The ownership of all common open space areas, vegetative buffers, detention ponds, parking areas, and similar common spaces shall be identified and a perpetual maintenance plan for said areas submitted to the City for review and approval. Said perpetual maintenance plan shall set forth responsibility for maintenance of all such areas and describe the method of financing for said maintenance program. The perpetual maintenance plan shall be part of the general development plan and documented for review and approval. The perpetual maintenance plan shall identify the City of Olmsted Falls as a beneficial party thereto with rights, but no obligation, to enforce the provisions contained therein.
(Ord. 25-2016. Passed 6-28-16.)