(A) (1) The purpose of the minipark is to provide adequate active recreational facilities to serve the residents of the immediately surrounding neighborhood within the development.
(2) The following are illustrative of the types of facilities that shall be deemed to serve active recreational needs and therefore count toward satisfaction of the minipark requirements of this subchapter: tennis courts; racquetball courts; swimming pools; sauna and exercise rooms; meeting or activity rooms within clubhouses; basketball courts; swings; slides; and play apparatuses.
(B) All playground and/or recreational equipment provided to satisfy the requirements of this section shall be of a commercial grade and shall be designed to be safe and functional without significant maintenance or repair for at least ten years from the date of installation. The Board of Commissioners may approve other standards for commercial grade playground equipment and/or recreational equipment, provided that the Board determines such alternate standard(s) will provide as good or better quality equipment as the presumptive standards set forth herein. “Commercial grade equipment” includes equipment that meets all applicable standards from:
(1) ASTM F1487-11, “Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use;”
(2) ASTM F1292-13, “Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment;”
(3) ASTM F2075-15, “Standard Specification for Engineered Wood Fiber for Use as a Playground Safety Surface Under and Around Playground Equipment;” and
(4) ASTM F3012, “Standard for Loose-Fill Rubber for use as a Playground Safety Surface Under and Around Playground Equipment.”
(C) Each development shall satisfy its minipark requirements by installing the types of recreational facilities that are most likely to be suited to and used by the age bracket of persons likely to reside in that development; however, unless it appears that less than 5% of the residents of any development are likely to be children under 12, then at least 15% of the minipark must be satisfied by the construction of “tot lots” (i.e., areas equipped with imaginative play apparatus oriented to younger children as well as seating accommodations for parents).
(D) The total acreage of miniparks required by § 152.300 shall be divided into miniparks of not less than 2,000 square feet nor more than 30,000 square feet.
(E) Miniparks shall be attractively landscaped and shall be provided with sufficient natural or manmade screening or buffer areas to minimize any negative impacts upon adjacent residences.
(F) Each minipark shall be centrally located and easily accessible so that it can be conveniently and safely reached and used by those persons in the surrounding neighborhood it is designed to service.
(G) Each minipark shall be constructed on land that is relatively flat, dry, and capable of serving the purposes intended by this subchapter.
(Ord. passed 12-20-2001) Penalty, see § 152.999
Cross-reference:
Parks and recreation, see Chapter 95