Due consideration shall be given to the allocation of suitable areas for schools, parks and playgrounds to be dedicated for public use or reserved for the common use of all property owners within the proposed subdivision by covenants in the deeds. In the interest of the public welfare, at least five percent of the area of every subdivision, exclusive of streets, should be set aside for recreational purposes. Where the tract contains less than forty acres, such reservation for open space shall be combined, wherever possible, with similar reservations in adjoining tracts.
(Ord. 1961-48. Passed 10-17-61.)