1152.14 DONATION OF GREEN OR OPEN SPACE IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO CITY.

    Council establishes the following open space policy:

   (a)   Land designated as “open space” (as that term is defined in Codified Ordinance Section 1103.02(a)(91)) under the application of Codified Ordinance Chapter 1130A, R-OS Overlay Residential-Open Space Overlay District, or Chapter 1152, Site Plan Review, shall be donated to and accepted by the City as part of the development plat, without cost to the City, to be maintained as open space, except as otherwise provided by ordinance of Council.

   (b)   The Planning and Zoning Commission is directed to apply this policy and implement its objectives to all zoning applications involving open space that come before it after the effective date of this section.

   (c)   The open space donated and accepted by the City under this policy may be included in the City’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan for passive recreational use by City residents.
(Ord. 2007-26. Passed 2-26-07.)