Council of the City of Westlake, Ohio hereby declares that the fees required to be paid shall be hereby assessed, along with monies derived from other municipal funds, for the planning, acquisition, improvement and expansion of public parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities to serve the increasing growth and development of the City and the means of providing additional revenues with which to finance such public facilities. It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate the use and development of land so as to assure that new development bears a proportionate share of the cost of expenditures necessary to provide recreational facilities, public parks and playgrounds in the City. It is Council's intention that an amount equal to the monies received herein shall be irrevocably committed to park and recreation purposes from other municipal tax sources.
(Ord. 1997-94. Passed 4-17-97.)