(A) As stated in the zoning ordinance no plan for a single-family residential planned development shall be approved unless such plan provides for permanent public open space equivalent to 20% of the total area of the subdivision. This may be designated in the form of recreation areas, child activity areas or playgrounds, bike or walking trails, water bodies and the like.
(B) As found in G.S. § 160D-804, any subdivider may be required to dedicate land for open space, parks or recreation areas to the public at the time of the subdivision of the property. All such dedications shall be designated as public parks, open space or recreation areas on the preliminary and final plats. All land so dedicated shall have access to a public street or walkway, and the size, shape, topography and subsoils of the dedicated land shall be such as to be useable for active recreation.
(2009 Code, § 154.47) (Ord. passed 9-12-1995; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)