Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/12/1995

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Subdivision Design Standards § 9.50.30 or, if the subdivider and Council agree, the 'scenic easement dedication may be in lieu of up to 25% of the requirements in §9.50.37 Subd. 2 and 3. Subd. 9. Required improvements. Subdividers shall be responsible for making certain improvements to the parkland they dedicate within their development for park, playground and public open space purposes as follows: a. Provide finish grading and turf establishment for all park, playground, trail and public open spaces and provide landscape screening in accordance with city policy. b. Construct and pave trails which are identified by the City as accessible bikeway/walkway trails in accordance with city standards concurrently with the roads in their developments (i.e., grading with site grading and paving with street or parking lot paving). Grade and provide appropriate surfacing, as recommended by the Park and Recreation Commission and approved by the Park and Recreation Co,-r~.'.'saicn City Engineer, of trails identified by the City as horse or wilderness uails. Park dedication credit will be given for construction of the tmii(s) and associated improvements at a ram determined by. the City Engineer. c. Complete, construct, and pave walkways which may be required as a trail link connector in accordance with city standards. Such walkways may be within or abutting residential street ROW. No park dedication credit will be given for these connecting links or construction thereof. d. Establish park boundary comers for the purpose of erecting park limit signs. Monuments of permanent character shall be placed by the subdivider at all angle and curve points on the outside boundaries of all public property. e. Provide sufficient public road access and surfaced parking facility as deemed appropriate by the Park and Recreation Commission after consideration of the recommendation of the City Engineer for neighborhood parks and community parks. f. The subdivider shall submit a topographical, site, grading and landscape plan prepared by a registered engineer or landscape architect to the City .for approval during the preliminary plat process. Subd. 10. Agreement as to dedication. Agreements as to the requirements in §9.50.37 shall be made as part of a performance contract presented for approval along with the final plat. Failure of the Council and subdivider to reach agreement regarding the matters in §9.50.37 above shall constitute denial of the plat. Subd. 11. ' Exceptions. In the case of a request to divide a lot which is a pan of a recorded plat where the division is to permit the adding of a parcel of land to an abutting lot which does not create a new buildable lot, the subdivider shall be exempt from complying with any procedural requirements of this section. Subd. 12. Application to minor subdivisions. In the event of a nfnor subdivision, the provisions of this.section shall apply to the new lots being created rather than the gross area being subdivided.