Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 06/09/1994

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· ,F~om thoroughfares: ...................................... 110 feet from center linc~ ~ from right-of~chcver is J~'T-street parking, driveways, and outside sales and display areas 9./;0.37 Park and open space dedication. Section 9.50.37 is hereby repealed and amended to read as follows: Subdivision 1. Purpose. The City Council recognizes it is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Ramsey and persons working in Ramsey, that the character and quality of the environment be considered to be of major importance in the planning and development of the City. In this regard, the manner in which land is developed and used is of high priority. The preservation of land for park, playground and public open space purposes as it relates to the use and development of land for residential, commercialAndustrial purposes is essential to the ma/ntairdng of a healthful and desirable environment for all citizens of the City. The City must not only provide these necessary amenities for our citizens today, but also be insightful to the needs of our future citizens. It is recognized by the City Council that the demand for park, playground and public open space within a municipality is directly related to the density and intensity of development permit[ed and allowed withSn any given area. Higher density developments mean greater numbers of people and an increased demand for parks, recreational resources and public open space. To disregard this principle is to inevitably over-tax existing facilities and thus, diminish the quahry of the envkonment for ail. The City's Comprehensive Park and Open Space Plan establishes minimum community criteria for meeting the needs of the residents of Ramsey. It is the pol/cy of Ramsey that the following standards and guidelines for the dedication of land for park, play~ound, and pubhc open space purposes (or cash conrr/butions in lieu of such dedication) in the subdividing and developing of land within the City shall be d/rectly related to the density and intensity of each subcI/vision and development It is further the poI/cy that it is intended that subdivision dedication shall flu'st be allocated toward deficiencies in the subdivision, neighborhood or .specific district park(s), then to trails linking parks, then community parks, then multi-jurisdictional park(s) in Ramsey. Finally, that dedication fees recognize the impact upon each of these systems by the subdivision of land. Subd. 2. ResidentiaI parkland dedications. The amount of land to be dedicated by a subdivider for residential development shall be based on the gross area of the proposed subdivision, proposed type of dwelling unit and density. /Z