Minutes - Council - 02/22/1989 - Joint with Planning and Zoning and Park and Recreation Comms

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170. 067 170. 068 ao AGREEMENT AS TO DEDICATION Agreements as to the requirements in Sections 170.061 through 170.066 above shall be made prior to preliminary plat approval. Failure of the City Council and subdivider to reach agreement regarding the matters in Sections 170.061 through 170.066 above shall constitute denial of the preliminary plat. CREDITS FOR PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS Private Open Space In those cases where subdividers of land provide significant amenities such as, but not limited to swimming pools, tennis courts, handball courts, ballfields, golf courses and other open space within the development and where, in the judgment of the Parks and Recreation Commission, such amenities significantly reduce the demands for public recreational facilities to serve the development, the Parks and Recreation Commission may recommend to the City Council that the · amount of land to be dedicated for park, playground and -public open space (or cash contributions in lieu of such dedication) be reduced. · Such areas may be used for credit at the discretion of the City Council against the requirement of dedication for park and recreation purposes, provided the City Council finds it is in the public interest to do so and that the following standards are met: 1) That yards, court areas, setbacks and other open space required to be maintained by the Zoning and Building Regulations shall not be included in the computation of such private open space; and 2) That the private ownership and maintenance of the open space is adequately provided for by written agreement; and 3) That the private open space is restricted for park and recreational purposes by recorded covenants which run with the land in favor of the future owners of property within the tract and which cannot be eliminated without the consent of the City Council; and