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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DEFINITIONS
<br />COMPONENT
<br />MINI 41-fK
<br />NEIGHBORHOOD
<br />PARK PLAYGROUND
<br />COMMUNITY
<br />PLAYFIELD
<br />COMMUNITY
<br />PARK
<br />REGIONAL PARK
<br />REGIONAL PARK
<br />RESERVE
<br />LINEAR PARK
<br />(Trails, parkways)
<br />HISTORIC
<br />PARK
<br />SPECIAL USE
<br />TABLE 1. METROPOLITAN RECREATION OPEN SPACE SYSTEM
<br />USE
<br />Specialized facilities that serve a
<br />concentrated or limited population
<br />or specific group such as tots or Less than 1/4
<br />senior citizens; may be in locations mile
<br />such as apartment complexes, town-
<br />house developments, or commerical
<br />centers.
<br />Area for intense recreational
<br />activites such as field games,
<br />court games, crafts, apparatus
<br />area, skating, neighborhood
<br />centers.
<br />Area for intense recreational
<br />facilities such as athletic
<br />fields and swimming pools;
<br />could include neighborhood
<br />use.
<br />Area of natural or ornamental
<br />quality for outdoor recreation
<br />such as walking, viewing,
<br />sitting, picnicking; could have
<br />some field and court games.
<br />Area of natural or ornamental
<br />quality for nature- oriented
<br />outdoor recreation such as
<br />picnicking, boating, fishing,
<br />swimming, skiing, hiking, &
<br />camping.
<br />Area of natural quality for
<br />nature - oriented outdoor
<br />recreation such as viewing
<br />and studying nature, wildlife
<br />habitat, conservation, cam-
<br />ping, picnicking, hiking, &
<br />fishing.
<br />Area developed for one or
<br />more varying modes of rec-
<br />reational travel such as
<br />hiking, biking, snowmo-
<br />hiling, horseback riding,
<br />crosscountry skiing, ca-
<br />noeing, & driving.
<br />Area which preserves, main-
<br />tains, and interprets buildings,
<br />sites, and objects of historical
<br />and archeological significance.
<br />Area providing specilized or
<br />single purpose recreational
<br />activities such as golf courses,
<br />nature centers, marinas, zoos,
<br />conservatories, arboretum,
<br />arenas, gun clubs.
<br />SERVICE AREA
<br />1 /4 to1 /2mile
<br />radius to serve acres
<br />a population of
<br />4,000 to 5,000
<br />(neighborhood)
<br />3 -5 neighborhoods 25 -50
<br />(community') acres
<br />3 -5 neighborhoods 25 -50
<br />(community•► acres
<br />3 -5 communities'
<br />County
<br />Multi county
<br />*Community in this context is a grouping of neighborhoods, as defined above and not a unit of government.
<br />SITE SITE ATTRIBUTES
<br />Less than
<br />1 acre
<br />10 -25
<br />200 -500
<br />acres
<br />(100 acre
<br />minimum)
<br />1000 +
<br />acres; suf-
<br />ficient
<br />area to
<br />encompass
<br />the resource
<br />envisioned
<br />for preser-
<br />vation.
<br />Sufficient
<br />width to
<br />provide
<br />maximum
<br />protection
<br />of resource
<br />& maximum
<br />use;
<br />sufficient
<br />length to
<br />accomplish
<br />purpose.
<br />Sufficient
<br />area to en-
<br />compass
<br />facility or
<br />resource.
<br />Specific
<br />standard
<br />applicable
<br />to desired
<br />use.
<br />Physiography
<br />suited for
<br />intense develop-
<br />ment.
<br />Physiography
<br />suited for
<br />intense
<br />development.
<br />Affords natural
<br />features with
<br />varied physio-
<br />graphic interest.
<br />Complete natural
<br />setting contiguous
<br />to water bodies or
<br />water courses where
<br />possible.
<br />Diversity of unique
<br />resources, i.e., topo-
<br />graphy, lakes, streams,
<br />marshes, flora, fauna.
<br />Utilize man -made & /or
<br />natural linear resources
<br />such as utility
<br />corridors, rights -of -way,
<br />drainage ways, bluff
<br />lines, vegetation pat-
<br />terns, and roads.
<br />Historically signifi-
<br />cant — represent the
<br />broad cultural, poli-
<br />tical, economic,
<br />military, or social
<br />history; associated
<br />with historical figure;
<br />architectural specimen;
<br />major archeological
<br />site. Large enough to
<br />protect all signifi-
<br />cant resources,
<br />Appropriate to
<br />particular special
<br />use.
<br />SITE LOCATION
<br />Proximity to ele-
<br />mentary schools.
<br />Proximity to second-
<br />ary school and other
<br />public facilities.
<br />Proximity to commu-
<br />nity facilities &
<br />where resources are
<br />available.
<br />Where natural re-
<br />source occurs —
<br />particularly water.
<br />Where resource
<br />occurs.
<br />Where linear re-
<br />source occurs.
<br />Link components of
<br />recreation system.
<br />Link other community
<br />facilities such as
<br />schools, library, and
<br />commercial areas.
<br />Where resource
<br />occurs;
<br />where event
<br />occurred.
<br />Site where needed
<br />and appropriate.
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