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Ordinance No, <br />Page 3 <br />Subdivision 6, Lands Designated for Public Use on Official <br />Map or Comprehensive Land Use Plan Where a proposed park, <br />playground or other recreational areas, proposed school site, storm <br />water holding areas, ponds, or other public ground that has been <br />indicated in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan is located in whole or <br />in part within a proposed subdivision, such proposed public site shall <br />be designated as such and should be dedicated to the City, School <br />District, or other proper governmental unit. If the subdivider chooses <br />not to dedicate an area in excess of the land required under this <br />section hereof for such proposed public site, the City Council shall <br />not be required to act to approve or disapprove the plat of the <br />subdivision for a period of ninety (90) days after the subdivider <br />meets all the provisions of this Code in order to permit the City <br />Council, School Board, or other appropriate governmental unit to <br />consider the proposed plat and to take the necessary steps to acquire, <br />through purchase or condemnation, all or part of the public site <br />proposed under the Comprehensive Land Use Plan or similar master plans. <br />Subdivision 7, Density and Open Space Requirements Land <br />area so conveyed or dedicated for the above public purposes and/or <br />its cash equivalent may not be used by a subdivider or owner as an <br />allowance for purposes of calculating the density requirements of <br />the development as set out in the City Zoning Code and shall be in <br />addition to and not in lieu of open space requlranents for Planned <br />Unit Developments, open space easements, drainage, conservation and <br />flowage easements, utility and road easements. <br />Subdivision 8, Credit for Private Open Space Where private <br />open space for park and recreation purposes is provided in a proposed <br />subdivision and such space is to be a privately owned and maintained <br />by the future resv'.^ents of the subdivision, such areas may be used for <br />credit at the discretion of the City Council against the requirement <br />of dedication for public purposes, provided the City Council finds <br />it is in the public interest to do so and that the following standards <br />are met: <br />(a) That yards, court areas, setbacks, wetlands and other <br />open space required to be maintained by the Zoning Code shall <br />not be included in the computation of such private open space; <br />and <br />i i <br />• - 3 <br />(b) That the private ownership and maintenance of the open <br />space is adequately provided for. by written agreement; and