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s <br />A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING <br />MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PARK DEDICATION AMOUNTS <br />FOR COMMERCUL/INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND <br />WHEREAS, the City's general park dedication requirement is 8% of the land being <br />platted or subdivided; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's park dedication ordinance calls for the dedication requirement <br />to be roughly proportional to the projected impact of the proposed development on the City's park <br />system; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's park dedication ordinance provides for the establishment of <br />minimum and maximum park dedication amounts per residential dwelling unit; and <br />WHEREAS, the City finds the employees of commercial'industrial developments <br />make use of the City's park system in ways similar to City residents, particularly since the City's park <br />system is focused on trails and natural areas; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's park dedication ordinance ties the commercial/industrial park <br />dedication requirement to the residential park dedication requirement by determining the nunaber of <br />commercial/industrial employees that is equivalent to a residential dwelling unit in terms of impact <br />on the City’s park system; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has established a minimum park dedication amount per <br />residential dwelling unit as $3,100 per unit, and a maximum park dedication amount per dwelling <br />unit as $5,300 per unit; and <br />WHEREAS, the City finds that ten employees are equivalent to one residential <br />dwelling unit in terms of impact on the park system; and <br />WHEREAS, the City finds that the average number of employees accommodated by <br />commercial/industrial zoned land is 25 employees per acre; and <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />—-