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•• « <br />• ^ <br />CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING <br />MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PARK DEDICATION AMOUNTS <br />FOR COMMERCIAL/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 umt; 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 />svstem 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 determir^g the nuniber 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' 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 has established a minimum park dedication amount per <br />residential dwelling unit as $2,900 per unit, and a maximum park dedication amount per dwelling <br />unit as $4,900 per unit. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orono City Council does <br />hereby establish the minimum park dedication amount for commercial'industrial zoned land as <br />$2,900 per each ten employees, and the ma-ximum park dedication amount as $4,900 per each ten <br />employees. <br />Page 1 of2 <br />!¥■ mat V mm ■ i n ■Ti •«