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ORDINANCS f » SECOND SERIES <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11.62 OF THE ORONO CITY CODE <br />RELATING TO PARK DEDICATION AND CASH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LAND. <br />follows : <br />Th<? City Council of the City of Ocono oedains as <br />Section 1. <br />Section 11.62 of the Orono City Code is hereby amended <br />and the cucrent fee schedule for park dedication fees is hereby <br />repealed. <br />Section 2. <br />Section 11.62. Parks, Playgrounds and Open Space. <br />A. Lands for Public Us^ Pursuant to Minnesota <br />Statutes, (19'8'5T7"S’<^Ton 4ST.T38, subd. 2b, the City requites <br />all persons, corporations or other legal entities that subdivide <br />land with the City of Orono as a prerequisite to approval of a <br />lot division, final plat, or development of any land previously <br />divided by plat, metes and bounds, or any other means, must <br />convey to the City or dedicate to the public, for use as parks, <br />playgrounds, trails, or open space, a given percentage of the <br />land being platted or developed as hereinafter specified, said <br />portions to be approved by the City. In lieu thereof, the <br />subdivider shall, at the option of the City pay to the City, fot <br />use in the acquisition, development or maintenance of public <br />parks, playgrounds, trails, wetlands or open spaces and debt <br />retirement in connection with the land previously acquired for <br />such puolic purposes, sn equivalent ainount in cash based upon the <br />fair market value of the land to be developed. The form of <br />contribution (cash or land, or any combination thereof) shall be <br />decided by the City Council based upon th«' need and conformance <br />with the Comprehensive Plan. <br />B. Dedicated Land Requirements. Any land to be <br />dedicated as a tequirernent o^ this section shall be reasonably <br />adaptable for the above public purposes. Factors used in <br />evaluating the adequacy of proposed dedicated areas shall include <br />site, shape, topography, drainage, geology, tree cover, access <br />and location. <br />C. Land Dedication Minimum Area. Subdivldets shall be <br />requited to dedicate' to the City for parks, playgrounds, trails, <br />open spaces and other public purposes as a minimum that <br />percentage of gross land area, or other such amount as may be <br />determined by the City Council, as set forth below: <br />(1) Residential/Agricultutal/Multiple Residential Zoned <br />Land. <br />/•s