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CITY OF ORONO <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />Ordinance No. <br />An ordinance amending Section _ _ _ of the Orono City Code <br />relating to park dedication and cash for development of land. <br />The City Council of the City of Orono ordains as follows: <br />Section 1. <br />Section 2.20 of the Orono City Code is hereby amended and the <br />current fee schedule for park dedication fees is hereoy repealed. <br />Parks, Playgrounds and Open Space. <br />Section 2. <br />Section _ _ <br />A. Lands for Public ”se. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, <br />1071 §462 358, sued. 2,~ne City requires all persons, corpora­ <br />tions or other legal entities that subdivide <br />of Orono must as a prerequisite to approval of a lot ^ <br />final plat, or development of any land previously aj^^^^ed^by plat, <br />metes Ind bounds, or any other means, to convey to t.he °r <br />dedicat® to the public, for use as parks, playgrounos, trai-s, or <br />open soace? a given percentage of the land being platted or devel­ <br />oped as hereinafter specified, said portions to be approved y <br />City, in lieu thereof, the subdivider shall, at tne option of the <br />ci-^v oav to the City, for use in the acquisition, development or <br />maI?;.n«=rol puburparlca, playgrounds, trails or spacss <br />and debt retirement in connection with the <br />acquired for such public purposes, an %he <br />baLd upon the fair market value of the land <br />form of*contribution (cash or land, or any comoination <br />shall be decided by the City Council based upon the need and <br />formance with the Comprehensive Plan. <br />B. Dedicated Land Requirement. Any land to be dedicated as <br />a reouiremenc of this sTction shall be <br />the above public purposes. Factors used in evaluating the a.ae <br />oSLy If p?ooo«d‘^delicated areas shall include <br />llaphy, dlaiiage, geology, tree cover, access and location. <br />C. Land Dedication Minimum Area. Subdiyiders shall^be^^^ <br />required to dedicate to tne City f~parks, ' ^^®gjtigeopen spaces and other public purposes as a minimum that percentag <br />of gross land area as set out below: