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�� G�' . RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING �
NIINIMI7M AND MA��MUM PARK DEDICATION AMOUNTS
FOR COMIVIERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND
WI�REAS, the City's general park dedication requirement is 8%of the land being
platted or subdivided; and
WHEREAS,the City's park dedication ordinance calls for the dedication requirement
to be roughly proportional to the projected impact of the proposed development on the City's park
system; and -
WHEREAS,the City's park dedication ordinance provides for the establishment of
minimum and maximum park dedication amounts per residential dwelling unit; and
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. WHEREAS,the City finds the employees of commercial/industrial developments
make use of the City's park system in ways similar to City residents,particulazly since the City's park
system is focused on trails and natural areas; and
WI�REAS,the City's pazk dedication ordinance ties the commerciaUindustrial park
dedication requirement to the residential park dedication requirement by determining the number of
commerciaUindustrial employees that is equivalent to a residential dwelling unit in terms of impact
on the City's pazk system; and
WHEREAS, the City has established a minimum park dedication amount per
. residential dwelling unit as $3,250 per unit, and a maximum pazk dedication amount per dwelling
unit as $5,550 per unit; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that ten employees are equivalent to one residential
dwelling unit in terms of impact on the park system; and
WHEREAS,the City finds that the average number of employees accommodated by
commerciaUindustrial zoned land is 25 employees per acre; and
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WI�REAS,the City fmds that one acre of commerciaUindustrial land has an impact
on the park system equivalent to that of 2.5 residential dwelling units; and
WHEREAS,the equivalent minimum and maximum park dedication amounts for
commerciaUindustrial property would be 2.5 x$3,250=$8,125 per acre and 2.5 x$5,550=$13,875
per acre respectively.
� NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orono City Council does
hereby establish the minimum pazk dedication amount for commercial/industrial zoned land as
$8,125 per acre, and the maximum park dedication amount as $13,875 per acre.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono,Minnesota at a regular meeting
held this l Oth day of December, 2001. -
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� � Barbaza A. Peterson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Linda S. Uee, City Clerk
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