Chapter 16.56
PARK LAND DEDICATIONS
Sections:
16.56.010 Dedication of land for park purposes.
16.56.020 Additional park land for public purchase—When.
16.56.040 School and park sites to abut.
16.56.050 Acceptance of dedications.
16.56.060 Dedications—Presumptions.
16.56.010 Dedication of land for park purposes.
A. As a condition of the granting of approval for any division or redivision that will be used for residential purposes, a payment of an impact fee per Chapter 3.52 shall be required for one or more of the following purposes:
1. Acquisition or development of public open spaces devoted to public parks; and/or
2. Trails; and/or
3. Other recreational purposes.
B. As an alternative to the payment of a park impact fee, an applicant may propose to dedicate park, trail, or open space property to the city to receive credit or credits against the impact fees calculated for the applicant’s development. For credits for dedications of property, the provisions of Chapter 3.52 shall be followed.
C. All proposals submitted to obtain credit towards park impact fees per Section 3.52.080 shall be designed and constructed to the satisfaction of, and be approved by, the city.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)
16.56.020 Additional park land for public purchase—When.
Where a neighborhood park playground is proposed to be located wholly or partly within a proposed division, and where the projected population of the proposed division will not require dedication of land for the entire park, the developer may be required to reserve additional park land for purchase by the public within one year of the final division approval by the city council. Prior to division approval, the city shall indicate if the additional park land is to be purchased.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)
16.56.030 Reserved.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)
16.56.040 School and park sites to abut.
If a division abuts an existing or proposed school site, any park site within the proposed division must normally abut the existing or proposed school site.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)
16.56.050 Acceptance of dedications.
In addition to any method for dedicating property for public purposes and the acceptance thereof, whether authorized by statute or as provided by the common law of the state, the city engineer may accept the dedication of any property for the purpose of increasing the right-of-way of any public way.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)
16.56.060 Dedications—Presumptions.
The recording of any instrument in the office of the county auditor indicating the deeding or dedication of property for public purpose shall be deemed prima facie evidence that said property was dedicated for public purpose and the same was accepted by the city council or the public generally.
(Ord. No. 637, § 1, 8-20-20)