Chapter 17.38
RESIDENTIAL RECREATION AREAS
Sections:
17.38.010 Required recreation areas.
17.38.010 Required recreation areas.
New developments of more than seven dwelling units (including but not limited to new subdivisions, planned developments and mobile home parks) shall be required, as a condition of approval, to provide a minimum of eight thousand square feet of unpaved, usable open space with lawn or other soft surface for an outdoor recreation area, plus an additional one hundred square feet of usable open space for each additional unit beyond the initial twenty-five units, except that this requirement does not apply to residential development which is secondary to a commercial use in the central business district.
New multifamily developments of more than four units and less than nine units shall be required, as a condition of approval, to provide four thousand square feet of unpaved, usable open space with lawn or other soft surface for an outdoor recreation area, except that this requirement does not apply to residential development which is secondary to a commercial use in the central business district. New multifamily developments of nine units or more shall be required, as a condition of approval, to provide eight thousand square feet of unpaved, usable open space with lawn or other soft surface for an outdoor recreation area, plus an additional one hundred square feet of usable open space for each additional unit beyond the initial twenty-five units, except that this requirement does not apply to residential development which is secondary to a commercial use in the central business district.
A developer may elect to pay fifteen thousand dollars to the parks reserve fund in lieu of providing an eight-thousand-square-foot recreation area if the proposed development is a subdivision of fifteen units or less. The in-lieu payments shall be directed towards capital improvements within the city park system. (Ord. 1901-18 § 1, 2018: Ord. 1683-10 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 1484-04 § 9 (part), 2004)
17.38.020 Standards.
The standards and guidelines in the Sedro-Woolley Design Standards and Guidelines Manual shall be followed when designing a recreation area. (Ord. 1683-10 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 1484-04 § 9 (part), 2004)
17.38.030 Open space.
A. The recreation area shall not be located in areas sensitive to human disturbances such as wetlands, riparian corridors and slopes of ten percent or more, or in required street frontage landscaping. Exception: Slope may be greater in limited recreation elements.
B. The recreation area may be dispersed on the site; provided, that the minimum size of each area is six thousand square feet or larger. (Ord. 1683-10 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 1484-04 § 9 (part), 2004)