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SUBDIVISIONS § 22.9 Sec. 22-9. Public sites and open spaces. (a) Drainage channels. Where a proposed drainage channel shown in the city plan is located in whole or in part within a proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall dedicate adequate space for such purpose within the subdivision when the city council finds that the channel is reasonably necessary to the public health and welfare. (b) Parks and playgrounds. (1) Residential subdivisions. The subdivider of any tract of land which is to be developed for residential uses shall dedicate to the public for public use as parks, playgrounds, public open space, or storm water holding areas or ponds, that percentage of the tract to be subdivided which corresponds with the applicable density of the subdivision in the following schedule: Gross density Percentage 0 to 2 dwelling units per acre . . . . . . . . . 10 Over 2 to 3 dwelling units per acre . . . . 11 Over 3 to 4 dwelling units per acre . . . . 12 If the density of the proposed residential subdivision exceeds four (4) dwelling units per acre, the city council shall require the dedication of such percentage of the proposed subdivision as it deems reasonable and in the public interest, which percentage shall in no event be less than twelve (12) nor more than fifteen (15). (2) Commercial, industrial, and other developments, or planned unit developments providing a mixture of residential, commercial, industrial, and other uses. This subparagraph is specifically made applicable to all developments of land in the city for commercial, industrial, and other uses, or planned unit develop- ments thereof providing for a mixture of residential, commercial, industrial, or other uses, regardless of whether such developments are subdivisions within the context of this chapter or any of the other 1293 •