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Updated January 2025 – Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 99 proposed park and recreation areas shall include size, shape, topography, geology, hydrology, tree cover, access and location. The City Council, at its discretion, may reject proffered land and mandate monetary contribution. 4. The Gem Lake Planning Commission shall review all park land dedication proposals including the location of land and the amount of land to be conveyed or dedicated within a proposed development or subdivision. Upon review, the Gem Lake Planning Commission shall recommend the land dedication and cash contribution requirements for proposed developments or subdivisions to the City Council. The exact amount of land or cash considerations to be dedicated shall be established by resolution of the City Council. 5. Land areas conveyed or dedicated to the City of Gem Lake, as a park or recreation area, shall not be used in calculating the density requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for the proposed development or subdivision, and shall be in addition to and not in lieu of open space requirements for Planned Unit Developments. 6. Where private open space for park and recreational purposes is provided for in a proposed development, subdivision or Planned Unit Development and such space is to be privately owned and maintained by the future residents of the subdivision or PUD , such areas may be used for credit at the discretion of the City Council against the requirement for dedication for park and recreation purposes, providing the City Council finds it is in the public interest to do so and that the following standards are met: 1. The yards, court areas, setbacks and other open space required to be maintained by the zoning and building regulations shall not be included in the computation of such private open spaces, and 2. That the public ownership and maintenance of the open space is adequately provided for by written agreements, and 3. That the public open space is restricted for park and recreational purposes by recorded covenants which run with the land in favor of the future owners of property within the tract and which cannot be eliminated without the consent of the City Council, and 4. That the proposed private open space is reasonably adaptable for use for park and recreations purposes, taking into consideration such factors as size, shape, topography, hydrological conditions, geology, access and location of private open space lands, and 5. That facilities proposed for the open space are in substantial accordance with the provisions of the recreational element of the comprehensive plan, and are approved by the City Council, and 6. That where such credit is granted, the amount of credit shall not exceed forty (40.0%) percent of the park dedication requirements for the development. 7. The City of Gem Lake shall maintain a separate fund into which all cash contributions received in lieu of conveyance or dedication of land for park and playground, public open space or trail purposes shall be deposited and shall make, from time to time, ap propriations from such fund for acquisition of land for park and playground purposes, for developing existing park and playground sites, for public open space and trails, or for debt retirement in connection with land previously acquired for parks and play grounds which benefit the residents of the City. 8. If a developer or subdivider is unwilling or unable to make a commitment to the City of Gem Lake as to the type of buildings that will be constructed on lots in the proposed plat, then the land and cash requirement will be a reasonable amount as determined by the City Council. 9. Wetlands, ponding areas and drainage ways accepted by the City of Gem Lake shall not be considered in the park land and/or cash contribution to the City.