Ordinance No. 131 Consolidated Land Use Ordinance - Updated January 2025

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Updated January 2025 – Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 29 5. Civic Space Standards. The City of Gem Lake’s visioning plan requires well-planned and functional open spaces, preservation areas, parks and gathering places, which are generally referred to in this Section as “civic space.” An application’s development plan shall dedicate or otherwise set aside sufficient land for public civic space. At a minimum, 10% of the total acreage in development shall be identified on the plans as Civic Space. The acreage of wetlands protected by state statute and any wetland buffer required by a governing watershed district shall be excluded from calculations of “total acreage in development” and from the calculation of the 10% dedication to civic space. A Civic Space shall conform to one or more of the Civic Space Templates at Figures 4 and 5. The Civic Space Type used to design a given Civic Space shall be indicated on any plan or diagram intended to show compliance with this section. Figure 4