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CITY ORDINANCE 1103.07: PARK DEDICATION Double Strikethrough: Language to be removed Red Underlined: Language to be added Purpose: Minnesota Statutes 462.358, subdivisions 2b and 2c regarding park dedication offers the opportunity to improve and create connections to a system of open spaces, parks, and pathways as part of the subdivision process. The City, at its discretion, will determine whether park dedication is required in the form of land, cash contribution, or a combination of cash and land. This decision will be based on existingand proposed development and on the goals, plans,and policies of the City including, but not limited to, those embodied by the Parks and Recreation System Master Plan, Pathways Master Plan, and Comprehensive Plan. Condition to Approval: AsPark dedication will be required as a condition to the approval of any subdivision of land in any zone, including the grantingresulting in a net increase of a variance pursuant to Section 1104.04 of this Title, , by either platting or minor subdivision, and including redevelopment and approval of planned unit developments, the subdivision shall be reviewed by the Park development sites comprising more than one acre of land. The Parks and Recreation Commission. The commission shall recommend, in accordance with Statute and after consulting the approved plans and policies noted herein, either a portion of land to be dedicated to the public for use as a park as provided by Minnesota Statutes 462.358, subdivision (2)(b),, or in lieu thereof, a cash deposit given to the City to be used for park purposes;, or a combination of land and cash deposit,. If a tract of land to be divided encompasses all as hereafter setforth Amount to be Dedicated: The portion to beor part of a site designated as a planned park, recreational facility, playground, trail, wetland, or open space dedicated in all residentially zoned areas shall be 10%for public use in the Comprehensive Plan, Pathways Master Plan, Parks and 5% in allRecreation System Master Plan, or other areasrelevant City plan, the commission may recommend the applicant to dedicate land in the locations and dimensions indicated on said plan or map to fulfil all or part of the park dedication requirement. Park Dedication Fees: Park dedication fees shall be reviewed and determined annually by City Council resolution and established in the fee schedule in Chapter 314 of this Code. Utility Dedications Not Qualified: Land dedicated for required street right -of -way or utilities, including drainage, does not qualify as park dedication. Payment in lieu of dedication in: In all zones in the city where park dedication of land is deemed inappropriate by the City, the owner and the City shall agree to have the owner deposit a sum of money in lieu of a dedication. The sum shall be reviewed and determined annually by the City Council by resolution.