Title
A Resolution Establishing the Fee Schedule Associated with the Park Land Dedication Ordinance Requirements of the City Code of Colorado Springs
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
Britt Haley, Parks Development Manager/TOPS Program Manager
Chris Lieber, N.E.S. Inc.
Body
Summary:
This item provides for approval of the park land dedication ordinance fee schedule, a component of the updated parkland dedication ordinance.
Background:
The Planning and Community Development Department, and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department mutually request the proposed code amendment. The new ordinance was initiated by the Administration in an effort to update the park land dedication/payment of fees in-lieu of dedication requirements that have been in effect and fundamentally unchanged since the original adoption in 1974.
Please see the attached presentation for detailed background and information. Amendments to the Chapter 7 - the zoning and subdivision code - are authorized by Section 7.5.602 and may be initiated by staff, Planning Commission, City Council or the Mayor. There are four parts and four separate motions recommended. This resolution would adopt the fee schedule associated with the updated park land dedication ordinance.
First and Second - action on the Park Land Dedication Ordinance (PLDO) itself. The park land dedication criteria manual is identified in the ordinance and is recommended for separate approval by resolution.
Third - action on the Neighborhood Park Geographic Service Areas map. Under the current PLDO, there are no service areas - in other words, fees in lieu of land dedication collected in the Southeast part of the City could be spent on acquiring land in the North part of the City. Establishing Neighborhood Park Geographic Service Areas is a concept identified during the process designed to assure that when fees in-lieu of land are paid for neighborhood parks, the fees...
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