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ORDINANCE NO.414
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 820.31
OF THE MEDINA CODE OF ORDINANCE
RELATING TO PARK DEDICATION AND OPEN SPACES
The City Council of the City of Medina ordains as follows:
Section I. The code of ordinances of the city of Medina is amended by deleting the
stricken language and adding the underscored language as follows:
Section 820.31. Park Dedication and Open Spaces.
Subd. 1. In every subdivision of land, a reasonable portion of such the buildable
land, not to exceed ten percent, shall be dedicated by the owners to the City for parks,
recreational facilities, playgrounds, trails or public open space. For purposes of this
subdivision, buildable land means the gross acreage of the subdivision excluding
designated wetlands. The land must be suitable for public use for one or more of the
described purposes. The City shall not be required to accept land which is not suitable for
one or more of the described purposes or which would require extensive public
expenditures to be made useable. In establishing the amount of land to be dedicated or the
amount of the cash in lieu contribution, the city will give due consideration to the open
space, recreational or common space and facilities open to the public that the developer
proposes to reserve in the subdivision.
Subd.2. The City may, at its option, require a cash contribution in lieu of
dedication in an equivalent amount or require a portion of the required dedication to be in
land and a cash contribution in lieu for the balance thereof. In the case of residential
subdivisions, the contribution of cash in lieu shall be equal to 8 percent of the value of the
buildable land. Notwithstanding the above, the minimum cash contribution shall be
$3,500 per dwelling unit and the maximum shall be $8,000 per dwelling unit. In the case
of non-residential subdivisions, the contribution of cash in lieu shall be equal to 10
percent of the value of the buildable land. In the case of subdivisions allowing both
residential and non-residential uses, the cash in lieu contribution shall be the total of the
required residential and non-residential contributions. The total contribution shall be
calculated by applying the above cash in lieu requirements to the square footage of the
buildable land in residential and non-residential uses in the same ratio as the habitable
square footage of the residential uses and the habitable or leasable square footage of the
non-residential uses bear to the total square footage of the uses.
Subd. 3. Any cash contribution so paid to the City shall be placed in a special fund,
and The money shall be used only for: a) the acquisition; and development eftd
maintenance of facilities designed or used for one or more of the described purposes, or
improvement of parks, recreational facilities, playgrounds, trails, wetlands or open space
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based on the approved park systems plan; b) redevelopment or rehabilitation of existing
facilities or sites; or c) debt service in connection with land previously acquired or
improvements thereto previously constructed. No funds shall be used for maintenance of
existing parks or recreational facilities or sites. Any cash contribution in lieu of land shall
be based upon the fair market value of the land being subdivided. Fair market value is
defined as the market value of the land within the subdivision no later than at the time of
final approval, as determined by an appraiser chosen by the City.
Subd. 4. Previously subdivided property from which a park dedication or cash in
lieu contribution has been received, upon resubdivision with the same number of lots, is
exempt from park dedication requirements. If, as a result of the resubdivision of the
property, the number of lots is increased, the park dedication or cash in lieu contribution
shall be applied only to the net increase in the number of lots.
Section II. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption by the city council and
publication in the City's official newspaper.
Adopted by the Medina city council on the 3rd day of October 2006.
/Bruce D. Workman, Mayor
ATTEST:
Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk
Published in the South Crow River News this 9th day of October, 2006.
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