Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Excluded from required open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
The term 'required open space' does not include land which constitutes wetlands, stormwater management facilities, drainageways, floodplains and floodways.
- Large subdivision recreation percentage50 pct
For subdivisions of more than 20 lots, a minimum of 50 percent of the required open space shall be located, designed for, and capable of supporting: Recreational activities, including uses such as ball fields, soccer fields or other play fields, Multipurpose courts, tennis courts, basketball courts and similar facilities, Swimming pools, play lots, tot lots and playgrounds, Pedestrian and bicycle trails, and Similar active and passive recreational uses, including accessory uses thereto.
- Definition of required open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
The term 'required' open space means an area that: Is not encumbered with any substantial structure, Is not devoted to any roadway, parking area or sidewalk, Is left in its natural or undisturbed state if wooded or otherwise environmentally sensitive, except for the development of pedestrian trails, May be developed for ball fields, picnic areas or other similar facilities or is properly landscaped if not wooded at the time of development, Is capable of being used and enjoyed for the purposes of informal and unstructured recreation and relaxation, Is accessible to the residents of the development of which it is a part where feasible and not detrimental to environmentally sensitive areas, and May include buffers as required in article X of this chapter.
From the ordinance
Minimum required open space for each district are found in articles VI and VII of this chapter, residential, commercial and light industrial district regulations.