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Planning commission backs parkland dedication changes and a new park‑enrichment fee
Summary
Commissioners recommended code changes to require larger, continuous park dedications, create a fee‑in‑lieu structure split by development quadrants, and start a $250 per‑dwelling park‑enrichment fee to fund citywide park improvements.
The Bastrop Planning & Zoning Commission on a recommendation supported an amendment to city ordinances to clarify parkland dedication rules and create a new park‑enrichment fee intended to fund park improvements and land acquisition.
Staff told the commission the revision responds to gaps created by the 2019 B‑3 code’s “civic space” approach, which sometimes let developers dedicate marginal floodplain and detention basins as parkland. The proposed changes would (1) require dedicated parkland…
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