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Cedar Falls Council adopts new parkland-dedication rules, sets formula and land-suitability standards
Summary
Cedar Falls on Monday moved to standardize how new residential subdivisions must provide neighborhood parkland, approving an ordinance on first consideration to add a parkland-dedication formula to the city’s subdivision and zoning code.
Cedar Falls on Monday moved to standardize how new residential subdivisions must provide neighborhood parkland, approving an ordinance on first consideration to add a parkland-dedication formula to the city’s subdivision and zoning code.
Rita Trapp, a consultant with HKGI, told the council the proposed formula is tied to the council-adopted parks master plan and sets a planning target of 6 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. "The goal is that this will provide developers a predictable requirement so that they will know at the beginning of the process what would be expected in terms of the land dedication or if they would choose a cash dedication, how…
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