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Section 1 . Parks -- Required <br />A. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to any application <br />for approval of a residential subdivision plat. This requirements shall apply <br />to any housing type proposed, including multi - family and condominium <br />development. Residential developments with minimum one acre or larger <br />lots, while encouraged to incorporate recreational areas, are exempt from <br />these requirements. Further, nothing within these regulations should be <br />construed as preventing the establishment of additional recreational <br />amenities in any residential development. <br />B. Location Shown. The location and extent of all parks shall be indicated on <br />all plats subject to this section or an optional fee -in -lieu designated. <br />C. Park Land Quantity. A minimum of one acre of park land shall be <br />dedicated for each 80 residential dwelling units (544.5 square feet per <br />residential dwelling unit). <br />D. Improvements Required. Each type of park (as set out in Section 2 <br />below) requires improvements in addition to land area, as specifically set <br />out below. <br />E. Connection to Parks. The Administrator may require connection to an <br />open space network and /or trails system if the proposed development is <br />adjacent to the boundary of an established community public open space as <br />included in the Livable Communities Blueprint for Cabarrus County, which is <br />hereby incorporated by reference. The open space /trail system shall be <br />maintained by the applicant or subsequent owners provided, however, that <br />the applicant may request to publicly dedicate any trail. <br />Section 2. Park standards <br />A. Required Improvements. <br />37 <br />Attachment number 2 <br />G -3 Page 218 <br />