For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Except for construction permits for individual lots and subdivisions
of four lots or fewer, any subdivision and site development plan designed
for single-family condominiums, townhouses, manufactured housing,
including mobile home parks, attached and semiattached units and garden
apartments in any mixed-use development and in projects designed entirely
for residential purposes. Any residential development as defined herein
shall be subject to the requirements of this article.
The developer of a residential development,
as defined herein, shall be required to dedicate and improve parkland
or to make a cash contribution toward acquisition and development
of recreation facilities located off site. Any lands proposed to be
dedicated shall be subject to acceptance by the Township Council as
to location, size and improvements. However, at a minimum, 75% of
the acreage to be dedicated shall be developed for active recreation
purposes. If the required dedication acreage is calculated to be less
than 10 acres in size, the Township shall have the option of requiring
a cash contribution in lieu of all or part of the required dedication.
This option shall be exercised solely at the discretion of the Township
Council when the acreage is less than 10 acres.
If the required dedication acreage is calculated
to be 10 acres or more, 50% of the calculated acreage must be improved
and dedicated to the Township. The Township Council shall have the
option of substituting a cash contribution in lieu of up to 50% of
the calculated acreage. The acreage required to be improved and dedicated
shall be in parcels which are a minimum of five acres in size.
The following population multipliers shall be
applied to the formula by residential unit type, as follows:
The acreage dedication and the improvement contribution
equivalent shall be calculated by utilizing the National Recreation
and Park Association standard of eight acres of developed parkland
per 1,000 population. This standard results in a requirement of 0.008
acres per person. The acreage to be dedicated shall be determined
by multiplying the number of units in the development by the per person
household multipliers contained herein and by multiplying the resulting
project population by the 0.008 per-person acreage standard.
If a developer proposes to make a cash contribution,
in whole or in part, in lieu of dedicating improved parklands and
said proposal is accepted by the Township Council, the contribution
shall be calculated by multiplying the acreage for which a contribution
is to be substituted times a cost of $40,000 per acre.
All residential developments which do not indicate
a parkland dedication on the final site plan or final subdivision
map shall be required to make the required cash contribution prior
to receiving construction permits for in excess of 50% of the total
residential units within the development. If a developer is required
to dedicate and improve parkland, the Township shall only accept said
parkland upon satisfactory completion of all improvements after inspection
and approval thereof.
All residential developments which have not
received site plan or final subdivision approval prior to the effective
date of this article shall be subject to the requirements of this
article.
