A. 
Dedication requirement. In order that adequate open spaces and sites for public uses may be properly located and reserved and in order that the cost of providing public areas, such as, but not limited to, parks, recreation areas may be equitably apportioned on the basis of additional need created by the subdivision development, each subdivider shall be required to dedicate land or fees in lieu of land for park or other public uses.
B. 
General design. In the design of a subdivision, land division, planned unit development or development project, provision shall be made for suitable sites of adequate area for parks, playgrounds, open spaces, drainageways and other public purposes. If designated on the Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Plan component, or Official Map, such areas shall be made a part of the preliminary and final plats as stipulated in this chapter. If not so designated, consideration shall be given in the location of such sites to the preservation of scenic and historic sites, stands of fine trees, marshes, lakes, ponds, watercourses, watersheds and ravines.
A. 
Provision of suitable sites for public areas. Each subdivider of land in the City of Princeton shall, at the discretion and direction of the Common Council, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission, either dedicate open space lands designated on the City's Comprehensive Plan or plan component, or reserve such open space lands and pay a public site fee or, where no open space lands and pay a public site fee or, where no open space lands are directly involved, pay a public site fee. The Common Council, upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission shall, at the time of reviewing the preliminary plat or certified survey map, select one of the following options and record such selection in the minutes of the meeting at which the preliminary plat is presented for approval. Suitable sites for public areas, such as but not limited to, park recreational areas, parkways, public building areas or other public uses, but excluding schools, shall be provided in one or more of the following manners:
(1) 
Dedication of 8% of the total area of the subdivision.
(2) 
Transfer of ownership by deed to the City of the areas of land equivalent to the requirements of Subsection A(1) above.
(3) 
Where the dedication of land under Subsection A(1) or (2) above would result in lands which would not be useful to the City, the Common Council may stipulate to the owner some other equitable means for making a dedication or, in lieu thereof, a cash payment per dwelling unit as prescribed in Chapter 182, Fees, as each is sold or developed. Revenues received in such a manner shall be deposited in a special account and shall be used exclusively for public recreation in the City.
B. 
Reservation of greater public area. In the event the suitable sites for public areas, as shown on the Official Map, lie within the area proposed for development and are greater in area than required by Subsection A(1) above, the owner shall reserve for acquisition by the City, through agreement, purchase or condemnation, the remaining greater public area for a period of one year.
C. 
Determination of dedicated lands. The Common Council shall determine which land shall be dedicated. Land dedicated for drainageways is not a credit towards park dedication requirements.
D. 
Development of dedicated area. It shall be the duty of the City to properly develop and maintain the dedicated areas and the owner who dedicated said land shall in no way be responsible for its development, maintenance or liability thereon, except that said owner shall not develop the surrounding area in a manner which would unduly depreciate the purpose, use or value of the dedicated property and except if such owner shall reside on one of the subdivided parcels, in which case he/she shall be responsible for the maintenance of adjacent public property as may be required in other laws of the City.
A. 
When parklands are dedicated to the City, the subdivider is required to:
(1) 
Properly grade and contour for proper drainage;
(2) 
Provide surface contour suitable for anticipated use of area as approved by the City Engineer; and
(3) 
Cover areas to be seeded with a minimum of six inches of quality topsoil, seed as specified by the City, fertilized with 16-6-6 at a rate of seven pounds per 1,000 square feet, and mulched, as specified in the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, Section 627 and 629. The topsoil furnished for the park site shall consist of the natural loam, sandy loam, silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam humus-bearing soils adapted to the sustenance of plant life, and such topsoil shall be neither excessively acid nor excessively alkaline. Fine grading and seeding must occur within one year following issuance of the first building permit within that land division unless otherwise authorized by the Common Council. The improved area shall not be deemed officially accepted until a uniform grass cover to a two-inch height has been established. It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to maintain the area until the City accepts the dedication.
B. 
It shall be the responsibility of the City to maintain the dedicated areas upon their dedication and acceptance by the City. The owner of said land shall be responsible for its maintenance and liability thereon except that said owner shall not develop the surrounding area in a manner which would unduly depreciate the purpose, use or value of the dedicated property.
C. 
A neighborhood park area shall be provided by the subdivider with a standard residential water service unless located directly adjacent to a fire hydrant. A community park area shall be provided by the developer with a minimum six inch water service or at least one fire hydrant, and at least one four inch sanitary sewer lateral, all located at the street property line.
D. 
The Common Council may require certification of compliance by City officials. The cost of such report shall be paid by the subdivider.
E. 
If the subdivider fails to satisfy the requirements of this section, the Common Council may contract said completion and bill such costs to the subdivider, following a public hearing and written notice to the subdivider of noncompliance. Failure to pay such costs may result in the immediate withholding of all building permits until such costs are paid.
F. 
The subdivider shall pay all costs of public improvements in the public streets adjacent to or within all public and/or park lands.
G. 
Development of park lands is to be completed as soon as 20% of the planned lots in the subdivision are sold or developed, as determined by the Common Council.