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• Striped Stalls • Designated Handicapped Parking Stalls (1 per 50 stalls is required) The site plan does not specify how these items will be addressed. Park Dedication. The density of the proposed subdivision is 9.04 units per acre, therefore, the applicant is required to dedicate 18 percent of the entire 29.9 acre subdivision for park dedication. Park dedication may take the form of 18 percent of the land within the subdivision or a cash in lieu of land contribution in the amount of 18 percent of the fair market value of the land. Eighteen Percent (18 percent) of the entire area is 5.38 acres. The applicant is proposing to dedicate a 3.8 acre lot to the City for park purposes. The Lino Lakes Park Board shall review the subject proposal and make a recommendation. Open Space. According to Section 6, Subd. 8.2.E.(iv.)(c) of the Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance, at least 35 percent of the site must be devoted to green grass or open space. The applicant is proposing 5.97 acres of green area within the 23.9 acre development or 24.9 percent, which does not meet the City's minimum requirement. The lack of green space may be attributed to absence of road right-of-way, as the entire area within the road right-of- ways will be paved. As mentioned earlier, the applicant is proposing to locate as many townhomes as possible on the site, at the expense of green space and road right-of-ways. The parcel which is to be dedicated to the City for park dedication purposes does not count toward the open space requirement. In order to meet the minimum requirement the applicant must provide a revised site plan which includes an additional 2.39 acres of green -space. In a comparison of State Regulations which require 50 percent of the total project area to be preserved as open space, the proposal of 24.9 percent again falls short of the requirement. Structure Land Coverage. According to Section 6, Subd. 8.2.E.(iv.) (b) of the Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance, the area covered by any structures shall not exceed 35 percent of the total land area. The applicant is proposing 4.54 acres of green area within the 23.9 acre development or 19 percent, which meets the City's minimum requirement. Outlots. the proposed site plan indicates a strip of land between the Stage Coach Trail right-of-way and the ordinary high water line of Marshan Lake. However, there is no stated intention for the use of this land. This area will likely be platted as an Outlot. When the applicant submits a revised preliminary plat, a written statement of intention of the use of this land should accompany the proposal for review and approval of the City. 8