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There is a drawback to using the formula though. If a city has both very high value and very low value commercial and industrial land some developers pay less than they otherwise would, while others pay more. For example, land near the Mega-Mall would benefit from having a formula where remote industrial land would probably be penalized-if both were in the same city. Now let' s look at residential development. Here' s where it starts to get complicated. First let ' s examine what happens in different communities if the decision is made to take land and not money. PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND PLACE PERCENTAGE OF SITE FOR DEDICATION Plymouth 0-25 percent of site, density based Vadnais Heights 9-20 percent of site, density based Coon Rapids 5-18 percent of site, density based Oakdale 5-17 percent of site, density based White Bear Township 10-15 percent of site, density based Arden Hills 10-15 percent of site, density based White Bear Lake 10 percent of total site Shoreview 10 percent of total site Little Canada 10 percent of total site Roseville 10 percent of total site Fridley 10 percent of total site Mahtomedi 7 percent of total site From this it ' s easy to see there are two ways of determining the land requirement for residential areas : * The straight 10 percent * A percentage based on overall density Now let ' s examine how places with density requirements determine their land needs . PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACES USING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY PLACE DWELLINGS PER ACRE PERCENTAGE TAKEN Vadnais Heights 0 - 2 9 2 - 4 11 4 6 13 6 - 8 15 8 - 10 17 10+ 17+ - 20