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-P roposed CITY OF HUGO AN ORDINANCE RQUIRING PARK DEDICATION WITHIN THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA THE CITY OF HUGO ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 90, Section 90-324 Park Dedication to the following: Sec. 90-324. Park Dedication. (a) General Dedication Standards In order to develop a system of parks within the community to serve the public's health and recreational needs, a percentage of the net buildable acreage based on the density of all land subdivided for residential purposes shall be dedicated to the city as public parkland. The following formula will be used to determine the dedication requirement where a land dedication is required: Density Percentage of Land to be Dedicated (of the buildable land) 0-3.99 units per acre 10% 4.00-5.99 units per acre t l% 6.00-7.99 units per acre l3% 8.00-9.99 units per acre 15% 10.00 > units per acre 17% The land so dedicated shall be subject to approval by the city council in accordance with the city's Comprehensive Plan for parks. At the city council's discretion, a parkland dedication fee may be accepted or required instead of land dedication. The parkland dedication fee shall be charged for each dwelling unit originated by the subdivision or development of any property in the city, not including any dwelling unit that may be in existence at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived, or which is subject to an approved development agreement with the city that includes a parkland dedication provision. (a) Appeal Process The parkland dedication fee is presumptively appropriate. The parkland dedication fee may be appealed before final plat and calculated as follows: The percentage of land to be dedicated will be multiplied by the fair market value of the net buildable acreage.