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Developing City Parks <br />The City will follow the locational parameters of the NRPA for <br />neighborhood parks and community parks, as shown in Table 6.8 <br />— NRPA Locational Criteria and Activities for Neighborhood and <br />Community Parks. <br />Neighborhood Park Boundaries and Community Park <br />Search Area <br />In 2008, the City identified Neighborhood Park Service Areas within <br />the MUSA based on physical barriers in the landscape. Based on <br />projected population, the neighborhood boundaries were updated in <br />2017 to better capture expected population growth in those areas. <br />Each neighborhood is approximately 1 square mile. <br />HUGO 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />'ted r,. -r 1yT.�. -_•Y•� - — _-Cr <br />Table 6-8 NRPA Locational Criteria and Activities for Neighborhood and Community Parks <br />In Urban Service Areas <br />1 park/ 5,000 5-20 Typically include a playground, athletic fields, defined by physical features <br />Neighborhood Park people 1/4-1/2 Mile Acres natural scenery, and picnic shelter. such as roads and water <br />bodies. <br />May include facilities for hiking or other <br />1 park/ 20-200 passive recreation activities. May include Near natural amenities <br />Community Park 15,000 2 miles Acres picnic shelters, large sports facilities or other Easily accessible off a major <br />people active recreation facilities that accommodate road. <br />significant gatherings. <br />*Acreage may be distributed within a neighborhood or in the case of community parks, throughout the community. For example, a neighborhood may have two, 2'h acre parks <br />PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE 143 <br />