§ 22-147. Criteria for park land dedication.

(a)

Calculation of land required to be dedicated. The amount of land required for dedication for park and recreational purposes for a particular subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units shall be a direct function of the ultimate population density of that proposed subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units. The requirement shall be based on a standard of fifteen (15) acres of land per one thousand (1,000) ultimate population, computed in accordance with the Table of Estimated Ultimate Population Per Dwelling Unit, included in this article as Figure 8-1.

(b)

Location of land to be dedicated. The location of the land to be dedicated for park and recreational purposes for a particular subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units shall be determined by the board of trustees after a recommendation of the plan commission. The determination shall be based on the availability of land, the suitability of any particular land for park and recreational purposes or for other subdivision or development, the location of the land relative to population concentrations, and the proximity of the land to other park or recreational lands.

(c)

Minimum size of dedicated land. The minimum size of any land to be dedicated for park and recreational purposes shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet, and no dimension shall be less than one hundred (100) feet, except that the plan commission may recommend and the board of trustees may approve dedications of a smaller size or dimension when required by the specific plans of the subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units and when the usefulness of the smaller area for park and recreational purposes is clearly demonstrated.

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FIGURE 8-1
Table Of Estimated Ultimate Population Per Dwelling Unit
Children Per Dwelling Unit

	Pre-School	Elementary	Junior High	TOTAL	High School
Type of Unit	0—4 Years	Grades K—5 5—10 Years	Grades 6—8 11—13 Years	Grades K—8 5—13 Years	Grades 9—12 14—17 Years	Adults (17—up)	Total Per Unit
Detached Single-Family
2 Bedroom	.125	.120	.026	.146	.018	1.700	1.989
3 Bedroom	.308	.381	.174	.555	.146	1.978	2.987
4 Bedroom	.472	.513	.314	.827	.313	2.195	3.807
5 Bedroom or more	.402	.620	.420	1.040	.327	2.650	4.419
Attached Single-Family
1 Bedroom	—	—	—	—	—	1.050	1.050
2 Bedroom	.051	.075	.011	.086	.021	1.741	1.899
3 Bedroom	.217	.212	.022	.234	.051	1.775	2.277
4 Bedroom or more	.333	.316	.166	.482	.180	2.333	3.328
Apartments
Efficiency	—	—	—	—	—	1.000	1.000
1 Bedroom	—	—	—	—	—	1.190	1.190
2 Bedroom	.038	.065	.021	.086	.035	1.500	1.659
3 Bedroom or more	.208	.157	.037	.194	.082	2.330	2.814

 

NOTE: There are only three significant categories provided in this chart. Because of the similarity of yields among all types of attached single-family use, just one category is provided for all types of that use. The same is true with apartments, so just one category is provided for all types of apartments. Experience and the development of new types of detached and attached single-family units may require that an individual evaluation be made of a particular application.

The determination of the number of bedrooms contained in a building shall be made by the plat officer. Rooms designated by a developer as "den," "library," "study," "sewing room," "exercise room," or the like may be designated by the plat officer as bedrooms if they are suitable for such accommodations.

Source: Illinois School Consulting Service/Associated Municipal Consultants, Inc., Naperville, Illinois.
c.1983

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(d)

On-site storage prohibited. No materials, including without limitation top soil or other soil materials, shall be stored on any land that has been dedicated, or has been designated for dedication, to the village for park or recreational purposes.

(e)

Detention and retention areas not qualified. No stormwater detention or retention area shall qualify as land suitable for dedication for park and recreational purposes, unless the suitability of such land for such park and recreational purposes as a secondary use is clearly demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board of trustees.

(f)

Private common open space and recreational areas.

(1)

When private open space is made permanently available for use on an equal and common basis to every resident in the subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units at a proportionate share of the cost of maintenance, and such open space is designed to meet the recreational needs of the subdivision, planned development, or other development containing residential dwelling units then a 100 percent credit toward the land dedication requirement of this section shall be allowed to the extent of such open space so provided, and if the total of such open space so provided equals the total acreage required to be dedicated by this section, then the provision of such open space shall fulfill the amount required by this section to be dedicated for park and recreational purposes.

(2)

If the private open space so provided is not adequately or properly maintained, at any time, to the satisfaction of the board of trustees, or if such open space is not made available for use on an equal and common basis to every resident in the subdivision, planned development or other development containing residential dwelling units at a proportionate share of the cost of maintenance, or ceases to be made so available for use on such basis, then such open space shall be dedicated to the public for public park and recreational purposes at the request for such a dedication made by resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the board of trustees. The developer shall prepare and record covenants establishing these provisions, which covenants shall be duly executed by all owners of the land and all mortgage holders, if any, and delivered to the village for recording. Each such covenant shall recite that it shall be enforceable by suit in equity brought by the village, its successors, if any, or by any interested person.

(Ord. No. 96-0-14, § 2(22-801), 3-14-96; Ord. No. 02-O-96, § 2, 8-13-02)