HomeMy WebLinkAboutStandards for Neighborhood Parks in College StationStandards for ?J'eighborhood Parks in Coll3ya Station
There are three standards which we can apply to neighborhood parks
in College Station: (1) Do they meet a minimum standard in terms of
acreage per population served? (2) Do they have suitable land?
(3) Are they of an adequate minimum size? Let us apply these standards
to the parks obtainable under the present developer dedication ordinance,
(1) Acreage/population
The present ordinance requires-- 1 acre/200 dualling units
3 3 students/d.u. that equals-- l acre/600 people
which is equal to-- 1,66 acr11000 eo le
J 4 people/d.u., that is for
single-family homes rather than
student apartments the ordinance
would provide-- 1 acre/800 people
which is equal to-- 1.25 acre/1000 p.S�l,e
Therefore, if we apply a minimum standard of 2.5 acres 1000 population
(see attached fact sheet for sources or thisstan�card the present
ordinance is inadequate.
By doubling th` amount of land,
for student apartments we would get-- 3.:35 acre/1000 People
for single-famile homes we would get-- .2.5 acre 1000 people
By increasing the amount of land
by 1/2, for student apartments we get-- 2.5 acre/1000 people
or single-family homes we get-- 1.875 acre 1000 people,
Therefore, to reach minimum standard for acreage/populations a
doubling of the dedication requirement is necessary if ont is considering
singe -family dwellings, an increase of 50% is required if one is
considering student apartment complexes,
(2) Suitable land
?-8- neighborhood parka have been dedicated to College Station under
the present ordinance (I do not include Bee Creek which is a cof�reunity-
wide park). Neither merry Oaks with gently sloping land and fere trees
or vegetation, nor Oaks Park, sloping to a creek with large trees,
provides the quality of land suitable to the variety of uses expected
in a neighborhood park.