§ 19.20.010. Policy plan and purpose.

A.

Purpose. This chapter is adopted to provide recreational areas as a function of subdivision development in the City of El Paso. This article is enacted in accordance with the home rule powers of the City of El Paso granted under the Texas Constitution, and the statutes of the State of Texas, including, but not by way of limitation, V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, Chapter 212. It is declared by the city council that recreation areas in the form of neighborhood parks, community parks that serve several neighborhoods, linear parks, trails, and open space areas are necessary and in the public welfare, and that the only adequate procedure to provide for same is by integrating such a requirement into the procedure for planning and developing property or subdivisions in the city, whether such development consists of new construction on vacant land or the addition of new construction or redevelopment on existing developed lands.

B.

Neighborhood parks, community parks, linear parks, trails and open space areas referred to in this chapter are those parks providing for a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities and within convenient distances from the majority of the residences to be served thereby. The primary cost of those parks should be borne by the ultimate property owners who, by reason of their proximity to such parks, shall be the primary beneficiaries of such facilities.

C.

The requirements for parkland are based in part on the standards, needs and objectives set forth in the El Paso Parks and Recreation Master Plan, routinely amended and adopted by the city council, a copy of which shall be retained in the office of the director of parks and recreation and which shall be incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.

Therefore, the following requirements and any requirements in the DSC are adopted to effect the purposes stated above and shall apply to any development within the City of El Paso, except as noted therein.

(Ord. 16882 § 2 (part), 2008)