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ORDINANCE N0. 86- 8 INTRODUCED BY: Councilman Lawrence J. Flynn AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 1121.05 OF J THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC USE OF LANDS IN NEW SUBDIV IS IONS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. Section 1121.05 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, is hereby enacted to read as follows: Chapter 1121 Plans and Plats 1121.05 Public Use of Lands. (a) A location of Areas for Public Use: Consideration. In connection with the submission to the Planning and Zoning Commission of subdivision plats, due consideration shall be given by the owwer thereof to the allocation of areas reasonably suitable for schools, playgrounds or park or recreational areas to be dedicated or deeded to public use or to be reserved by covenants in deeds to the sublots thereof for the common use of all property owners within the proposed subdivision. In determining such reasonable suitability, consideration. shall be given to such factors as the topography of the area to be so allocated, the major physical characteristics of such area, the location thereof in relation to the remaining area of the subdivision, the shape of the area to be so allocated and other similar consideration relative to a determination of whether or not the area to be so allocated can be reasonably used for schools, playgrounds or park or recreation areas. If the Commission, applying the standards set forth in this section, finds that the area to be so allocated for schools, playgrounds or park and recreation areas is reasonably suitable for such uses, and if it further finds that the area to be so allocated is equal to or greater than the minimum area required by subsection (b) hereof to be dedicated or deeded to the Village for public park or recreation uses, the requirements of subsection (b) hereof shall not be applicable to such subdivision and there shall be no requirement that land shall be dedicated or deeded to the Village for public park or .recreational uses as a condition precedent to the approval of a subdivision by the Commission.