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12.00 EXHIBIT "B" OPEN SPACE WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS, PARKS AND PARKLAND DEDICATION, SPECIAL USE SITES - PURPOSE, FORMULA FOR DETERMINATION OF FEES IN LIEU OF DEDICATION a. This ordinance is amended with the express purpose to provide recreational areas and amenities in the form of neighborhood and community parks as a function of residential development in the City of La Porte. This ordinance amendment is enacted in accordance with the Home Rule powers of the City of La Porte granted under the Texas Constitution and statutes of the State of Texas, including, without limitation, TEX. LOC. Govt. CODE ~ 5 1.071 et seq. and ~ 212.001 et seq. It is hereby declared that by the City Council of the City of La Porte that recreational areas, in the form of neighborhood parks and related amenities and improvements, 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 of a residential subdivision in the City of La Porte, whether such development consists of new construction on previously vacant land or rebuilding and redeveloping existing residential areas. b. Neighborhood and Community Parks are those parks providing for a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities and within convenient distances from a majority of the residences to be served thereby, the standards for which are set forth in the La Porte Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, or neighborhood and community areas. The park zones established by the La Porte Parks and Recreation Department and shown on the official La Porte Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, or neighborhood areas, shall be prima facie evidence that any park located therein is within such a convenient distance from the majority of residences to be served thereby. The cost of the neighborhood parks should be borne by the ultimate residential property owners who, by reason of the proximity of their property to such parks, shall be the primary beneficiaries of such facilities. Therefore, the following requirements are adopted to effect such purposes. c. In order to provide an equitable method of determination of the requirements for future development of residential areas of the City of La Porte, the following formula is hereby adopted. The population of the City of La Porte based on the latest United States Census data, adjusted on an annual basis based on the predicted growth of the City as found in the Parks and Open Space Master Plan of the City for the year in which the adjustment is made, is identified. The resultant number is divided by the number of acres of available neighborhood and community parkland inventory in the City of La Porte, resulting in the Number of Persons Per Neighborhood or Community Park Acre in the City of La Porte. This