Title
Approval of an ordinance on third reading with the caption reading: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE ADOPTING THE PARKS DEVELOPMENT MANUAL, A SUPPLEMENT TO SUBCHAPTER 14 PUBLIC PARKLAND STANDARDS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND PARKLAND SECTORS; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary
Section 3.14 of the City charter requires an ordinance for the adoption or amendments to an administrative code or regulations pertaining to land use or development such as the Parks Development Manual .
The purpose of the Parks Development Manual is to serve as a guiding policy document to help administer the applicable elements of the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan and the Subchapter 14 Public Parkland Standards of the Unified Development Code. This manual expands upon the goals, policies and action items within the City’s Comprehensive Plan, including the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan and establishes policies and standards for the creation of new public parks and renovation of existing parks. The goals, policies, and action items of the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan have been provided for ease of use only.
To help ensure the durability, safety and continuity of park equipment and amenities, technical specifications have been included to establish the minimum quality of such equipment and amenities included within public parks. Any proposed deviation from the listed technical specifications in the appendices of this manual shall be approved by the Parks and Recreation Director, so long as such substitutions performance shall be equal to or exceed the approved specification in terms of quality, function, and capacity.
The Planning Areas established in the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan generally outline the linear park systems within each watershed. Within this manual, Parkland Sectors have been inc...
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