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3. Site Suitability <br /> 13 <br /> Land provided or dedicated for <br /> passive recreation and open space <br /> purposes shall be of a character, <br /> slope and location suitable for use <br /> for walking, jogging, reading and <br /> similar quiet activities, and the <br /> preservation of natural features and <br /> cultural resources such as steep <br /> slopes, rock outcrops, native plant <br /> life and wildlife cover, mature <br /> woodlands and water resources. <br /> Criteria for evaluating the suitability <br /> of proposed recreation areas shall <br /> include but not be limited to the <br /> following: <br /> a. j ocL ation. Land dedicated for a. The open space as shown preserves a <br /> recreation purposes shall be natural wooded area and stream through <br /> located so as to serve the needs lots A and B. Lot A has an area where <br /> of the residents of the land is more suited for recreational <br /> subdivision and the residents of purposes due to level slopes and <br /> the immediate neighborhood possible location of a jogging or <br /> within which the subdivision is walking trail. Lot A will have frontage <br /> located. Recreation areas shall on Beaver Valley Drive and lot B will <br /> be located so as to provide have frontage on Turkey Run East. <br /> insofar as possible, reasonable <br /> accessibility to all residents of <br /> the subdivision and residents <br /> living in the immediate <br /> neighborhood. Recreation areas <br /> shall be located where land more <br /> suited for recreational purposes <br /> due to shape, level slopes and/or <br /> dry soil conditions is present. <br /> Where proposed park sites are <br /> shown on the adopted Land Use <br /> Plan, and a subdivision contains <br /> a portion of the park site, then <br /> the recreation area may be <br /> located at the edge of the <br /> subdivision so that additional <br /> land may be added as adjacent <br /> land is subdivided. <br />