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• All have the provision to accept a cash payment in lieu of providing lands or <br /> facilities within the subdivision . This provides the flexibility to serve needs of the <br /> subject subdivision and the broader community . <br /> • The three jurisdictions can allow for off- site improvements or donations of land to <br /> provide for large , planned park sites contributed to by more than one subdivision . <br /> • All three jurisdictions have flexibility in requiring land, developed facilities , or both . <br /> • Chapel Hill and Orange County regulations are written to be land intensive while <br /> Carrboro basically requires recreation facilities . <br /> • Although the three ordinances use different formulae to define their requirements , <br /> the philosophy and intent of all three ordinances are the same . <br /> • The same ordinance requirements could be considered for all jurisdictions since the <br /> net effect of each " set aside " ordinance provision is to allow new development to <br /> shoulder their impact on existing and Riture recreation and park facilities . <br /> • Carrboro is presently considering a change to their recreation requirements to <br /> become more land intensive due to pressure existing on undeveloped sites in its <br /> planning jurisdiction . Total build-out of Carrboro' s planning jurisdiction is projected <br /> to occur by the year 2010 . <br /> III. Park Classification and Land Area Requirements <br /> • Please refer to Appendix 1 for a full comparison of the adopted park classifications <br /> for each jurisdiction . <br /> • Park types are broken into six types ; Regional, District, Community, Neighborhood, <br /> Mini Park, and Linear Park . <br /> • There are national and state standards for park classification and all three <br /> jurisdictions considered both of these standards in compiling their local standards . <br /> Page 2 <br />