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r , Another important part of park planning involves the recreation and park requirements commonly used in Land Use Ordinances . A community ' s total recreation inventory comes from what the general tax base can afford plus the recreation lands or facilities provided by private development. Therefore, the recreation sections of the Land Use Ordinances for all three jurisdictions were reviewed by the Recreation and Park Work Group . Park Standards • Please refer to Appendix I for a full comparison of previously adopted . park classifications for each jurisdiction . Park types are classified into six types ; Regional , District, Community, Neighborhood, Mini Park, and Linear Park. • There are national and state standards for park classification and all three jurisdictions considered both of these standards in compiling their local standards . Appendix 3 shows graphical examples of each park type . • The jurisdictions ' standards are established using ratios of acreage to population which have been established for each type of park . Most of the standards are very similar. There appears to be no overriding factor . again.st making the standards the same . • A linear park or greenway is an area where conformity to a standard is difficult, if not impossible . This type of park is usually predicated upon the need for stream buffering, transportation, scenic hiking, etc . A more serious effort would be fruitful in developing standards for the type of construction on common greenway that a pd trai s so ave l does not end at one jurisdiction' s limits and a beaten path extend along the same corridor into the adjoining jurisdiction . • Most of the information above relates to the development of standards for public recreation facilities . These are "population driven " , and national and state averages are used as a0 base line upon which to determine local standards . Facility standards are detailed in Appendix 2 . Program demands unique to one locale may drive ' a standard to a higher or lower level than national and state averages . • All three jurisdictions considered UNC-CH and school facilities but did not factor them into the standards . UNC -CH has many recreation and park amenities such as the Botaical Gardens , Finley Golf Course , Kenan Stadium and other recreati n on facilities . National and state standards do not reflect these types of quasi-public facilities . The Page 4