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n <br /> 5/ 26/ 99 <br /> Appendix D <br /> Existing Recreation Standards Used by Jurisdictions <br /> PARK TYPE ACRES / 1000 ACRES POPULATION SERVICE AREA <br /> STANDARD POPULATION SERVED <br /> Regional Park <br /> 1 00 multi - count < 1 hour driving <br /> State � 20 0 y 9 . <br /> .time• <br /> County 5 to 10 200 + 40 - 80 , 000 < 1 hour driving : <br /> time <br /> District Park <br /> State 10 200 + 1 or more . < 1 hour driving <br /> communities time <br /> County 5 . - 75 + 10 - 50 , 000 - < 1/ 2 hour driving <br /> time <br /> Community Park <br /> National 5 to 8 25 + Several Neighs : 1 - 2 mile radius <br /> State 8 25 + 20 , 000 1 - 3 mile radius- <br /> County 2 . 5 25 + 10 , 000 1 - 2 mile radius <br /> Chapel Hill 5 21 + 15 , 000 5 mile radius <br /> Carrboro ' 8 60 6 , 000 1 mile. radius <br /> Neighborhood Park <br /> National . 1 to 2 15 + 51000 1/4 to 1 / 2 mile <br /> State 2 6 to 8 . 41000 1 /4 to 1 / 2 mile <br /> County 2 . 5 5 to 20 2 - 81000 1/4 to 1 / 2 mile <br /> Chapel Hill 2 . 5 S to 20 5 , 000 none given <br /> Carrboro 2 10 . 41000 1 / 2 mile. <br /> Mini Park <br /> National 0 . 25 1 Adjacent Neigh . 1/4 mile- <br /> State none given none given . 500 - 2 , 500 none given <br /> County none given 1 1 1 none given 1/4 mile <br /> Chapel Hill none - given 1 500 - 2 , 500 none given - <br /> Carrboro 0 . 25 1 Adjacent Neigh . 1/4 to 1/ 2 mile - = <br /> Linear Park <br /> National Varies L Varies Varies Varies <br /> State 30 Varies Varies Varies <br /> County none given % none given none given none given <br /> Chapel Hill none given none given none given none given <br /> Carrboro Varies Varies. Varies Varies <br /> Source : Report of the Recreation *and Park Work Group , " Recreation and Park Issues <br /> in Orange County , NC , " January 1996 , Appendix 1 : Park Classification and <br /> Land Area Requirements Comparison . <br />