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Comprehensive Plan Recreation and Open Space Element <br />Table 10.1: Parkland Facility Characteristics and Standards <br />Population <br />Area Per <br />Park <br />Park Facility <br />Location <br />Service Area <br />Served <br />1,000 <br />Adjoining <br />Size <br />Typical Facilities <br />Population <br />School <br />30 minutes to <br />Minimum of <br />Regional Park or <br />In a large urban area or <br />1 hour driving <br />Over <br />100,000 <br />250 acres, <br />CampinegAture, walking & biking paths, picnicking, and <br />Urban District <br />on its periphery <br />time <br />20 Acres <br />upward to <br />other facilities not requiring intensive development <br />Park <br />10 miles <br />several <br />thousand acres <br />Ne'hborhood <br />Neighborhood area <br />Minimum <br />Minimum of 5 <br />Play apparatus areas, recreation buildings, sports fields, paved <br />Par <br />adjacent to elementary <br />1/4 -'/2 mile <br />Up to 5,000 <br />2 acres <br />2 <br />multi-purpose courts, senior citizens area, picnic area, open or <br />school when feasible <br />of acres <br />acres <br />free play area, landscaping <br />Designed to serve <br />All the facilities found in a neighborhood park plus facilities to <br />Community Park <br />residents adjacent to Jr. <br />h to 3 miles <br />Up to 5,000 <br />2 acres <br />Minimum <br />Minimum of 20 <br />service the entire family. Pools, softball/baseball fields, tennis <br />or Sr. high school when <br />Of 5 acres <br />acres <br />courts, play areas, picnic areas, passive and active recreation <br />feasible <br />areas, and recreation buildings <br />30 minutes to <br />Designed primarily for a specific purpose such as swimming, <br />Near or contiguous to1/10 <br />1 hour driving <br />acre <br />boating or camping. Locations are contiguous to, or <br />Specialty Park <br />p Ty <br />natural resources <br />time <br />I acre <br />N/A <br />encompass, natural resources. <br />Beach Park <br />Contiguous to Ocean <br />30 minutes to <br />1 hour driving <br />.5 acre <br />N/A <br />Designed to provide beach access, parking, and other facilities. <br />time <br />Community Development Department Indian River County <br />