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r 6 1985 BOOK felt if we took out the word "enclosed" and substituted 59 2 "partially enclosed," this would help. This was agreed on. Attorney O'Haire next brought up Paragraph 7.a. Minimum Recreation Areas Required. He understood from staff that the figures used were taken from a Broward County standard of five acres for 1,000 residents'. He did not feel this was sufficient or appropriate for our county and suggested at a very minimum ten acres per 1,000 residents. Attorney Brandenburg noted that the open space requirement should not be confused with the recreation space requirement, which is much greater. Attorney O'Haire still felt 1,000 residents should have more than five acres of recreation space, preferably ten acres. Director Keating stated that this was another item discussed extensively. Staff looked at it from the standpoint that there will be advantages both to the county and the applicant to go through the PRD, and they felt if the requirements are made too burdensome, it will serve as a deterrent and keep people from using this. Commissioner Bird felt you can put a -lot of recreation facilities on five acres. Vice Chairman Scurlock noted that this relates to residents per acre, and if you figure two residents per acre, in a situation such as Grand Harbor, for instance, where you are talking about 3,000 units, you would be talking about 60 acres of recreation area, not open space. Mr. McKnight urged the Board not to adjust the threshold of ten acres for those PBDs which are required to provide a certain amount of recreation space, which he felt was very properly set in the proposed ordinance. Attorney Brandenburg noted the five acre per 1,000 resident requirement standard was set up in a Broward County impact fee ordinance and was backed up by a very large recreation impact fee 54