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Lancaster County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

6A-9

Open space requirements.

6A-9-1. Thirty percent of the gross site area shall be common open space. This area shall not include any residential parking areas or road coverage areas.

6A-9-2. All single-family attached developments and multiple family developments shall set aside five percent of suitable land on the site to be developed for active recreational use by its residents. This area may be part of the site's required open space but shall be physically suitable to accommodate activities for all age groups within the development, and appropriately located for use by all its residents.

6A-9-3. Provisions for common open space shall be approved subject to the submission of legal instrument{s) setting forth a plan or manner of permanent care and maintenance of such areas. No such instrument(s) shall be acceptable until approved by the county attorney and/or zoning administrator as to legal form, effect, and suitability of the proposed use of the open area(s).

(Ord. of 4-30-09; Ord. of 10-27-16(2); Ord. of 1-25-24(1); Ord. of 7-25-2024(5))