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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1526 PAGE THREE SECTION 5: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 35- 113, which said section reads as follows: 35-113 Exemption Any person otherwise subject to payment of fees pursuant to section 35-110 with respect to the residential development of a specific area of land, shall be exempt from such payment if the owner thereof offers to dedicate a portion thereof to the City for park or recreational purposes, and if the City Council determines to accept such dedication; provided, however, that, at any time prior to the acceptance of such an offer of dedication, the City and such person may enter into an agreement providing for payment of a stipulated monetary contribution to the appropriate park acquisition and development fund in addition to such dedication, in which case the exemption granted by this section shall be conditional upon such person's compliance with the terms and conditions of such agreement. SECTION 6: That the title of Article VIII of Chapter 34 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is amended to read as follows: ARTICLE VIII. REGULATIONS FOR DEDICATION OF LAND FOR PARK OR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES SECTION 7: That section 34-200 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, Ks hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 34-200 Purpose This article is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by section 66477 of the Subdivision Map Act, for the purpose of requiring the dedication of land for park and recreational element of the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 8: That section 34-201 of the Santa Aha Municipal code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 34-201 Requirements As a condition of approval of a final subdivision map for any subdivision containing more than fifty (50) parcels proposed for residential use, the subdivider may be required to dedicate land for park and recreational purposes at the time of approval of such final map according to the standards contained in this article. SECTION 9: That section 34-202 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 34-202 Standards Dedication of land shall be required under this article if the City Council finds and determines that the park or recreational facilities which the dedication is to provide are in accordance with definite principles and standards contained in the recreational element of the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana, and that the amount and location of the land to be dedicated bears a reasonable relationship to the use of the park or recreational facilities by the future inhabitants of the subdivision. Such findings, if made, shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council at the time of approval of the tentative map, which resolution shall also contain a schedule specifying how and when the City will use the land to develop park or recreational facilities.