A. 
In reviewing subdivision plans, the Borough Planning Commission shall consider whether community facilities, especially public open spaces, in the area are adequate to serve the needs of the additional dwellings proposed by the subdivision and shall make such report thereon as it deems necessary in the public interest.
B. 
Subdividers shall give earnest consideration to the desirability of providing or reserving areas for facilities normally required in residential neighborhoods, including churches, libraries, schools and other public buildings; parks, playgrounds and playfields; shopping and local business centers. Areas provided or reserved for such community facilities should be adequate to provide for building sites, landscaping and off-street parking as appropriate to the use proposed. Prior to the preparation of plans, subdividers of any tract should review with the Planning Commission the minimum standards for various community facilities applicable to the tract being subdivided.
C. 
In subdivisions which are intended to provide housing for more than two families, the borough shall consider the need for suitable open areas for recreation and shall make a recommendation thereon. Standards to be used by the Planning Commission in requesting the reservation of space for recreation shall be in accordance with the following equation. Said open spaces shall be owned and maintained in a manner acceptable to the Borough Council.
Families/Dwellings to be Served
Minimum Playground and Neighborhood Park Acreage
2 to 25
10% of total tract
For each additional 10 families or fractions thereof
1% of total tract
D. 
As an alternative to Subsection C, the Council may require a fee in lieu of land reservation if the set-aside requirement, when applied to a particular tract of land, is illogical or impractical in terms of the criteria and standards established in this subsection. Such fee shall be required to help the borough defray the eventual costs of providing public open space and public recreational facilities to serve the residents of the borough.
E. 
Fee in lieu of reservation standards.
(1) 
The amount of any fee in lieu of land for open space shall be equal to the average fair market value of the land otherwise required by Subsection C, or the proportional equivalent thereof. The formula to be used in computing the fee shall be:
DU
--
50
x average F.M.V. of average lot value within subdivision = Fee
DU = number of dwelling units; F.M.V. = fair market value
(2) 
Determination of the market value of the land shall be the responsibility of the applicant and shall result in a reasonable value acceptable to the Borough Council.
(3) 
All moneys collected in lieu of land reservation shall be kept in a borough open space capital reserve fund, which shall be used solely for the acquisition of open space land or capital improvements for open space and park and recreation purposes within the borough at locations consistent with the open space plans of the borough.
(4) 
The Borough Council reserves the right by resolution to change the fee in lieu of reservation standards from time to time.
F. 
Open space characteristics and design standards. In designating areas for open space and recreation within the subdivision or land development plan, the following criteria and standards shall be adhered to by the applicant. Areas shall be:
(1) 
Consistent with the borough's Comprehensive Plan.
(2) 
Suitable for active recreational uses to the extent deemed necessary by the Council, without interfering with adjacent dwellings units, parking, driveways and roads.
(3) 
Comprised of no more than 30% environmentally sensitive lands (including floodplains, wetlands, woodlands, slopes exceeding 15% and surface waters).
(4) 
Comprised of areas not less than 50 feet in width and not less than 5,000 square feet of contiguous area, except when part of a trail system or pathway network.
(5) 
Interconnected with common open space areas on abutting parcels wherever possible, including provisions for pedestrian pathways for general public use.
(6) 
Provided with sufficient perimeter parking when necessary and with safe and convenient access by adjoining street frontage.
(7) 
Undivided by any public or private streets, except where necessary for proper traffic circulation and then only upon recommendation of the Borough Engineer and Planning Commission.
(8) 
Free of all structures, except those related to outdoor recreational use.
(9) 
Suitably landscaped either by retaining existing natural cover and wooded areas and/or by a landscaping plan for enhancing open space areas through plantings which are consistent with the purposes of this section and which minimize maintenance costs.
(10) 
Made subject to such agreement with the borough and such deed restrictions duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds as may be required by the Council for the purpose of preserving the common open space for such use.
A. 
Such park and recreational areas are to be located in a manner to best serve the public likely to use the same and to utilize to the greatest degree any topographical features.
B. 
If the plan indicates any park or recreational area within the area covered, the applicant shall also indicate on the plan and by such additional supporting data as may be necessary in what manner the park or recreational area will be maintained. Such area shall also be marked with at least two monuments, so placed as to be an engineering aid in locating and establishing the boundaries thereof.
The applicant shall also indicate his willingness or unwillingness to dedicate such park or recreational areas to the borough or County of Delaware whenever the streets are offered for dedication. There shall be no duty upon the borough to accept such park or recreational areas.