The subdivider shall dedicate to Shenandoah
County all land required for streets and alleys as provided in this
chapter.
[Amended 12-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
A.Â
Where the size of the subdivision warrants, the subdivider shall
dedicate to Shenandoah County such reasonable amount of land for parking
lots, parks, playgrounds, schools and fire stations, and for preserving
outstanding natural or historic features, as the agent finds necessary
to protect the safety (fire and traffic hazards considered) and general
public welfare of the area.
B.Â
Also, the agent may require the subdivider to reserve, for not more
than seven years, areas for churches, libraries, municipal buildings
and similar public and semipublic uses on a reimbursement basis.
C.Â
The reimbursement required shall not exceed the proportionate cost,
plus 5% per annum, plus a profit not to exceed 10%.
D.Â
The size, location and character of land dedicated or reserved, if any, shall be determined by the Administrator after consultation with the subdivider, consideration of the purpose of this chapter (§ 142-1), Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map of Shenandoah County, and consideration of any related objectives approved by the Board of Supervisors and Shenandoah County.
If reserved land is not purchased within a period
of time of the reservation it may be sold as lots for the same purposes
for which the subdivision was platted. To facilitate such possible
eventual sale of the reserve land as separate lots, the subdivider
shall show on his final plat, by dotted lines, the sizes and dimensions
of lots to be created within the boundaries of any such reserved land
and may sell such lots after the expiration date of the reservation,
by lot number, without filing an amended plat.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
mean that land set aside or reserved for commercial or industrial
purposes may be so used unless such use is in conformity with the
requirements of any existing zoning or other applicable ordinances.
