Community Parks
Community Parks generally serve a neighbourhood park function for those in the immediate area, but also serve a population of approximately 12,000 people within a three kilometer radius.
Community parks should:
- Be two hectares to six hectares in size dependent on the population they are serving
- Be centrally located within the neighbourhoods they serve
- Have access to a major collector roadway with roadway frontage on all sides.
To achieve economies of scale, development in conjunction with a school is optimal therefore joint-use agreements are necessary to minimize tax implications on our citizens.
Typical development may include:
- Playgrounds
- multi-recreational courts (tennis, basketball, hockey, lacrosse)
- sportsfields with minimal booking
- washrooms
- trails
- park security lighting
- passive open space
- park furniture
- irrigated turf, trees and shrubs
- on-site parking to serve the population the amenities attract
- a gate which is locked at night.
Generally these sites do not have high intensity sport lighting due to the impact on adjacent neighbourhood residents, however lighting of tennis or multi-courts does occur. These sites are designed to be used from dawn to dusk to limit the impact on the surrounding community, and they are serviced by all utilities.
