17.147.040 Recreational facility requirements

17.147.040 Recreational facility requirements.

(1) The purpose of the recreation areas is to provide adequate recreational facilities to serve the residents of the development. Each new residential development of 10 units or more shall provide, at a minimum, facilities from the following list. The number of facilities that must be provided from this list shall be based on the number of dwelling units that are to be built in the development, as provided in subsection (2) of this section. A development may not provide two or more of the same facility unless more than five facilities are provided.

(a) Playground area that meets ASTM standards, consisting of four pieces of playground equipment including swings, slide, and climber, or a single piece of equipment that provides at least four different activities;

(b) Picnic area, consisting of at least five picnic tables with benches, five barbecues, and five secured in-place trash containers. This picnic area shall have shade trees;

(d) Softball field to Amateur Softball Association of America requirements;

(e) Multipurpose court to city of Stanwood requirements;

(f) A tennis court constructed to United States Lawn Tennis Association requirements or a pickleball court;

(g) A swimming pool area with a minimum of an 800-square foot pool, a 3,200-square foot deck, and, as a minimum, a six-foot high perimeter fence;

(h) A one-quarter mile running track to National Collegiate Athletic Association requirements;

(i) Two volleyball courts;

(j) A soccer field to United States Youth Soccer Association requirements;

(k) Two handball courts to United States Handball Association requirements;

(l) Exercise course to city of Stanwood requirements;

(m) Historical site with interpretive signage.

(2) The number of required recreational facilities shall be dependent on the total number of dwelling units approved for the residential project. The following table indicates the number of required recreational facilities relative to the size of the residential project:

Minimum Recreational Facility Requirements in Residential Developments
Number of Approved Dwelling Units in Project	Minimum Number of Required Recreational Facilities
10 – 50	1
51 – 100	2
101 – 150	3
151 – 200	4
201 – 250	5
251 – 300	6
301 – 350	7
351 – 400	8
401 – 450	9
more than 450	10

(3) Notwithstanding the above table, certain facilities shall be suggested when the number of dwelling units reaches specified levels in residential developments. In these developments, the suggested facilities may be counted toward the required recreational provisions enumerated in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(m) of this section.

The following table indicates those facilities that are suggested for the various types of residential developments and at what dwelling unit provision level they may be required:

Suggested Recreational Facility Requirements in Residential Developments
Minimum Dwelling Unit Recreational Facility Provision Levels
Baseball or Softball Field	100 (Single-Family, Duplex or Combination of Single-Family and Duplex Projects only)
Tennis or Basketball Courts (2)	75 (All Residential Developments)
Multipurpose Court	50 (All Residential Developments)
Swimming Pool	200 (All Residential Developments)

(4) If an applicant wishes to provide recreational facilities in a manner that is not consistent with these standards, this shall be allowed, if, in the opinion of the planning director, the proposed deviation from these standards will be equivalent to the requirements contained herein. (Ord. 1098 § 2, 2001; Ord. 948, 1996; Ord. 929 Ch. 10(M)(4), 1995).