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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas
<br />Future Land Use
<br />Park
<br />Function
<br />Service
<br />Desirable
<br />Acres /
<br />Desirable Site
<br />Category
<br />Area
<br />Size
<br />1,000
<br />Characteristics
<br />Po .
<br />Neighborhood
<br />Area for in[ense recreational
<br />1/4 to'/z-mile
<br />15+ acres
<br />1.0 to 2.0
<br />Suited for intense
<br />Park/Playground
<br />activities, such as field
<br />radius to
<br />acres
<br />development. Easily
<br />games, court games, crafts
<br />serve a
<br />accessible to neighborhood
<br />playground appazatus uea,
<br />population up
<br />population, geographically
<br />skating, picnicking, wadino
<br />to 5,000, such
<br />centered with safe walking
<br />pools, etc.
<br />as in a
<br />and bike access. May be
<br />neighborhood
<br />developed as a school-park
<br />.
<br />facility.
<br />Community Park
<br />Area of diverse
<br />Several
<br />25+ acres
<br />5.0 to 8.0
<br />May include natural features>
<br />environmental qualities. May
<br />neigh-
<br />acres
<br />such as water bodies and
<br />include areas suited for
<br />borhoods. 1
<br />areas suited for intense
<br />intense recreational facilities,
<br />to 2 mile
<br />development. Easily
<br />such as athletic complexes or
<br />radius
<br />accessible to the community
<br />lazge swimming pools. May
<br />served.
<br />be an area of natural quality
<br />for outdoor recreation, such
<br />as walking, viewing, sitting.
<br />picnicking. May be any
<br />combination of the above,
<br />depending upon site
<br />suitability and community
<br />need.
<br />RegionaUMetro-
<br />Area of natural or ornamental
<br />Communities
<br />200+ acres
<br />12.0 to
<br />Contiguous to or
<br />politan Park
<br />qualities for outdoor
<br />within 1 hour
<br />18.0
<br />encompassing natural
<br />recreation, such as
<br />driving time.
<br />acres
<br />resources.
<br />picnicking, boa[ing, fishing,
<br />swimming, camping and trail
<br />uses; may include play areas.
<br />Regional Park
<br />Area of natural quali[ies for
<br />Communities
<br />1,000+ acres;
<br />Variable
<br />Diverse or unique natural
<br />Reserve
<br />nature-oriented outdoor
<br />within 1 hour
<br />sufficient
<br />resources, such as takes,
<br />recreation, such as viewing,
<br />driving time.
<br />area to
<br />streams, marshes, flora,
<br />and studying nature, wildlife
<br />encompass
<br />fauna, topography.
<br />habitat, conservation,
<br />the resource
<br />swimming, picnicking,
<br />to be
<br />hiking, fishing, boating,
<br />preserved
<br />camping and trail uses. May
<br />and
<br />include active play areas.
<br />managed.
<br />Generally, 80% of the land is
<br />reserved for conservation and
<br />natural resource
<br />management, with less than
<br />20% used for recreation
<br />development.
<br />Linear Park
<br />Area developed for one or
<br />No
<br />Sufficient
<br />Variable
<br />Built or natural corridors,
<br />more varying modes of
<br />applicable
<br />width to
<br />such as utility rights-of-way,
<br />recreational travel, such as
<br />standard.
<br />protect the
<br />bluff liens, vegetation
<br />hiking, biking, horseback
<br />resource and
<br />patterns, and roads that link
<br />riding, cross-country skiing,
<br />provide
<br />other components of the
<br />canoeing and pleasure
<br />maximum
<br />recreation system or
<br />driving. May include active
<br />use.
<br />community facilities, such as
<br />play areas and can link one
<br />schooi, libraries, commercial
<br />or more of the above
<br />areas, and other park areas.
<br />categories of parks.
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