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Area
Desirable
Size
Acres/1000
Residents
Neighborhood
Parks
to Mile
5-15 Acres
1 to 2
Acres
Community
Parks
1-2 Miles
25+ Acres
5 to 8
Acres
Regional
Parks
Special Use
Areas
Several
Communities
No
Applicable
Standards
200+ Acres
5 to 10
Acres
Variable
Variable
Depending
on use
Occupancy Standards
Facility
Persons/HA at
any one time
Daily
turnover rate
Persons/HA
per day
Persons/Acre
per day
Dense picnic
site
200300
1.52
300600
120240
Lightly USED
picnic site
40100
1.52
60200
2580
Playing fields
50100
23
100300
40120
Urban parks
150200
34
450--800
180320
Based on NRPA and the 1995 Comprehensive Plan for Frederick recommendations, the
City of Frederick shows an overall deficit of local developed open space at 2000
population (See Table 3).
Assessment
Total Parkland
Community Parks
Neighborhood Parks
Total Parks Need
Existing
Deficit
Level of Service
Community Parks
Need
Existing
Deficit
Level of Service
Neighborhood Parks
Need
Existing
Deficit
Level of Service
Comprehensive
Plan
15 acres/1000
10 acres/1000
5 acres/1000
792
437
355
8.2 acres/1000
528
NRPA
10 acres/1000
8 acres/1000
2 acres/1000
528
437
91
8.2 acres/1000
424
321.5
207.5
6.1 acres/1000
264
321.5
102.5
6.1 acres/1000
106
115.6
148.4
2.2 acres/1000
115.6
+8.4
2.2 acres/1000
Persons/km at
the same time
Daily
turnover rate
Persons/km
per day
500
5
10
4
4
4
2000
200
40
10
10
10-20
6-20
2
0.5
3-5
4
20
5
20-50
25-85
2-5
2.5-8
Source: Baud-Bovy & Johnson. 1998. Tourism and Recreation Handbook of Planning and Design,
Boston, Architectural Press. 287 pp.