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PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE

This designation includes the locations of government-owned and maintained public parks, designed for both active and
passive recreational enjoyment, along with similar private sites. Some sites are developed with a variety of facilities and
amenities while others have limited improvements and will be developed over time or remain in a more natural state.

Primary Land Use Types
– Public parks, greenways, trails and open space.
– Public recreation areas and facilities, both outdoor and indoor.
– Private recreation areas and facilties, both outdoor and indoor.

Maybury State Park between Eight Mile Road, Beck Road, Seven Mile Road and Napier Road.

Characteristics
– As with any public facility, the design, intensity of development and planned uses/activities within parks should
match area character (e.g., public squares/plazas in Urban downtowns relative to recreational play and sports-
focused parks in Suburban character areas and nature-oriented parks for passive recreation in Estate Residential and
Rural areas).
– Public parkland theoretically will remain so in perpetuity compared to other public property and buildings that can
transition to private ownership at some point.

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