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(A) Every subdivision shall conform to the requirements and objectives of the General Plan, or any parts thereof, as adopted by the Board and the Council, to the Zoning Code, to the design guidelines of the City and to other ordinances and regulations of the City and to the Arizona Revised Statutes. All public works infrastructure construction or repair shall be accomplished in accordance with the Uniform Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction and the Uniform Standard Details for Public Works Construction as sponsored and distributed by the Maricopa Association of Governments, as amended thereby from time to time, except as modified by the adoption of the City of Goodyear Engineering Design Standards and Policies Manual and Supplemental Standard Details for Public Works Construction. When any portions thereof disagree with the requirements as described in the City code, the City code shall govern.

(B) Land areas within a subdivision shall be reserved for parks, recreational facilities, school sites and other public facilities, including fire stations, open space lands or open areas and flood control facilities, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The requirements may only be made upon Preliminary Plats filed at least 30 days after the adoption of a general or specific plan affecting the land area to be reserved;

(2) The required reservations are in accordance with definite principles and standards adopted by the City Council;

(3) The land area reserved shall be of such a size and shape as to permit the remainder of the land area of the subdivision within which the reservation is located to develop in an orderly and efficient manner;

(4) The land area reserved shall be in such multiples of streets and parcels as to permit an efficient division of the reserved area in the event that it is not acquired within the prescribed period;

(5) The public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved shall have a period of one year after recording the final subdivision plat to enter into an agreement to acquire such reserved land area. The purchase price shall be the fair market value thereof at the time of the filing of the preliminary subdivision plat plus the taxes against such reserved area from the date of the reservation and any other costs incurred by the subdivider in the maintenance of such reserved area, including interest cost incurred on any loan covering such reserved area;

(6) If the public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved does not exercise the reservation agreement set forth in this article within such one year period or such extended period as may be mutually agreed upon by such public agency and the subdivider, the reservation of such area shall terminate.

(C) Land which is subject to periodic flooding, land which cannot be properly drained or other land which, in the opinion of the Board, is unsuitable for subdivision use, shall not be subdivided, except that the Board may approve subdivision of such land upon receipt of evidence from the County Health Department or City Engineer that the construction of specific improvements can be expected to render the land suitable; thereafter, construction upon such land shall be prohibited until the specified improvements have been planned and construction guaranteed. (Prior Code, § 15-3-1) (Am. Ord. 90-319, passed 9-25-1990; Am. Ord. 12-1272, passed 12-10-2012)