acted on by the LMPRD . Both a driving range and a family and / or beginners golf center were absent from Louisville ’ s range of recreational facilities and could become revenue generators in the mid to long term .
Grants
In 1995 , there was a great variety of grant programs available through state and federal government agencies . The LMPRD had traditionally pursued these funding sources , for example through the federal Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program , and obviously expected to continue doing so . Continued monitoring of upcoming grant sources was recommended to provide the best opportunity for securing monies from programs which inevitably have financial caps , are often competitive , and may expire once all the funds have been allocated . For example , the monies then available for “ enhancement ” projects such as a trails or bikeway improvements under the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act had almost all been allocated . One potential grant source which emerged in 1993 was the National Recreational Trails Fund Grant Program , funded through the Federal Highway Administration . This program is still in effect and is intended to provide States with funds to construct and maintain recreational trails . Other significant grant fund sources include Community Block Grants , federal transportation reimbursements funds and competitive grants from the Kentucky Land Heritage Conservation Fund .
B2 . Development Controls and Regulations
Park Dedication and / or In-Lieu Fees
In many communities throughout the United States the provision of public park and open space areas to serve new development is secured , at least in part , through requirements for the dedication of land by the developer or the levy of an in-lieu fee where appropriate land is not available within the parcel being developed . While land dedication or in-lieu fees are most common for residential development , in some communities impact fees are also levied on commercial and industrial development for the provision of recreational facilities which serve the workforce .
The Louisville Development Code mentions public park land dedication as a possible component of major new subdivisions , but does not make such dedication a requirement ( Article 3 , Standards of Design for Major Subdivisions , Item 3.60 , Public Areas ). There is no inlieu park fee , or “ development impact fee ” currently levied in Jefferson County .
Parkland dedication requirements placed on residential subdivisions and related on-lieu fees offer some potential for financing of capital projects in Louisville . The 1995 Plan noted that such requirements would have to be kept to a reasonable level in order to minimize the possibility of new development avoiding Louisville and moving “ leap-frog ” to adjacent counties .
Revenues or land dedication requirements would be determined by park standards and average land values . As a rough estimate , if one assumed that 60,000 of the projected
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