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organization capable of dissolution only by a 100% affirmative vote of the membership, operated under recorded land agreements through which each lot owner in the neighborhood is automatically a member, and each lot is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of expenses for maintaining the facilities; and (c) Use of the private open space is restricted for park and recreation purposes by recorded covenant which runs with the land in favor of the future owners of the property and which cannot be defeated or eliminated without the consent of the City or its successor; and (d) The proposed private open space is reasonably adaptable for use for active recreational purposes, taking into consideration such factors as size, shape, topography, geology, access, and location; and (e) Facilities proposed for the open space are in substantial accordance with the provisions of the recreation element of the general plan; and (f) The open space for which credit is given is generally a minimum of three acres and provides all of the local park basic elements listed below, or a combination of such and other recreation improvements that will meet the specific recreation needs of the future residents of the area: (1) Recreational open spaces, which are generally defined as parks areas for active recreation pursuits such as soccer, golf, baseball, softball, and football, and have at least one acre of maintained turf with less than 10% slope. (2) Court areas, which are generally defined as tennis courts, badminton courts, shuffleboard courts or similar hard-surfaced areas especially designed and exclusively used for court games. (3) Recreational swimming areas, which are defined generally as fenced areas devoted primarily to swimming, diving, or both. They must also include decks, lawned area, bathhouses, or other facilities developed and used exclusively for swimming and diving and consisting of no less than 15 square feet of water surface area for each 3% of the population of the subdivision with a minimum of 800 square feet of water surface area per pool together with an adjacent deck and/or lawn area twice that of the pool. (4) Recreation buildings and facilities designed and primarily used for the recreational needs of residents of the development.