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but not including the 271 -acre natural Mountain Park. <br />This Master Plan uses these basic park types for the analysis of needs and <br />That while there is no <br />inherent relation between <br />projections of future facilities. <br />space and children, and the <br />exact amount of space <br />2.3 LEVELS -OF- SERVICE AS A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF <br />required cannot be <br />EXISTING PARK FACILITIES <br />determined, it is our belief <br />that the present London <br />Today, Durango has 32 public parks and recreation areas totaling over 200 acres', <br />requirement of 30 square <br />with 170 acres currently developed and approximately 37 acres of land committed <br />feet of playground for each <br />to park development but as yet undeveloped. A tabulation of each park facility is <br />child of the school is the <br />provided in the Appendix. <br />minimum with which the <br />proper amount of light, air <br />and space for play and <br />Using the Park Types described above, Durango's inventory of parks and special <br />gymnastics can be secured. <br />facilities is shown in Table 2. The level -of- service for each park type is shown. A <br />level -of- service is the ratio of parks, or facilities, to the population. It is usually <br />1906. Playground Association <br />expressed in the form of facilities -per- thousand population. For example, if a <br />ofAmeiica <br />community has 30 acres of parks for a population of 10,000, it has a level of <br />service of 3.0. That is, a park level -of- service of 3.0 indicates that there are 3 acres <br />of parks per thousand population. <br />but not including the 271 -acre natural Mountain Park. <br />