Sec. 212.206. REQUEST FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION DETERMINATION. (a) A landowner may, at the landowner's sole discretion, make a written request to a municipality that the municipality make a timely determination of the dedication amount the municipality will impose under the municipality's parkland dedication requirements as applied to the landowner's property being considered for development. (b) A municipality may make a reasonable written request to the landowner for additional information that is: (1) publicly and readily available; and (2) necessary to provide a determination under this section. (c) A municipality shall respond in writing to a request made under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the municipality receives a completed request. If the municipality fails to respond in accordance with this subsection, the municipality may not require a parkland dedication as a condition of approval of a proposed plan or application for property that is the subject of the request. (d) A parkland dedication determination issued under this section: (1) is a legally binding determination of the amount of the landowner's parkland dedication for the property that is the subject of the determination; and (2) is applicable to the property that is the subject of the determination for a period that is the lesser of: (A) two years; or (B) the time between the date the determination is issued and the date a plan application is filed that uses or relies on the determination. (e) A landowner may release in writing a municipality from a determination made under this section.
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