By Laura Mueller, Ottawa Community News, April 17, 2014
The city is looking at getting out of the business of building new suburban
parks and instead letting developers do the work. That's a proposal being looked
at as part of an internal review of the city's development charges bylaw.
Developers already pay for the parks to be built - it's part of the charge for
development, which covers the construction of new infrastructure and facilities
needed to support the larger population when a new development goes in. via
Developers could be tapped to build city parks.