Delaware Code
Title 9 - Counties
Chapter 6. SUBURBAN PARKS AND RECREATION

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 601. Purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure...

§ 602. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Clerk of the county...

§ 603. Tax exemption of parks and recreation areas. - All land and property which shall be held, laid out...

§ 604. Application of chapter. - (a) This chapter shall apply only in Kent and Sussex...

Subchapter II. County Park and Recreation Commissions

§ 610. Creation; membership; terms; qualifications; vacancy. - (a) The county government of any county may establish a...

§ 611. Organization; officers. - Within 10 days after the commission has been appointed the...

§ 612. Powers and duties. - (a) The commission shall provide, maintain, develop and promote recreational...

§ 613. Compensation; expenses. - The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but...

§ 614. Rules and regulations. - Subject to the approval of the county government, the commission...

§ 615. Office space. - The county government shall furnish suitable and appropriate office space...

§ 616. Limitation upon authority. - No provision of this chapter shall be construed as intending...

Subchapter III. Formation of Suburban Park Community and Election

§ 625. Petition to county government; who may petition; contents. - Fifty percent of the freeholders resident in a proposed suburban...

§ 626. Study of suburban park community plan by commission; hearings; notice; recommendations to county government. - (a) Promptly upon the filing of a prescribed petition, the...

§ 627. Determination of status by county government. - Within 15 days after receipt by the county government of...

§ 628. Preparation of survey, plans, specifications and estimates. - Immediately after the determination by the county government that a...

§ 629. Limitation on cost of park and improvements. - If the estimated cost of the park or recreation area...

§ 630. Election to approve suburban park community and authorize bond issue. - (a) Upon the submission by said commission to the county...

§ 631. Notice of election. - Notice of the time and place of such election shall...

§ 632. Place of holding election; times; manner of voting. - The election shall be held at such place in the...

§ 633. Tabulating votes; certificate of result. - Promptly after the holding of the election, the judge of...

§ 634. Formation of suburban park community by county government. - Upon approval by the election the county government shall immediately...

Subchapter IV. County Bonds; Assessments and Costs

§ 650. Bonds; power of county government to issue; terms. - (a) The county government may issue bonds of the county...

§ 651. Special sinking fund. - The county government shall promptly deposit all funds received from...

§ 652. Cancellation of bonds. - The county government may adopt such procedure as it deems...

§ 653. Payment and retirement of bonds. - Prior to the time of the retirement of the bonds,...

§ 654. Assessment. - (a) The county government shall levy a tax for each...

§ 655. Costs of parks, improvements and maintenance. - The cost of acquiring, improving and maintaining of any park...

Subchapter V. Acquisition, Improvement and Maintenance of Park Areas

§ 670. Acquisition of land for parks; title and ownership; gifts. - (a) The county government may take or acquire by condemnation...

§ 671. Contracts for improvements; competitive bids. - (a) The commission shall proceed to arrange for the contracts...

§ 672. Awarding of contracts; procedure. - Upon the opening of the sealed proposals, the county government,...

§ 673. Supervision by commission; duty to maintain; payment procedures; fences between parks and railroads. - (a) After the awarding of the contracts, all work performed...

Subchapter VI. Revision of Suburban Park Community

§ 680. Revision of established suburban park community; expansion and alteration of park or recreation areas; notice; additional funds. - (a) Where the county government has already established a suburban...