§ 1009. Gifts.  


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  • Real or personal property, or the income from such property, may be granted, bequeathed, devised or conveyed to the City for the purpose of the establishment, improvement or ornamentation of parks, parkways or boulevards, or for the establishment or maintenance in any park, or zoological, horticultural or other gardens, observatories, monuments or works of art, or other park purposes, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the grantors or donors and agreed to by the City Council and the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Real estate may be devised or conveyed to the city for the purpose of establishing or making additions to parks, parkways or boulevards, or additions, upon conditions, including exemption from the payment of benefits or assessments for local improvements, as may be prescribed by the grantors or donors; provided, that the location of the real estate be acceptable and the conditions of the conveyance be agreed to by the City Council and the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners.

Editor's note

This section becomes effective on March 1, 2007.