Real or personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised, or conveyed to the city for the purpose of the improvement or ornamentation of any park, pleasure ground, boulevard, parkway, avenue, driveway, or road or for the establishment or maintenance in parks or pleasure grounds of museums, zoological or other gardens, collections of natural history, observatories, libraries, monuments, or works of art upon such trusts or conditions as may be approved by the commission. All such property or the rents, issues, and profits thereof shall be subject to the exclusive management and control of the commission. Lands or interests in land given or devised to such city for the purposes mentioned in this section shall be accepted or refused by ordinance passed by the governing body.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1176, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 31-25-202 and 31-25-212 as they existed prior to 1975.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 25 - Public Improvements
§ 31-25-201. Cities May Establish Parks - Recreational Facilities - Conservation Easements
§ 31-25-202. Acquisition by Purchase
§ 31-25-203. Acquisition by Purchase - Petition of Electors - Bonds - Park Bonds
§ 31-25-204. Acquisition by Condemnation
§ 31-25-205. Bequests for Park Purposes
§ 31-25-206. Park Commissioners - Vacancies
§ 31-25-207. Members Serve Without Compensation - No Interest in Contracts
§ 31-25-208. Meetings - Quorum
§ 31-25-209. Secretary - Salary - Duties
§ 31-25-210. Office of Commission - Supplies
§ 31-25-211. Superintendent of Parks - Assistants - Salaries
§ 31-25-212. Expenditures for Park Purposes
§ 31-25-213. Fiscal Year - Annual Report
§ 31-25-214. Park Fund - Certified Vouchers
§ 31-25-215. Maximum Tax Levy - Moneys Credited
§ 31-25-216. Cities Control Park Grounds Outside Limits