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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="17-403" title_number="17" title_name="Powers and Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission has received property as a gift under the last will of Violet Blair Janin to establish a public park in memory of Jesup Blair.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The property received under paragraph (1) of this subsection is the portion of the farm, “The Moorings”, from the trees fronting on Georgia Avenue and Blair Road, including all improvements.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In accordance with the conditions set forth in the will, the Commission shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>make ample provision for the maintenance of the property as a public park;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>unless it is absolutely necessary to remove trees in connection with the laying out of the public park, preserve all of the trees on the property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>replace any trees on the property that are destroyed or die.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may possess, manage, control, and maintain the property as a public park and memorial to Jesup Blair by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>preserving trees on the property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>maintaining good order in the public park;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>building and maintaining roads, buildings, and conveniences as necessary or advisable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>replacing trees that die or are destroyed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>taking other actions necessary to maintain the public park in good condition and carry out the purposes of the gift.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission shall make yearly expenditures from the general revenues of the Commission received under this division to pay the cost of the maintenance, development, and use of the public park as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this division.</text>
  </level>
</section>
