Sec. 4. Trading of City Mountain Preserve property.
a. City-owned real property within any City Mountain Preserve may be traded for other real property upon approval by the City Council by ordinance prior to January 1, 1989 in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section.
b. No trade of City-owned real property within any City Mountain Preserve shall be approved unless the City Council finds that the trade is consistent with the following criteria:
1. The transaction shall contribute land of equal or greater value to the Mountain Preserve.
2. The total Mountain Preserve acreage shall be increased.
3. Access for the public shall not be unreasonably impaired.
4. Trail access shall be improved or not impaired.
5. All property acquired shall be contiguous to existing Mountain Preserve boundaries.
6. Neighborhoods adjacent to exchange parcels shall be enhanced to the extent possible and such neighborhoods shall be notified of Parks Board and City Council hearings on proposed trades in a manner similar to the notice provided for zoning hearings.
7. Mountain Preserve property exchanged by the City to acquire additional property shall be conveyed with the condition that the property be used only for purposes compatible with the uses of adjacent Mountain Preserve property and all property acquired by the City shall become part of the Mountain Preserve.
8. Any adopted Mountain Preserve Master Plan shall be reviewed in connection with any trade of Mountain Preserve property.
(Election of 11-5-1985)