§ 4-1401. Functions.

The Department of Property Management, headed by the Director of Property Management, shall:

(1)

Maintain all buildings owned or operated by the City for a public purpose and perform all custodial functions in connection therewith; provided that where buildings are occupied exclusively by a single officer, department or board, the Director of Property Management, the Chief Administrative Officer or the Mayor may assign to the occupant responsibility for the performance of custodial functions in such buildings.

(2)

Manage and have custody of all immovable property in which the City has an interest, including all cemeteries owned by the City except where such management or custody has been otherwise assigned by this Charter, by contract, or by ordinance.

(3)

Make recommendations to the Director of Finance concerning the leasing, acquisition or disposition of immovable property.

(4)

Assign space to the officers, departments and boards in City buildings.

(5)

Award all concessions on City property subject to requirements which may be imposed by ordinance.

(6)

Maintain a complete and accurate record of the ownership of all immovable property situated in the City, and of all immovable property of the City wheresoever located. The public records of the department shall include a perpetual index, maintained apart from all other records, listing and briefly describing all corporeal and incorporeal immovable property owned or controlled by the City or agencies of the City, including unattached boards and public benefit corporations. The index shall be designed for ease and efficiency of use by the public.

(7)

Perform such other duties as are required by this Charter or assigned in writing by the Mayor.