D.C. Code § 9-1152 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1152
§ 9-1152. The franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is directed, within 1 year of May 10, 1980, and based upon an evaluation of the proposals received following an open request for proposals, to enter into a franchise agreement for the installation and maintenance of bus shelters on public space of the District of Columbia.
(b) The Mayor shall permit the franchisee to place advertisements on no more than 90% of the bus shelters installed pursuant to the franchise agreement.
(c) The franchise agreement shall, for its term, be the exclusive agreement in the District of Columbia for private installation and maintenance of bus shelters in public spaces which display commercial advertisements.
(d) The franchise agreement shall be for a period of 20 years, to expire on December 31, 2025. After December 31, 2025, the term shall be 10 years. One year prior to the termination of the franchise agreement each party shall notify the other, in writing, as to whether or not it wants to renegotiate the franchise agreement for an additional period of time. Absent satisfactory renegotiation for a renewal period, the Mayor is directed, based upon an evaluation of the proposals received following an open request for proposals, to enter into a new franchise agreement for the installation and maintenance of bus shelters on public space of the District of Columbia. The terms of the new franchise agreement shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Under the terms of the franchise agreement the franchisee shall be responsible for:
  (1) All of the costs and expenses for the bus shelter design approved by the Mayor;
  (2) The construction, maintenance, and lighting of the bus shelters and repair of all structures including sidewalks, curbs, streets or utilities which shall in any way be disturbed by the installation of the bus shelters;
  (3) The costs associated with moving bus shelters maintained by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which are located on sites which have been approved for bus shelters with advertisement displayed on them; and
  (4) The costs associated with changing, within 3 months, the location of any bus shelters which are no longer needed where originally placed due to changes in bus routes or other factors.
(f) The franchise agreement shall establish:
  (1) The minimum number of bus shelters, both with and without advertisement, which are to be installed in the District of Columbia pursuant to the franchise agreement;
  (2) The specific location of the first 100 of the bus shelters referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection and approximate locations for the second 100 bus shelters;
  (3) The order for installing the first 200 bus shelters;
  (4) That subsequent to signing the franchise agreement, the Mayor and the franchisee shall enter into an agreement specifying the locations and the order for installing the remaining bus shelters to be installed or moved pursuant to the franchise agreement. This agreement may be amended as necessary to include additional bus shelter locations;
  (5) The design of the bus shelters; and
  (6) Standards which the franchisee is to follow for the minimum maintenance and replacement of the bus shelters installed pursuant to the franchise agreement.
(g) The Mayor shall include in the franchise agreement those provisions which are so specified in this chapter and any other provisions which the Mayor deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(h) Upon the expiration of the franchise agreement, or upon the expiration of the renewal term provided for herein, or if the franchise is terminated according to the provisions of § 9-1157 , whichever shall occur first, the bus shelters installed pursuant to the franchise agreement shall become the property of the District of Columbia without cost to the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-908 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-908
§ 9-908. Operation of foreign trade zone.
Status: in_force

The Authority may establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone and otherwise expedite and encourage foreign commerce.
D.C. Code § 9-507 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-507
§ 9-507. Mayor to regulate hours of lighting of street lamps.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, subject to appropriations therefor, is hereby authorized and empowered to require that all public and other lamps under his control be lighted during such hours as in his judgment will most effectively promote the safety and convenience of the public.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.05
§ 9-1113.05. Repayment of advances.
Status: in_force

The advance authorized under § 9-1113.04(b) shall be repaid by the Transit Authority to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation from contributions by the District of Columbia and other local government jurisdictions or from other non-federal sources as may be available to the Transit Authority and which were not estimated to be available for financing the mass transit rail rapid system authorized by subchapter VI of this chapter . Repayment of such advance may be deferred by the Secretary of Transportation, at the request of the Transit Authority, but not beyond the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the advance was made. Repayment shall be made with interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in § 3(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Principal and interest repaid pursuant to this section shall be credited to the Urban Mass Transportation Fund and shall be considered a restoration of obligational authority available to the Secretary under § 4(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
D.C. Code § 9-421.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.02
§ 9-421.02. Assessment for gutters and curbs.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of computing the assessments under this subchapter, the term “roadway” shall be construed to include the gutters and curbings; provided, however, that where any permanent and new construction of curb, or curb and gutter, is laid, and the roadway of the street is not paved or repaved, or is not paved or repaved with a pavement of the character specified in § 9-421.01 , the half cost of such curb, or curb and gutter, shall be assessed against the abutting property in the manner provided in this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.05
§ 9-1215.05. Marker design and installation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-101.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.02
§ 9-101.02. Jurisdiction over public roads and bridges.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have the care and charge of, and the exclusive jurisdiction over, all the public roads and bridges, except such as belong to and are under the care of the United States, and except such as may be otherwise specially provided for by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-921 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-921
§ 9-921. Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the inhabitants of the District for the increase of their commerce, and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity, and as the operation and maintenance of the airport by the Authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the airports or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom; and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income from the bonds, including any profit made on the sale of the bonds, shall at all times be free and exempt from taxation by the District.
D.C. Code § 9-911 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-911
§ 9-911. Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

The Authority may provide by resolution for the issuance of its revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium on the bonds and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the bonds, and if considered advisable by the Authority, for either or both of the following additional purposes:  constructing improvements, extensions or enlargement of the Authority facilities in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued; and, paying all or any part of the cost of any additional Authority facilities. The issuance of bonds, the maturities, and other details of the issuance, the rights of the holders of the bonds, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect to the bonds, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as this chapter may be applicable. Revenue refunding bonds issued under this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds of the bonds may be applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of outstanding bonds.
D.C. Code § 9-221.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.10
§ 9-221.10. Short title.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.05
§ 9-1107.05. Congressional consent to amendments — Articles XII and XVI of Title III.
Status: in_force

(a) The Congress hereby consents to amendments to Articles XII and XVI of Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact substantially as set out in § 9-1107.01 .
(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of Columbia amendments, substantially as set forth above, to Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact with the States of Virginia and Maryland.
D.C. Code § 9-204.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.09
§ 9-204.09. Rights of certain boards preserved.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the Board of Library Trustees or the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia from naming or renaming the public buildings or spaces under their respective jurisdictions.
D.C. Code § 9-411.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-411.03
§ 9-411.03. Special assessments for curbs and gutters levied — Property abutting 2 or more streets, avenues, or roads.
Status: in_force

When any property abuts 2 or more streets, avenues, or roads, the assessments against said property levied hereunder shall not exceed in the aggregate, together with any legal assessments heretofore levied and paid for paving, curbing, and guttering of or on said streets, avenues, or roads, under the authority of §§ 9-401.09 , 9-401.10 , relating to assessments for the paving of streets, avenues, and roads, or under § 9-401.04 , relating to assessments for laying curbs, or under §§ 9-421.01 to 9-421.04 , 31/2 cents per square foot of area of said property, or 20 per centum of the value of said property, exclusive of improvements thereon, as assessed for the purpose of taxation at the time of the laying of the curb or gutter or curb and gutter for which said assessment is levied.
D.C. Code § 9-451.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-451.02
§ 9-451.02. Consent of Mayor required; contracts copied into book.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-107.51 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.51
§ 9-107.51. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this part, the term:
(1) “Authorized Signatory” means the Chief Financial Officer, the District of Columbia Treasurer, or any deputy mayor of the executive office of the Mayor to whom the Mayor has delegated any of the Mayor’s functions under this part pursuant to § 1-204.22(6) .
(2) “Bond Counsel” means a firm or firms of attorneys designated as bond counsel from time to time by the Chief Financial Officer.
(3) “Bonds” means the District of Columbia revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations (including refunding bonds, notes, and other obligations), in one or more series, authorized to be issued pursuant to this part and § 1-204.90 .
(4) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
(5) “Chief Financial Officer” means the Chief Financial Officer established pursuant to § 1-204.24(a)(1) [ § 1-204.24a(a) ].
(6) “Closing Documents” means all documents and agreements, other than Financing Documents, that may be necessary and appropriate to issue, sell, and deliver the GARVEE Bonds, and includes agreements, certificates, letters, opinions, forms, receipts, and other similar instruments.
(7) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.
(8) “Debt Service” means payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the GARVEE Bonds.
(9) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(10) “Financing Documents” means the documents, other than Closing Documents, that relate to the financing or refinancing of transactions to be effected through the issuance, sale, and delivery of the GARVEE Bonds, including any offering document, and any required supplements to any such documents.
(11) “GARVEE” means grant anticipation revenue vehicle debt financing.
(12) “GARVEE Bonds” means bonds secured by GARVEE Revenues and issued to finance the Qualified Transportation Project.
(13) “GARVEE Revenues” means:
  (A) Funds derived from the Federal Highway Administration and interest earnings derived from such funds; and
  (B) Other investments, gifts, grants, contributions, appropriations, income, and any other amounts approved by Council resolution to be pledged to secure payment of GARVEE Bonds.
(14) “Home Rule Act” means Chapter 2 of Title 1 [ § 1-201.01 et seq.)].
(15) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(16) “Qualified Transportation Project” means the following projects that meet the eligibility requirements of the Federal Highway Administration as permissible transportation expenditures under Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
  (A) The project to replace the twin 11th Street Bridges over the Anacostia River and to improve the interchanges at either end, including adding missing movements to and from the north onto the Anacostia Freeway; and
  (B) The project to replace and realign the aging Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and build new interchanges between the bridge and Suitland Parkway, the bridge and Potomac Avenue, S.W., Suitland Parkway and Interstate 295, and Suitland Parkway and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue.
(17) “Qualified Transportation Project Costs” means all costs incurred in the construction of the Qualified Transportation Project, including, without limitation:
  (A) The purchase price or acquisition of any property or interest in those properties or other rights necessary or convenient for the project;
  (B) Costs of the study, permitting, and engineering on the project, including the preparation of plans and specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost;
  (C) Costs of construction, reconstruction, paving, repaving, building, alteration, repair, restoration, environmental review or remediation, enlargement, or other improvement, including all labor, materials, machinery, fixtures, and equipment, including rolling stock or vehicles;
  (D) Costs of engineering, architectural, legal, and other professional services;
  (E) Costs of reserves, insurance, letters of credit, or other financial guarantees for payment of future Debt Service on the GARVEE Bonds; and
  (F) All other costs or expenses necessary or convenient to the project, including the financing or refinancing of the project.
D.C. Code § 9-1211.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1211.01
§ 9-1211.01. Helicopter landing pads.
Status: in_force

(a) The operation of a helicopter landing pad in any residential district in the District of Columbia, identified in the Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia and shown in the official atlases of the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, shall constitute a public nuisance.
(b) The Corporation Counsel or affected members of the public may maintain an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to abate and enjoin perpetually the nuisance.
(c) This section shall not apply to:
  (1) A helicopter landing pad that was in operation before July 14, 1987;
  (2) A helicopter landing pad constructed to replace a helicopter landing pad that was in operation before July 14, 1987; and
  (3) A singular helicopter landing pad at a hospital in the District of Columbia that, as of the date construction is complete, is certified as a Level One Trauma Center by the Department of Health pursuant to § 7-2341.19 ; provided, that, for purposes of this subchapter , such certification need not remain current following construction of the helicopter landing pad.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.24 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.24
§ 9-1217.24. Deposit of award in registry; transfer of title.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-115.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-115.01
§ 9-115.01. Plan for future use of Klingle Road.
Status: in_force

No later than December 31, 2002, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council, by resolution, a plan for the future use of Klingle Road, N.W.
D.C. Code § 9-101.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.04
§ 9-101.04. Abandonment or readjustment of streets to provide ground for educational, religious, or similar institutions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-203.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.07
§ 9-203.07. Improvement of streets — Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 6 months of May 10, 1988, the Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to govern the procedures and standards for acquiring and improving streets and alleys in the District of Columbia. These rules shall include the establishment of:
  (1) Procedures by which notification and opportunity to comment shall be provided to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission within whose area the street or alley is located;
  (2) Procedures by which notification and opportunity to comment shall be provided to each owner of property within the squares adjacent to the street to be acquired or improved and within the square in which an alley is to be acquired or improved; and
  (3) Standards for making a determination that the acquisition or improvement of a street or alley would be in the public interest, for evaluating the comments received from the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission and property owners within whose area the street or alley is located, and for assessing the criteria set forth in § 9-203.06(c)(2) .
(b) This section shall not apply to a proposal that consists of:
  (1) Rehabilitation, repair, or reconstruction of a street or alley that is already being used as a public right-of-way for vehicles at the time of the proposal; or
  (2) Widening, realignment, or extension by 10 feet or less of the pavement of a street or alley that is already being used as a public right-of-way for vehicles at the time of the proposal.
D.C. Code § 9-421.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.13
§ 9-421.13. Applicability to assessments levied prior to 1885.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of §§ 9-421.05 , 9-421.06 , and 9-421.07 shall not preclude the levying of assessments hereunder if the improvement for which such prior assessment was levied, or, if the original paving, curbing, or curbing and guttering, laid at the whole cost of the owner, were completed prior to January 1, 1885.
(b) The provision of § 9-421.08 , relating to legal assessments heretofore levied, shall not be applicable where said prior assessments were levied for any improvement completed prior to January 1, 1885.
D.C. Code § 9-252 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2A / § 9-252
§ 9-252. Commemoration Task Force establishment.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Commemoration Task Force ("Task Force") with the purpose of reviewing existing commemorative works and public space names, including public buildings and official street names, to evaluate whether a commemorative work or public space name is racist, oppressive, hateful, or offensive to the public or to the District's public policy under Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 .  The evaluation shall:
  (1) Consider the artistic, social, historic, and political context or intent of the commemorative work or public space name; and
  (2) Consider the apparent primary rationale for establishing the commemorative work or public space name.
(b) The Task Force shall develop a process to solicit public input and comments.
(c) By December 31, 2021, the Task Force shall submit to the Council a report detailing:
  (1) Any commemorative works or public space names it deems to be inappropriate or offensive and the reason for such determination;
  (2) Recommendations on what action should be taken with respect to the commemorative work or public space name including removal, relocation, renaming, alteration, or installation of additional interpretive elements.
(d) (1) The Office of Planning shall provide to the Task Force the following draft or final documents from the District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) Working Group:
    (A) The final report and recommendations of the working group;
    (B) The Engagement Committee report and summary;
    (C) The Policy Committee report and summary;
    (D) The Research Committee Report;
    (E) Persons of Interest summary document; and
    (F) An inventory of commemorative works and public space names.
  (2) Any documents, including drafts, provided pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to a request under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 through the Council or the Task Force.
(e) The Council shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force.
(f) The Task Force shall be composed of 5 members appointed by the Council Chairman to include:
  (1) At least 2 members who are academics in the field of history;
  (2) At least one member chosen by the Chairman from a list of 3 recommendations by the Historical Society of Washington D.C.; and
  (3) At least one member from an organization advancing racial equity in the District.
D.C. Code § 9-204.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.06
§ 9-204.06. Extent of name to be used; use on street signs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-103.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-103.05
§ 9-103.05. Council authorized to name streets.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-101.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.13
§ 9-101.13. Subdivision to conform to plan of Washington.
Status: in_force

No subdivision of land in the District of Columbia without the limits of the City of Washington shall be recorded in the Office of the Surveyor or in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds unless the same shall have been first approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and be in conformity with the recorded plans for a permanent system of highways.
D.C. Code § 9-421.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.10
§ 9-421.10. Protest by property owner.
Status: in_force

Any property owner, aggrieved by any assessment levied under this subchapter, may, within 60 days after service of notice of such assessment, file with the Mayor of the District of Columbia a protest in writing against such assessment, accompanied by affidavits if he so desires, and if said Mayor finds that the property of such owner so protesting is not benefited by the improvement for which said assessment is levied, or is benefited less than the amount of such assessment, or is unequally or inequitably assessed with relation to other property abutting such improvement, said Mayor shall abate, reduce, or adjust such assessment in accordance with such finding. In computing the 60 days provided in § 9-401.06 , within which such assessment may be paid without interest, there shall be excluded therefrom the time between the date of the filing of any such protest and the date of action thereon by the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 9-425.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-425.02
§ 9-425.02. Notice and design requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall provide notice to affected parties, the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, and the Councilmembers of the affected Wards, prior to designing and constructing new sidewalks. At a minimum, this notice shall include:
  (1) A statement of intent to design and construct a new sidewalk no less than 60 days before construction is scheduled, including a 30-day period for public comment on the proposed design;
  (2) A statement of how affected parties can comment on the proposed sidewalk, including a statement on how Advisory Neighborhood Commissions can submit resolutions on the potential impact of the proposed sidewalk; and
  (3) A construction schedule.
(b) The Mayor shall maintain for public review comments from affected parties received pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section and responses thereto.
(c) The Mayor shall design sidewalks in a manner that preserves the health of existing trees wherever possible.
(d) The recommendations of the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission shall be given great weight, as that term is described in § 1-309.10(d)(3)(A) .
(e) Whenever feasible, the Mayor shall consider pervious materials for the design and installation of sidewalks.
(f) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “affected parties” means residents with property abutting the road segment under consideration.
D.C. Code § 9-701 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-701
§ 9-701. Administration of Airport; definitions.
Status: in_force

That for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) “Airport” means the Washington National Airport, which shall consist of, and include, the tract of land, together with all structures, improvements, and other facilities located thereon, lying partly in the District of Columbia, and partly in the State of Virginia, particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point of beginning, said point being the intersection of the property line of property owned by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, and dredging base line at station 0+18.99 referenced south 6,808.21, west 9,078.02, running in a southeasterly direction on a bearing of south 22°51′18″ east a distance of 6,270.91 feet, more or less, to station 62+89.90 of said dredging base line. Thence 13°30′ right on a bearing of south 9°21′18″ east a distance of 1,332.29 feet, more or less, to station 76+22.19 of said base line. Thence 11°04′19″ right on a bearing of south 1°43′01″ west a distance of 1,231.20 feet, more or less, to station 88+53.39 of said base line. Thence 12°40′41″ right on a bearing of south 14°23′42″ west a distance of 2,409.32 feet, more or less, to station 112+62.71 on said base line. Thence 1°15′44.3″ right on a bearing of south 15°39′26.3″ west a distance of 4,938.38 feet, more or less, to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Station WATER, referenced south 22,220.86, west 8,395.54. Thence 17°09′25.6″ left on a bearing of south 1°29′59.3″ east a distance of 85.58 feet, more or less, to a corner of the property line between the United States of America and Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation. Thence 85°59′59.3″ right on a bearing of south 84°30′00″ west a distance of 1,516.41 feet, more or less, to a monument located at a corner on the property line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, said monument being referenced south 22,451.75, west 9,902.73. Thence 85°50′06.7″ right on a bearing of north 8°09′54″ west a distance of 442.68 feet, more or less. Thence 5°00′12″ left on a bearing of north 13°10′06″ west a distance of 578.64 feet, more or less. Thence 4°57′25″ left on a bearing of north 18°07′31″ west a distance of 462.94 feet, more or less. Thence 1°34′50″ left on a bearing of north 19°42′21″ west a distance of 943.56 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 27°52′45″ right radius 1,241.15 feet, long chord 597.98 feet, on a bearing of north 5°45′58″ west. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 603.92 feet, more or less, to the point of tangency of said curve. Thence along a tangent to said curve on a bearing of north 8°10′24″ east a distance of 232.33 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 36°59′09″ left, radius 1,046 feet, long chord 663.56 feet on a bearing of north 10°19′10.5″ west. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 675.22 feet, more or less, to the point of tangency of said curve. Thence along a tangent to said curve on a bearing of north 28°48′45″ west a distance of 256.75 feet, more or less. Thence 30°33′10″ left on a bearing of north 59°21′55″ west a distance of 287.84 feet, more or less. Thence 40°45′20″ right on a bearing of north 18°36′35″ west a distance of 1,142.08 feet, more or less. Thence 5°43′29″ right on a bearing of north 12°53′06″ west a distance of 118.02 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 26°20′50″ right, radius 3,665.71 feet, long chord 1,670.85 feet on a bearing of north 0°17′19″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 1,685.66 feet, more or less, to the point of tangency of said curve. Thence along a tangent to said curve on a bearing of north 13°27′44″ east a distance of 2,002.11 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 10°36′25″ left, radius 2,864.79 feet, long chord of 529.59 feet on a bearing of north 8°09′31.5″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 530.25 feet, more or less, to the point of tangency of said curve. Thence along a tangent to said curve on a bearing of north 2°51′19″ east a distance of 124.53 feet, more or less. Thence 6°57′52″ left on a bearing of north 4°06′33″ west a distance of 571.33 feet, more or less. Thence 7°22′39″ left on a bearing of north 11°29′12′′ west a distance of 811.63 feet, more or less. Thence 8°16′52″ right on a bearing of north 3°12′20″ east a distance of 70.41 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 7°43′12″ right, radius 5,479.58 feet, long chord 737.75 feet on a bearing of north 7°03′56″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 738.31 feet, more or less, to the point of tangency of said curve, said point being on the old property line between Mary E. Cullinane and Milton Hopfenmaier property. Thence along said property line on a bearing of north 75°11′50″ east a distance of 204.72 feet, more or less, to a monument marked U. S. D. 1-N. P. S., reference south 18,419.16, west 10,829.26. Thence along the same bearing of north 75°11′50″ east a distance of 215 feet, more or less. Thence 34°36′06″ left on a bearing of north 40°35′44″ east a distance of 1,509 feet, more or less, to the point of a curve having an angle of 5°45′ left, radius 7,239.41 feet, long chord of 723.20 feet, on a bearing of north 37°53′14″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 726.51 feet, more or less, to the point of a compound curve having an angle of 6°00′ left, radius 2,217.01 feet, long chord of 232.06 feet on a bearing of north 32°10′44″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 232.15 feet, more or less, to the point of a compound curve having an angle of 57°01′20″ left, radius 1,303.74, long chord 1,244.62, on a bearing of north 0°40′04″ east. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 1,297.22 feet, more or less, to the point of a compound curve having an angle of 7°59′54.3″ left, radius 2,217.01 feet, long chord 309.23 feet on a bearing of north 31°49′33″ west. Thence along the arc of said curve a distance of 310 feet, more or less, to the intersection of said curve with the property line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company and the United States of America. Thence in a northeasterly direction along a bearing of north 34°30′00″ east a distance of 340 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; excepting, however, such portion thereof as the President may, by executive order or orders, prescribe, which portion shall be added to, and administered as part of, the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, authorized by the Act approved May 23, 1928 (45 Stat. 721), as amended.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.20 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.20
§ 9-1217.20. Confirmation of verdict; payment of award.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-221.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.04
§ 9-221.04. Order; recordation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1156 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1156
§ 9-1156. Insurance and bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of the effective date of the franchise agreement, the franchisee shall file with the District of Columbia and shall maintain throughout the life of the franchise agreement, liability insurance policies and performance bonds acceptable to the Mayor in the minimum amounts as follows:
  (1) For bodily injury, including death,
    (A) $250,000 for any one person, and
    (B) $1,000,000 for any one accident;
  (2) For property damage, $100,000 per accident; and
  (3) For performance of maintenance and repairs, and other provisions of the franchise agreement, $250 per bus shelter, up to a maximum of $100,000 for all bus shelters.
(b) The franchisee shall assure any legal responsibility for, and shall hold the District of Columbia and/or the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority harmless from, any liability that arises because of injury to persons or property, including sidewalks, curbs, streets and structures by reason of the construction, operation, or maintenance of the bus shelters installed or moved pursuant to the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.09
§ 9-1203.09. Right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter.
Status: in_force

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter is reserved without regard to any payments required or agreements established under their terms.
D.C. Code § 9-1153 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1153
§ 9-1153. Location of bus shelters.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Prior to the issuance of a Request for Proposals for the franchise agreement, and bases on consultation with the Council of the District of Columbia, the Mayor shall establish:
    (A) Locations for the installation of 90 bus shelters with advertisements, 10 bus shelters without advertisements, and for the bus shelters owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority which must be moved to permit the franchisee to install the 90 new bus shelters with advertisements; and
    (B) The sequence in which the bus shelters are to be installed.
  (2) The selection of locations and the sequence for installation of bus shelters shall take into account, first, the various needs of the different areas of the District of Columbia for bus shelters, and second, the advertising market potential in these areas.
(b) In establishing the locations for the bus shelters the Mayor shall consult with the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the Public Space Committee, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and the affected advisory Neighborhood Commissions, and any other groups which the Mayor believes appropriate.
(c) The Mayor shall consult with the Commission of Fine Arts on the design and location of all bus shelters located within the monuments area as defined in § 6-611.01 .
D.C. Code § 9-206.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-206.01
§ 9-206.01. Validity of condemnations or closings pursuant to repealed law not affected.
Status: in_force

The validity of any condemnation proceeding or any street or alley closing pursuant to any section of law repealed by this act shall not be affected by its repeal.
D.C. Code § 9-204.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.16
§ 9-204.16. Easements for commemorative works.
Status: in_force

Following approval of a commemorative work by the Mayor and the Council pursuant to § 9-204.01 , the Mayor shall provide an easement to the sponsor of the commemorative work for the use of District public space for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the approved commemorative work. The term of the easement shall be for a maximum of 25 years and may be automatically renewable for successive 25 year terms in perpetuity unless cancelled in writing by the Mayor for good cause. The Mayor shall establish the rules for termination of an easement granted for a commemorative work. The Mayor shall require each sponsor of an approved commemorative work to provide for all of the financing necessary to develop, construct, and maintain the commemorative work. A sponsor of an approved commemorative work shall be financially responsible for the perpetual maintenance of the commemorative work.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.21 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.21
§ 9-1217.21. Assessments made liens; payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.29 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.29
§ 9-1219.29. Assessment on all lots, pieces or parcels benefited by opening of alley or minor street or by establishment of building line.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.12
§ 9-1201.12. Railroad tracks and additional stations authorized.
Status: in_force

In addition to the main or terminal station or depot, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, or the Washington Terminal Company may from time to time construct, establish, and maintain such additional stations or depots, for passengers or freight, as the company may deem necessary or useful in the conduct of its business, or for the accommodation of the freight and passenger traffic passing over the lines of railroad authorized by this Act, at such point or points within said District as the Council of the District of Columbia shall approve; provided, that no such station or depot within the city limits shall be located east of 2nd Street east, and west of North Capitol Street, and it shall be lawful for either of said companies to acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, any land adjacent to any street or avenue along or upon which the lines of railroad and works hereby authorized shall be located, and hold and improve the same in such manner as it may deem necessary or beneficial to accommodate or promote the traffic on said railroad, and to extend and construct tracks of railroad into and upon any lands so acquired and connect the same with the tracks on such adjacent street or avenue; provided, however, that no grade crossing of any street or avenue within the City of Washington shall be thereby created, but such connecting tracks shall be elevated and carried over the portion of such street or avenue crossed in such manner as not to obstruct the free use thereof, and the plans of such connecting tracks and elevated structure shall in every case be first filed with and approved by the Council of the District of Columbia. And it shall be lawful for said companies, or either of them, subject to the same conditions and restrictions, to extend and construct, from time to time, branch tracks or sidings from the lines of railroad authorized hereunder into any lot or lots adjacent to any street or avenue along which said lines of railroad are located, upon the application of the owner or owners of such lot or lots, to enable such owners to use their property for the purposes of coal, wood, or lumber yards, manufactories, warehouses, and other business enterprises.
D.C. Code § 9-203.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.09
§ 9-203.09. Official street map; periodic publication; contents; availability.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 2 years of May 10, 1988, and every 5 years thereafter, the Mayor shall publish an official street map that delineates each street and property square in the District of Columbia.
(b) This map shall distinguish between:
  (1) Streets that have been improved, constructed, or paved;
  (2) Streets that have been acquired but have not been improved, constructed, or paved; and
  (3) Streets that are on the highway plan but have not been acquired and have not been improved, constructed, or paved.
(c) This map shall be available for review in every public library in the District and be available for sale by the District of Columbia Office of Documents.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.13
§ 9-1217.13. Contents of condemnation petition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-323 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-323
§ 9-323. Subway under Baltimore and Ohio tracks in vicinity of Chestnut Street, Fern Place, and Piney Branch Road.
Status: in_force

One-half of the total cost of constructing a subway under the tracks and right-of-way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in the vicinity of Chestnut Street or of the intersection of Fern Place and Piney Branch Road, extended, and thereafter the cost of maintaining the structure within the limits of its right-of-way shall be borne and paid by the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia for the deposit to the credit of the District of Columbia, and the same shall be a valid and subsisting lien against the franchises and property of the said railroad company, and shall constitute a legal indebtedness against the said railroad company in favor of the District of Columbia, and said lien may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by a bill in equity brought by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or by any other legal proceeding against the said railroad company; provided, that from and after the completion of the said subway and approaches, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right-of-way of the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Chestnut Street shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind.
D.C. Code § 9-1211.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1211.03
§ 9-1211.03. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter .
D.C. Code § 9-1208.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1208.01
§ 9-1208.01. Streetcar plan.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall submit to the Council a comprehensive plan for financing, operations, and necessary capital facilities of the Streetcar Project, along with a proposed resolution for approval of the plan, for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the plan, in whole or in part, by resolution, within this 45-day review period, the proposed plan shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 9-1117.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1117.05
§ 9-1117.05. Withdrawal from Compact.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the State of Maryland, may withdraw from this Compact at any time upon 30 days written notice to the other Parties.
D.C. Code § 9-1159 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1159
§ 9-1159. Relation to other provisions of law.
Status: in_force

The provisions of § 1-303.22 and Title 5A-1, Article 14 of the Building Code of the District of Columbia, pertaining to outdoor signs in the District of Columbia, shall not pertain to the advertisement resulting from the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 9-916 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-916
§ 9-916. Trust agreement.
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the Authority any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the power of a trust company within or without the District. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the fees and other revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the airports or any part of the airports. The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the Authority in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the airports, the rates or fees or other charges to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding the application of all monies. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the District that may act as depositary of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish indemnifying bonds or to pledge securities as may be required by the Authority. Any trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders. In addition, any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions the Authority considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the airports.
D.C. Code § 9-401.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.04
§ 9-401.04. Assessments for sidewalks and curbing.
Status: in_force

When new sidewalks, alleys, or curbing are required to be laid on streets being improved, no cost shall be assessed against abutting property.
D.C. Code § 9-113.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.05
§ 9-113.05. Council to close certain streets, roads or highways in the District rendered useless or unnecessary by the highway plan — Consent of owners.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-107.55 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.55
§ 9-107.55. Bond details.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to take any action reasonably necessary or appropriate in accordance with this part in connection with the preparation, execution, issuance, sale, delivery, security for, and payment of the GARVEE Bonds of each series, including, but not limited to, determinations of:
  (1) The final form, content, designation, and terms of the GARVEE Bonds, including a determination that the GARVEE Bonds may be issued in certificated or book-entry form;
  (2) The principal amount of the GARVEE Bonds to be issued and denominations of the GARVEE Bonds;
  (3) The rate or rates of interest or the method for determining the rate or rates of interest on the GARVEE Bonds;
  (4) The date or dates of issuance, sale, and delivery of, and the payment of interest on, the GARVEE Bonds, and the maturity date or dates of the GARVEE Bonds;
  (5) The terms under which the GARVEE Bonds may be paid, optionally or mandatorily redeemed, accelerated, tendered, called, or put for redemption, repurchase, or remarketing before their respective stated maturities;
  (6) Provisions for the registration, transfer, and exchange of the GARVEE Bonds and the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed GARVEE Bonds;
  (7) The creation of any reserve fund, sinking fund, or other fund with respect to the GARVEE Bonds;
  (8) The time and place of payment of the GARVEE Bonds;
  (9) Procedures for monitoring the use of the proceeds received from the sale of the GARVEE Bonds to ensure that the proceeds are properly applied and used to accomplish the purposes of the Home Rule Act and this part;
  (10) Actions necessary to qualify the GARVEE Bonds under blue sky laws of any jurisdiction where the GARVEE Bonds are marketed; and
  (11) The terms and types of credit enhancement under which the GARVEE Bonds may be secured.
(b) The GARVEE Bonds shall contain a legend which shall provide that the GARVEE Bonds are special obligations of the District, are without recourse to the District, are not a pledge of, and do not involve, the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District, do not constitute a debt of the District, and do not constitute lending of the public credit for private undertakings as prohibited in § 1-206.02(a)(2) .
(c) The GARVEE Bonds shall be executed in the name of the District and on its behalf by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, and attested by the Secretary of the District of Columbia by the Secretary’s manual or facsimile signature.
(d) The official seal of the District, or a facsimile of it, shall be impressed, printed, or otherwise reproduced on the GARVEE Bonds.
(e) The GARVEE Bonds of any series may be issued in accordance with the terms of a trust instrument to be entered into by the District and a trustee or paying agent to be selected by the Chief Financial Officer, and may be subject to the terms of one or more agreements entered into by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-204.90(a)(4) .
(f) The GARVEE Bonds may be issued at any time or from time to time in one or more issues and in one or more series.
(g) The GARVEE Bonds are declared to be issued for essential public and governmental purposes. The GARVEE Bonds, the interest thereon, the income therefrom, and all funds pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the GARVEE Bonds shall at all times be exempt from taxation by the District, except for estate, inheritance, and gift taxes.
(h) The District pledges, covenants, and agrees with the holders of the GARVEE Bonds that, subject to the provisions of the Financing Documents, the District will not limit or alter the GARVEE Revenues pledged to secure the GARVEE Bonds or the basis on which the GARVEE Revenues are collected or allocated, will not impair the contractual obligations of the District to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the GARVEE Bonds, will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the GARVEE Bonds, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this part, until the GARVEE Bonds, together with interest thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders of the GARVEE Bonds, are fully met and discharged. This pledge and agreement for the District may be included as part of the contract with the holders of the GARVEE Bonds. This subsection constitutes a contract between the District and the holders of the GARVEE Bonds. To the extent that any acts or resolutions of the Council may be in conflict with this part, this part shall be controlling.
(i) Consistent with § 1-204.90(a)(4)(B) and notwithstanding Chapter 9 of Title 28 :
  (1) A pledge made and security interest created in respect of the GARVEE Bonds or pursuant to any related Financing Document shall be valid, binding, and perfected from the time the security interest is created, with or without physical delivery of any funds or any property and with or without any further action;
  (2) The lien of the pledge shall be valid, binding, and perfected as against all parties having any claim of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the District, whether or not such party has notice; and
  (3) The security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected whether or not any statement, document, or instrument relating to the security interest is recorded or filed.
D.C. Code § 9-706 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-706
§ 9-706. Deposit of collateral by person charged with violation.
Status: in_force

The officer on duty in command of those employees designated by the Administrator as provided in § 9-704 , may accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under this chapter, for appearance in court or before the appropriate United States Magistrate; and such collateral shall be deposited with the United States Magistrate at Alexandria, Virginia.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.06
§ 9-1109.06. Procurement law inapplicable.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1103.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1103.07
§ 9-1103.07. Reservation of right to alter, amend, or repeal subchapter; submission of periodic reports to Congress; scope of Congressional inquiry.
Status: in_force

(a) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter is hereby expressly reserved.
(b) The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission shall submit to Congress copies of all periodic reports made by that Commission to the Governors, the Mayor of the District of Columbia and/or the legislatures of the compacting States.
(c) The Congress or any committee thereof shall have the right to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or any of its committees. Further, Congress or any of its committees shall have access to all books, records and papers of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission as well as the right of inspection of any facility use, owned, leased, regulated or under the control of said Commission.
D.C. Code § 9-809 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-809
§ 9-809. Agreements for municipal services.
Status: in_force

The Administrator may enter into agreements with the state, or any political subdivision thereof, in which the airport or any portion thereof is situated, for such state or municipal services as the Administrator shall deem necessary to the proper and efficient operation and protection of the airport, and he may, from time to time, agree to modifications in any such agreement; provided, however, that where the charge for any such service is established by the laws of the state, the Administrator may not pay for such service in excess of the charge so established.
D.C. Code § 9-1108.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1108.11
§ 9-1108.11. Requirements for appointment and service on the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for appointment to serve on the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("Board"), an individual shall have a demonstrated interest in public transportation and experience sufficient to represent the District well on the Board.
(b) (1) For the purpose of transitioning to a composition of staggered terms, initial appointments to the Board shall be made on July 1, 2013, as follows:
    (A) A principal member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years;
    (B) An alternate member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years;
    (C) A principal member shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
    (D) An alternate member shall be appointed for a term of one year.
  (2) Thereafter, members shall be appointed or reappointed by the Council to serve or complete a 4-year term commencing on July 1.
  (3) Repealed.
(c) To prevent extended vacancies on the Board, each person appointed may continue to serve until replaced or reappointed, for a period not to exceed 12 months.
(d) Each person appointed to the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Council and may be removed for any reason, including failure to adhere to the requirements of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.11
§ 9-1109.11. Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia hereby consents to, adopts, and enacts the Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact, substantially as follows:
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D.C. Code § 9-1219.40 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.40
§ 9-1219.40. Costs paid from alley appropriations when proceedings fail.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.01
§ 9-1217.01. Cost of street extension assessed as benefits; assessments for parkways.
Status: in_force

The United States shall not bear any part of the cost of the acquisition of land for street extensions, but when the condemnation of any land for such purposes is authorized by law the total cost of the land and the expenses of the condemnation proceedings shall be assessed as benefits; in any case where land is condemned for a parkway, including a street or streets, where such parkway is of considerable length with relation to its width, not less than one-half of the cost of the land including the same fraction of the expenses of the condemnation proceedings shall be assessed as benefits; and in any case where land is condemned for a public park, not less than one-third of the cost of the land including the same fraction of the expenses of the condemnation proceedings shall be assessed as benefits.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.27 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.27
§ 9-1217.27. Dismissal of proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1205.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1205.02
§ 9-1205.02. Construction of switch connections — Plans to be approved by Mayor.
Status: in_force

Before any of the work authorized in § 9-1205.01 shall be begun on the ground, a plan or plans thereof shall be prepared and submitted to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for his approval and only to the extent that such plans shall be so approved shall said work or any portion thereof be permitted or undertaken.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.04
§ 9-1107.04. Congressional consent to amendments — Articles I, III, VII, IX, XI, XIV, and XVI of Title III.
Status: in_force

(a) The Congress hereby consents to amendments to Articles I, III, VII, IX, XI, XIV, and XVI of Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact substantially as set out in § 9-1107.01 .
(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of Columbia amendments, substantially as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, to Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact with the States of Virginia and Maryland.
D.C. Code § 9-451.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-451.01
§ 9-451.01. Contracts for repair or construction of streets, avenues, alleys, or sewers — Advertisement; lowest responsible bidder accepted.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.21 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.21
§ 9-1219.21. Notice of order; hearing.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.15
§ 9-1201.15. Subways and viaducts to eliminate grade crossings authorized.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to construct viaducts and approaches thereto, to carry Fern and Varnum Streets over the tracks and right-of-way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and to construct a viaduct and approaches thereto to carry Eastern Avenue over the tracks and rights-of-way of The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in accordance with plans and profiles of said works to be approved by the said Mayor; provided, that one-half of the total cost of constructing the viaduct and approaches thereto at Varnum Street and one-half of the total cost of constructing the viaduct and approaches thereto at Fern Street shall be borne and paid by the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, and that one-half of the total cost of constructing the viaduct and approaches thereto at Eastern Avenue shall be borne and paid by the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company and the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, their successors and assigns, in proportion to the widths of their respective land holdings, to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia for deposit to the credit of the District of Columbia, and the said half cost shall be valid and subsisting liens against the franchises and property of the railroad companies concerned and shall constitute a legal indebtedness against the said railroad companies in favor of the District of Columbia, and said liens may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by a bill in equity brought by the said Mayor in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or by any other legal proceeding against the said railroad companies; provided, that no street railway company shall use the said viaduct or any approaches thereto herein authorized for its tracks until said companies shall have paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, a sum equal to one-fourth of the total cost of constructing said viaducts and approaches, to be applied to the credit of the District of Columbia. No limitation shall run against claims made by the District of Columbia under the provisions of this section.
(b) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section, the sum of $405,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, payable in like manner as other appropriations, for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, and the said Mayor is authorized to expend such sum or sums as may be necessary for personal services, engineering, and incidental expenses. The said Mayor is further authorized to acquire, out of the appropriation herein authorized, the necessary land, or any portion of the same, by purchase at such price or prices as in his judgment he may deem reasonable and fair, or, in his discretion, by condemnation in accordance with the provisions of §§ 9-1217.12 to 9-1217.24 [repealed], under a proceeding or proceedings in rem instituted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; provided, that of the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the jury as damages for, and in respect of, the land to be condemned to carry the provisions of this section into effect, plus the costs and expenses of the proceeding or proceedings taken pursuant hereto, not less than one-half thereof shall be assessed by the jury as benefits, the amounts collected as benefits to be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia.
(c) Hereafter, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, whenever in his judgment it may be necessary for the public safety, and subject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress, to construct subways or viaducts and approaches thereto, in accordance with plans and profiles of said works to be approved by him, to carry any street or highway crossing at grade any line of railroad track or tracks in the District of Columbia, or any street or highway within the District of Columbia now or hereafter planned or projected to cross any such line of railroad, under or over said track or tracks; provided, that the total cost of constructing any project for such viaduct or subway and approaches thereto shall be borne and paid as follows:
  (1) The District of Columbia shall apply to the payment of the cost of such project all federal-aid highway-railway grade separation funds available for use by the District of Columbia at the time any such project is programmed and all such funds which become available for use on such project by the District of Columbia during the construction of such projects; and
  (2) If such federal-aid highway-railway grade separation funds are insufficient to pay the cost of any such project, the portion not so covered shall be paid one-half by the railroad company, its successors and assigns, whose tracks are crossed and one-half by the District of Columbia; provided further, that in no case shall the obligation of the railroad company affected exceed 10 per centum of the total cost of such project; provided further, that in the event the rights-of-way of 2 or more railroad companies are so crossed said half cost as herein provided shall be paid by the said railroad companies, their successors and assigns, in proportion to the widths of their respective landholdings, but the obligations of such companies shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 10 per centum of the cost of such project; provided further, that after construction the cost of maintenance shall be wholly borne and paid in the case of highway overpasses by the District of Columbia, and in the case of highway underpasses by the railroad company, its successors and assigns, whose tracks are crossed; provided further, that in the event the rights-of-way of 2 or more railroad companies are so crossed, the cost of maintenance shall be borne and paid in the case of highway underpasses by the said railroad companies, their successors and assigns, in proportion to the widths of their respective landholdings. All provisions in respect to the method of payment and credit of said half cost, creation of a lien in respect thereto and enforcement thereof, conditions of use thereof by street railway companies, and every other kind of condition provided in subsection (a) of this section, and the authorization and every condition in respect thereto for the acquisition of any necessary land provided in subsection (b) of this section, in relation to the viaducts and their approaches therein authorized, are hereby made applicable to the subways, viaducts, and approaches authorized in this section the same as if enacted at length herein.
D.C. Code § 9-411.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-411.02
§ 9-411.02. Special assessments for curbs and gutters levied — Computation.
Status: in_force

The total assessment levied hereunder against any abutting property shall not exceed the number of square feet of area of said property multiplied by 1 per centum of the linear front-foot assessment and shall not exceed 10 per centum of the value of the said abutting property, exclusive of improvements thereon, as assessed for the purpose of taxation at the time of the laying of the curb or gutter or curb and gutter for which said assessment is levied. In computing assessments hereunder against unsubdivided land according to the assessed valuation, there shall be excluded from the computation land lying back more than 100 feet from the street, avenue, or road being improved where the depth is even, and where the depth is uneven the average depth shall be taken in computation but not to exceed more than 100 feet.
D.C. Code § 9-204.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.10
§ 9-204.10. Naming of sponsored recreation facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding § 9-204.01 , the Mayor may name in honor of a person a Department of Parks and Recreation athletic field that is adopted or sponsored pursuant to § 10-304 ; provided, that:
  (1) The naming is detailed in an agreement between the Mayor and the entity adopting or sponsoring the field;
  (2) The agreement requires the financial adoption or sponsorship of the field;
  (3) The name is that of a current or former professional sports player who may be living or deceased less than 2 years; and
  (4) The naming is not permanent.
(b) The District may display the logo of an entity sponsoring or adopting a field on signage at the field; provided, that the display of the logo be less prominent than the name of the person for whom the field is named, and that the display be consistent with the terms of the agreement required by subsection (a)(1) of this section.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.14
§ 9-1217.14. Public notice of proceedings; service; appointment of guardian ad litem.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-401.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.14
§ 9-401.14. Use of portable asphalt plant.
Status: in_force

The portable asphalt plant purchased under the appropriation for repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys for the fiscal year 1913, may be operated under the immediate direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia in doing such work of resurfacing and repairs to asphalt pavements, in the repair of macadam streets by constructing on such macadam streets and asphalt macadam wearing surface and in the construction of asphaltic macadam surfaces on concrete base, as in his judgment may be economically performed by the use of said plant; provided, that at no time shall more work of resurfacing and repairs be done with the portable asphalt plant than can be accomplished with the single portable plant owned on March 4, 1913, by the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-107.61 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.61
§ 9-107.61. Information reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 3 days after the Mayor’s receipt of the transcript of proceedings relating to the issuance of the GARVEE Bonds, the Mayor shall transmit a copy of the transcript to the Secretary to the Council.
(b) Within 12 months after September 23, 2009, and every 12 months thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer shall report to the Council on the amount of obligation per GARVEE Bond issued under this part, how the funds are committed within the 11th Street Bridge project, how each GARVEE bond is structured, and a statement of whether each GARVEE Bonds is structured in such a way as to count toward the District’s 12% debt service cap.
D.C. Code § 9-204.24 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.24
§ 9-204.24. Implementation of public space, street, and alley names.
Status: in_force

(a) Following the effective date of an act to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, the Mayor shall:
  (1) Update relevant records of the District of Columbia to reflect the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, including:
    (A) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department records;
    (B) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency records;
    (B-i) District Department of Transportation and Office of the Chief Technology Officer records;
    (C) District of Columbia maps; and
    (D) Any other record of the District of Columbia used for way-finding or address purposes;
  (2) Notify the United States Postal Service, other relevant government agencies as determined by the Mayor, and relevant private sector entities as determined by the Mayor, of the official name of the alley or street, or portion thereof; and
  (3) Install signage indicating the official name of the alley or street, or portion thereof, using procedures established by the District Department of Transportation, and remove any signs with a previous name; provided, that at least one sign bearing the previous name of the alley or street, or portion thereof, shall be transferred to the Archives of the District of Columbia.
(b) Following the effective date of an act to designate an official name of a public space other than an alley or street, or portion thereof, the Mayor may install signage denoting the public space name.  The signage shall conform to the policies of the agency with jurisdiction over the public space.
(c) Following the effective date of an act to designate an official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space, the Surveyor of the District of Columbia shall record a copy of the act and the Surveyor's plat in the Office of the Surveyor.
(d) (1) When legislation to designate a symbolic name for an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space becomes effective, the Mayor may install signage denoting the area of the designation.
  (2) The design used for signage for a symbolic name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, including any replacement signage, shall be uniform and distinct from the design used for signage for official names, except for those signs installed before October 8, 2016.
D.C. Code § 9-101.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.07
§ 9-101.07. Beatty and Hawkins’s Addition to Georgetown.
Status: in_force

All the powers given to the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia and others under §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 shall apply to and be capable of being exercised upon and through Beatty and Hawkins’s Addition to Georgetown, where it may be necessary to connect streets in parts of the District lying outside of cities, or to connect any street in the city with streets in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-903 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-903
§ 9-903. Authorization of the Authority.
Status: in_force

The Authority created by this chapter is authorized, when similarly authorized by the Commonwealth of Virginia, to acquire from the United States of America, by lease or otherwise, the 2 airports known as Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport and all related properties now administered by Metropolitan Washington Airports, and agency of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, but only with the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Subject to this mayoral approval, general consent is given to conditions imposed by the Congress of the United States on acquisitions that are not inconsistent with this chapter. The Mayor shall procure the concurrence of the Council of the District of Columbia, by resolution, prior to Mayoral approval of the terms of the compact, lease or other agreements which effectuate the acquisition.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.19 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.19
§ 9-1217.19. Objections to verdict; vacation of verdict.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-202.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.15
§ 9-202.15. Mayor to issue procedures for review by agencies and public utilities.
Status: in_force

Within 6 months of April 29, 1998, the Mayor shall issue procedures to require that all administrative reviews by affected agencies and by the public utilities of all applications to close all or part of a street or public alley, including agency and utility procedures both prior to Council review and after enactment of the resolution, will be completed within a total period of no greater than 180 days from the date of application.  This 180 day period shall not include the days that the resolution is pending in the Council.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.01
§ 9-1113.01. Acquisition of bus companies; franchise cancelled; charter bus service by Authority; corporate status of D.C. Transit System, Inc.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on the findings set forth in § 2 of this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Transit Authority”) should initiate negotiations as soon as possible with the ownership of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated (and its subsidiary, the Washington, Virginia, and Maryland Coach Company), the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit Company, and the WMA Transit Company for acquisition by the Transit Authority of capital stock or facilities, plant, equipment, real and personal property of such bus companies of whatever nature, whether owned directly or indirectly, used or useful for mass transportation by bus of passengers within the Washington metropolitan area. It is further the sense of the Congress that representatives of the Transit Authority should participate in any labor contract negotiations undertaken prior to acquisition by the Transit Authority of such bus companies.
(b) The franchise to operate a system of mass transportation of passengers for hire granted to D.C. Transit System, Incorporated, by the Act of July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 598) is hereby canceled, effective upon the date immediately preceding the date on which the Transit Authority acquires the transit facilities of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated.
(c) (1) The Transit Authority, and any transit company owned or controlled by the Transit Authority, may operate charter service by bus in accordance with Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact only between any point within the transit zone and any point in the State of Maryland or Virginia, or a point within 250 miles of the Zero Mile Stone located on the Ellipse.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “transit zone” means the area designated in § 3 of Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.
(d) (1) D.C. Transit System, Incorporated, a corporation of the District of Columbia, may:
    (A) Continue to exist as such a corporation and amend its charter in any manner provided under the laws of the District of Columbia;
    (B) Avail itself of the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 29 in respect to a change of its name; and
    (C) Become incorporated or reincorporated in any manner provided under the laws of the District of Columbia.
  (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to cause or require the corporate dissolution of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated.
D.C. Code § 9-802 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-802
§ 9-802. Selection of site.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Administrator is authorized to acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise (including transfer with or without compensation from federal agencies or the District of Columbia, or any state or political subdivision thereof), such lands and interests in lands and appurtenances thereto, including avigation easements or airspace rights, as may be necessary or desirable for the construction, maintenance, improvement, operation and protection of the airport; provided, that before making commitments for the acquisition of land, or the transfer of any lands, the Administrator shall consult and advise with the National Capital Planning Commission as to the conformity of the proposed location with the Commission’s comprehensive plan for the National Capital and its environs, and said Commission shall, upon request, submit a report and recommendations thereon within 30 days; provided further, that the choice of site by the Administrator shall be made only after consultation with the governing body in the county in which the airport is to be located, with respect to the suitability of the site to be selected, and its possible impact on the vicinity.
D.C. Code § 9-1174 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11B / § 9-1174
§ 9-1174. Comprehensive assessment.
Status: in_force

(a) By January 1, 2014, and by that date every 3 years thereafter, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an assessment on the:
  (1) Advances in propulsion technology;
  (2) Feasibility, including cost, of converting to non-aerial motive power where aerial wiring has been installed;
  (3) Feasibility, including cost, of using non-aerial motive power on such segments of the streetcar system where construction has yet to be initiated; and
  (4) Any recommended amendments to this chapter, including a potential sunset date.
(b) The Council shall hold a public hearing on this report.
D.C. Code § 9-1115.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1115.01
§ 9-1115.01. Authority to enter into Compact.
Status: in_force

The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the District of Columbia, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact (“Compact”) with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, which Compact shall be as it appears in § 9-1115.03 .
D.C. Code § 9-801 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-801
§ 9-801. Construction and operation of Airport authorized.
Status: in_force

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”) is hereby authorized and directed to construct, protect, operate, improve, and maintain within or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, a public airport (including all buildings and other structures necessary or desirable therefor).
D.C. Code § 9-324 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-324
§ 9-324. Calvert Street Bridge.
Status: in_force

Any street railway company using the bridge constructed to replace the Calvert Street Bridge over Rock Creek, as authorized by the Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 229, ch. 93) shall install thereon, at its own expense, an approved underground system of streetcar propulsion and, at its own expense, shall thereafter maintain such underground construction, and bear the cost of surfacing and resurfacing and maintaining in good condition the space between the railway tracks and 2 feet exterior thereto as provided by law, and shall defray the cost of excess construction occasioned by such use including the relocation and construction of closed plow pits at the west approach to the bridge in accordance with plans to be approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-812 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-812
§ 9-812. Appropriations authorized.
Status: in_force

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be necessary for the construction of the airport authorized by this chapter, and such sum shall remain available until expended. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such other sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-601 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-601
§ 9-601. Removal from sidewalks by owner of abutting property.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a residential or commercial property that fronts or abuts a paved sidewalk shall, within the first 8 hours of daylight after the ceasing to fall of any snow or sleet, remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away, snow or sleet that is in front of or abuts a building or lot of land to provide a path that is the entire width of the sidewalk, up to 36 inches wide; provided, that a residential or commercial property owner may delegate this responsibility to a tenant, occupant, lessee, or other individual by written agreement.
(b) If snow or sleet cannot be removed without causing injury to the paved sidewalk, then the owner of the residential or commercial property shall, within the first 8 hours of daylight after the ceasing to fall of any snow or sleet, make the sidewalk reasonably safe for travel by covering the unremoved snow or sleet with a coating of sand, sawdust, or other proper substance as necessary to render the sidewalk safe for pedestrian travel.
D.C. Code § 9-113.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.04
§ 9-113.04. Acceptance of dedicated streets; building restriction lines; right-of-way for sewers and water mains.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.08
§ 9-1111.08. Authorization of appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation such amounts as may be necessary to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him under § 9-1111.06 and to make the payments to the Transit Authority in accordance with § 9-1111.12 . Amounts appropriated under this section shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
(b) If at any time the moneys available to the Secretary of Transportation are insufficient to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him under § 9-1111.06 or to make payments to the Transit Authority in accordance with § 9-1111.12 , he shall issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Redemption of such notes or obligations shall be made by the Secretary of Transportation from appropriations available under subsection (a) of this section. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of the notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any notes or other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act and the purposes for which securities may be issued under that Act are extended to include any purchase of such notes or obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by him under this subsection. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
D.C. Code § 9-433.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-433.02
§ 9-433.02. Penalty; prosecution.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of § 9-433.01 shall on conviction thereof in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000; and in default of payment of such fine such person shall be confined in the workhouse of the District of Columbia for a period not exceeding 6 months; and all prosecutions shall be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-602.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-602.01
§ 9-602.01. Mayor's authority to enter into agreements with certain entities for removal of snow and ice.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Chapter 3A of Title 2 , the Mayor may enter into an agreement, excluding grant agreements, with a BID corporation, as defined in § 2-1215.02(4) , a DC Main Streets program, or a Clean Team grantee, duly organized with a current grant agreement with the Department of Small and Local Business Development, to remove snow and ice from sidewalks, curb cuts, and crosswalks within the boundaries of or adjoining to the BID, as defined in § 2-1215.02(7) , the DC Main Streets program, or the Clean Team grantee agreement during a declared snow emergency.
D.C. Code § 9-910 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-910
§ 9-910. Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority may provide by resolution for the issuance, at 1 time or from time to time, of revenue bonds of the Authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of Authority facilities, including the refunding of federal appropriations not reimbursed to the United States Treasury by the Metropolitan Washington Airports. The principal of and the interest on these bond shall be payable solely from the funds provided for this payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall mature at times not exceeding 40 years form their dates, as may be determined by the Authority, and may be subject to redemption or repurchase before maturity, at the option of the Authority, at prices and under those terms and conditions may be fixed by the Authority before the issuance of the bonds. The bonds may bear interest payable at times and at rates as determined by the Authority or as determined in the manner as the Authority may provide, including the determination by agents designated by the Authority under guidelines established by it. The Authority shall determine the form and the manner of execution of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached to the bonds, and shall fix the denominations of the bonds and the places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the District of Columbia. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained  in office until delivery. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds issued under the provisions of this section, all bonds shall be considered to be negotiable instruments under the laws of the District. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the Authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest, and for the interchange of registered and coupon bonds. The Authority may sell bonds in the manner, either at public or negotiated sale, and for the price, as it may determine will best effect the purposes of this section.
(b) The proceeds of the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of Authority facilities, including improvements, and shall be disbursed in the manner and under the restrictions, if any, as the Authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than the cost, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of the deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreements securing the bonds, shall be considered to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the cost, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for the bonds.
(c) Before the preparation of definitive bonds, the Authority may, under the same restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when the bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. The Authority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds that become mutilated or have been destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this section without obtaining the consent of any agency of the District and without any other proceedings, conditions or things not specifically required by this section.
D.C. Code § 9-306 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-306
§ 9-306. John Philip Sousa Bridge.
Status: in_force

The bridge authorized to be erected over the Anacostia River, in the District of Columbia, in the line of Pennsylvania Avenue shall be, on and after March 7, 1939, known as the John Philip Sousa Bridge.
D.C. Code § 9-203.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.05
§ 9-203.05. Area between property line and building restriction line.
Status: in_force

Any area between the property line and the building restriction line shall be considered as private property set aside and treated as public space under the care and maintenance of the property owner. The use of this area shall be controlled by the District of Columbia police regulations with respect to the use of public space and the projection of buildings beyond the building line. The District shall have a right-of-way through this area for sewers and water mains free of charge. The Mayor may build sidewalks on this area if in the judgment of the Mayor the space between the street lines is not sufficient to permit the construction of sidewalks within the street lines.
D.C. Code § 9-1207.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1207.02
§ 9-1207.02. Submarine cables at drawbridge openings.
Status: in_force

Submarine cables may be used at drawbridge openings, provided previous approval shall have been obtained from the Department of the Army.
D.C. Code § 9-631 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / § 9-631
§ 9-631. Definitions.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on October 17, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Past Permanent Version .*
For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) "Authorized resident" means a District resident who was listed on a block party preauthorization application, as described in § 9-632.01(b)(2) , that has been approved by the Department and can submit an expedited block party application for a preauthorized block on which they reside.
(2) “Block party” means an activity of a recreational or civic nature sponsored by the residents of a neighborhood, for which the residents seek to close a block of a street in their neighborhood and for which there is no admission or entrance fee.
(3) “Department” means the District Department of Transportation.
(4) "Preauthorized block" means a section of roadway for which an authorized resident can submit an expedited block party application following the approval of a block party preauthorization application as described in §§ 9-632.01 and 9-633 .
(5) "Porchfest" means a distributed neighborhood music festival where musicians perform on a resident's private property, such as their porch or yard, or any abutting public property, and no fee is charged to participants or attendees.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.23 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.23
§ 9-1219.23. Condemnation to open, widen, or straighten alleys or minor streets; plats.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-202.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.09
§ 9-202.09. Approval subject to contingencies; relocation assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council may make the approval of a closing of all or part of a street or alley contingent upon any or all of the following:
  (1) The dedication of any other land for street or alley purposes;
  (2) The granting to the District of specific easements for public purposes; or
  (3) Any other condition that the Council considers necessary.
(b) (1) If the closing of all or part of a street or alley is associated with the demolition, substantial rehabilitation, or discontinuance of an existing building and results in the displacement of existing retail tenants, then the applicant shall certify to the District, prior to the issuance of a building permit for the development facilitated by the alley closing, that the applicant has either:
    (A) Offered each eligible retail tenant a preferential opportunity to return to the new or rehabilitated building upon completion; or
    (B) Provided each eligible retail tenant a relocation payment, the amount of which shall be calculated by multiplying the assessed value of the existing building by the proportion of square footage within the building that was occupied by the retail tenant, but in no event shall this relocation payment be required to exceed $25,000.
  (2) If the applicant offers the preferential opportunity to return referred to in subparagraph (1)(A) of this subsection and if the eligible retail tenant accepts the offer, then the applicant shall not be required to provide the eligible retail tenant with the relocation payment referred to in subparagraph (1)(B) of this subsection. If the applicant offers the preferential opportunity to return referred to in subparagraph (1)(A) of this subsection and if the eligible retail tenant declines or does not respond to the offer, then the applicant shall provide the eligible retail tenant with the relocation payment referred to in subparagraph (1)(B) of this subsection. If the applicant chooses not to offer the preferential opportunity to return referred to in subparagraph (1)(A) of this subsection, then the applicant shall provide the eligible retail tenant with the relocation payment referred to in subparagraph (1)(B) of this subsection.
  (3) The preferential opportunity to return referred to in subparagraph (1)(A) of this subsection includes at least a written offer to return to space to be leased in the new or rehabilitated building upon completion.
  (4) The relocation assistance required by this section referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be designed for the benefit of eligible retail tenants who are displaced by a development associated with a street or alley closing, and both the eligible retail tenants and the Corporation Counsel, on behalf of the District of Columbia, shall have the right to sue in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to enforce the relocation assistance required by this section. A copy of the relocation assistance required by this section shall be sent by the applicant to all retail tenants who may be displaced by a development associated with the application, and the applicant shall use best efforts to notify retail tenants of the relocation assistance required by this section.
  (5) Prior to consideration by a committee of the Council of an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the Mayor shall provide the Council with information regarding:
    (A) The effect of the street or alley closing upon any existing retail tenants in buildings associated with the street or alley closing; and
    (B) The assessed value of the street or alley to be closed and the assessed values of land and of buildings associated with the street or alley closing.
(c) In order to be eligible for the relocation assistance provided in subsection (b) of this section, a retail tenant:
  (1) Shall be a nonresidential tenant offering goods or nonprofessional services;
  (2) Shall have been a tenant of the existing building for a minimum of 3 years prior to the date of introduction of proposed legislation to close all or a part of a street or alley associated with the demolition, substantial rehabilitation, or discontinuance of the existing building;
  (3) Shall have had an annual gross revenue, from all business locations within the District of Columbia, that totaled not more than $5,000,000 in the year preceding the date of displacement;
  (4) Shall not have an ownership interest in the property to be developed; and
  (5) Shall relocate within the District of Columbia.
(d) A retail tenant shall refund any relocation payment provided under this section if the retail tenant relocates outside the District of Columbia within a period of 3 years.
(e) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to applications by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for closing all or part of a street or alley for the sole purpose of construction of transit facilities.
(f) An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase and who is required to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing pursuant to section 308b of the Comprehensive Plan (10 DCMR) [10 DCMR § 308b] shall not be issued a building permit for the applicant’s commercial development until the applicant certifies to the District either that a building permit has been issued for the required amount of affordable housing, or that the applicant has contributed sufficient funds to a housing provider to construct or rehabilitate the required amount of affordable housing.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.12
§ 9-1219.12. Closing of alleys rendered useless or unnecessary.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-221.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.01
§ 9-221.01. Closings authorized; disposition of property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.26 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.26
§ 9-1217.26. Procedures; appropriations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-204.18 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.18
§ 9-204.18. Deposit for maintenance of commemorative work.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the criteria set forth in § 9-204.17 , no construction permit shall be issued unless the sponsor authorized to construct the commemorative work has donated either an amount that is equal to 10% of the total estimated cost of the construction or another amount determined by the Mayor to offset the costs of perpetual maintenance and preservation of the commemorative work.
(b) All proceeds received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in a nonlapsing account of the District government and shall be available for the nonrecurring repair and maintenance of the sponsor’s commemorative work pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(c) The sponsor shall be required to submit to the Mayor an annual report of operations prior to and during construction of the commemorative work, including financial statements audited by an independent certified public accountant, paid for by the sponsor authorized to construct the commemorative work.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a commemorative work that is constructed by a Federal or District agency and where less than 50% of the funding for the construction is provided by private sources.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.09
§ 9-1107.09. Transfer of functions, duties, property, and records of National Capital Transportation Agency to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) To assure uninterrupted progress in the development of the facilities authorized by the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965, the transfer of the functions and duties of the National Capital Transportation Agency (herein referred to as the Agency) to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (herein referred to as the Authority) as required by § 1-1408(b) shall take place on September 30, 1967.
(b) Upon the effective date of the transfer of functions and duties authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the President is authorized to transfer to the Authority such real and personal property, studies, reports, records, and other assets and liabilities as are appropriate in order that the Authority may assume the functions and duties of the Agency and, further, the President shall make provision for the transfer to the Authority of the unexpended balance of the appropriations, and of other funds, of the Agency for use by the Authority but such unexpended balances so transferred shall be used only for the purpose for which such appropriations were originally made. Subsequent to said effective date, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for payment to the Authority, any unappropriated portion of the authorization specified in § 9-1105.02(1) . There is also authorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia, for payment to the Authority, any unappropriated portion of the authorization specified in § 9-1105.02(2) . Any such appropriations shall be used only for the purposes for which such authorizations were originally made.
(c) Pending the assumption by the Authority of the functions and duties of the Agency, the Agency is authorized and directed, in the manner herein set forth, fully to cooperate with and assist the Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Washington Suburban Transit Commission in the development of plans for the extensions, new lines and related facilities required to expand the basic system authorized by the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965 into a regional system, but pending such transfer of functions and duties, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to impair the performance by the Agency of the functions and duties imposed by the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965.
(d) In order to provide the cooperation and assistance specified in subsection (c) of this section, the Agency is authorized to perform, on a reimbursable basis, planning, engineering and such other services for the Authority, as the Authority may request, or to obtain such services by contract, but all such assistance and services shall be rendered in accordance with policy determinations made by the Authority and shall be advisory only.
(e) Amounts received by the Agency from the Authority as provided in subsection (d) of this section shall be available for expenditure by the Agency in performing services for the Authority.
D.C. Code § 9-204.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.01
§ 9-204.01. Scope of Council’s authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Any proposed designation or change of the name of any public space or commemorative work on public space in the District of Columbia shall require approval by the Mayor and the Council as follows:
  (1) The Mayor may submit a resolution to the Council proposing a designation, change of name, or commemorative work for the Council’s approval.
  (2) A Council member may introduce an act proposing a designation, change of name, or commemorative work.
  (3) In accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Council may approve legislation submitted pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection following a public hearing held by the Council and in accordance with the criteria set forth in this subchapter.
  (4) For commemorative works, the criteria set forth in part B of this subchapter shall be met prior to Council approval.
  (5) For an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space, the criteria set forth in part C of this subchapter shall be met before Council approval.
  (6) Any designation or change of name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space made before October 8, 2016, shall not be affected by any of the D.C. Law 21-161 requirements.
  (7) This title shall not apply to:
    (A) Any street, alley, other public space, or commemorative work not under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia; or
    (B) Any ancillary interior space of a District of Columbia Public Schools building, such as an auditorium or library.
D.C. Code § 9-1211.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1211.02
§ 9-1211.02. Analysis and review requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If a helicopter landing pad constructed after August 25, 2018 is used for more than 175 round-trip flights during a calendar year, the Mayor shall, no later than 60 days following the end of that period:
    (A) Conduct an analysis to ascertain the specific uses of the helicopter landing pad and the reasons for the use of the helicopter landing pad for more than 175 round-trip flights; and
    (B) Determine whether to pursue the adoption of rules pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 to restrict the use of the helicopter landing pad or take other action as the Mayor shall deem appropriate.
  (2) In conducting an analysis pursuant to this subsection, the Mayor shall utilize a plan to receive public comments and input from the affected community and Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
  (3) The information generated and received pursuant to this subsection shall be reported to the Council and to affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
  (4) A determination made pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall be made in writing and shall be published in the District of Columbia Register.
(b) (1) The Mayor shall determine, in consultation with affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, whether to pursue the adoption of rules pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 to curtail helicopter flights between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. from helicopter landing pads that are:
    (A) Located at hospitals that are certified as Level One Trauma Centers; and
    (B) Constructed after August 25, 2018.
  (2) The determination made pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be made in writing and shall be published in the District of Columbia Register.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.04
§ 9-1215.04. Special trust fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-203.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.01
§ 9-203.01. Scope of Mayor’s authority.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may open, extend, widen, or straighten:
(1) Any street to conform with the highway plan; or
(2) Any minor street or alley, upon the petition of the owners of more than 1/2 of the property fronting on the proposed street or alley, or when the Mayor finds that the public interest would be served best by the action.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.12
§ 9-1111.12. Payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Transit Authority shall maintain a sinking fund to be used for the accumulation of assets for payment of principal on bonds issued by the Transit Authority and guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 . The fund shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Compact providing for funds established by the Transit Authority, and moneys in the fund may be invested by the Transit Authority in accordance with the Compact and with the Agreement.
  (2) The Transit Authority shall use assets of the fund to pay the principal paid or to be paid after October 1, 1979, on bonds issued by the Transit Authority.
  (3) (A) Subject to the conditions of the Agreement, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make contributions to the Transit Authority, or its fiscal agent, in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of two thirds of the principal paid or to be paid after June 30, 1979, on bonds issued by the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 .
    (B) There are authorized to be appropriated beginning in fiscal year 1981 such sums as are necessary to carry out the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
  (4) Subject to the conditions of the Agreement, the local participating governments shall make payments to the Transit Authority in amounts sufficient to allow the Transit Authority to make contributions to the fund established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of one third of the principal paid or to be paid after June 30, 1979, on bonds issued by the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 .
(b) (1) The Transit Authority shall maintain a Bond Interest Fund to be used for the accumulation of assets for the timely payment of interest on bonds issued by the Transit Authority and guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 . The fund shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Compact providing for funds established by the Transit Authority, and moneys in the fund may be invested by the Transit Authority in accordance with the Compact and with the Agreement.
  (2) (A) Subject to the conditions of the Agreement, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make contributions to the Transit Authority or its fiscal agent, in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of two thirds of the total amount of interest paid or to be paid after June 30, 1979, on bonds issued by the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 .
    (B) There are authorized to be appropriated beginning in fiscal year 1981 such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
  (3) With respect to interest payments due prior to July 3, 1983, the Secretary of Transportation, if requested by the Transit Authority, may make accelerated interest payments in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment, as any payment becomes due, of not more than an additional 181/3 per centum of the interest due on such bonds at the time of such payment, so long as the total amount of contributions by the Secretary under this subsection does not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection. Unless otherwise provided in amendments to the Agreement, any accelerated payments made shall bear interest from the date of accelerated payment until liquidation at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding United States marketable obligations which have maturities comparable to the period of time between the time of accelerated payment and the time of liquidation.
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  (4) Subject to the conditions of the Agreement, the local participating governments shall make payments to the Transit Authority in amounts sufficient to allow the Transit Authority to make contributions to the fund established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of one third of the interest paid or to be paid after June 30, 1979, on bonds issued by the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary as provided in § 9-1111.06 .
  (5) If as a result of the retirement of the principal of such bonds (or of any portion of such principal) before maturity the total amount of contributions by the Secretary of Transportation after June 30, 1979, for payment of interest on such bonds is at any time in excess of two thirds of the net present value of the total amount of interest paid or to be paid on such bonds after such date, the Transit Authority shall pay to the Secretary the difference between the total amount contributed by the Secretary and two thirds of the net present value of the total amount of interest paid or to be paid on such bonds after such date.
D.C. Code § 9-311 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-311
§ 9-311. Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction or control of the Georgetown Bridge, to be known as the Francis Scott Key Bridge, across the Potomac River and approaches shall be under the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The said bridge shall be used as a highway for traffic, and for gas and water mains, power, telegraph and telephone wires or cables, and interurban railroads upon such conditions and for such compensation as may from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; provided, that the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, using the Aqueduct Bridge on May 18, 1916, shall be permitted, with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, to change its location so as to cross with a double track the new bridge and approaches herein provided for, and to connect its railway, located in Arlington County, Virginia, and in the District of Columbia, with the tracks of said new bridge; and that all plans for such change are to be approved by the Secretary of the Army; and provided further, that a standard system of electric propulsion shall be installed by said railway on said new bridge, and no dynamo furnishing power to this portion of the road of said railway shall be in any manner connected with the ground, and that the cost of paving and maintaining in good condition between the tracks and 2 feet outside thereof shall be paid by said railway; and provided further, that any electric railway shall have the right to use said new bridge and the double track above described upon terms determined by the Secretary of the Army, who is hereby authorized and directed to hear the interested parties and to fix the terms of joint trackage.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.04
§ 9-1203.04. Extensions through public grounds authorized.
Status: in_force

Subject always to the approval of the Council of the District of Columbia, all such railroad tracks, turnouts, branch tracks, spurs, and sidings may be located and constructed in, upon, along, and through public grounds, space, and streets of the United States and/or of the District of Columbia as same are now or may hereafter be located and established; provided, that except as in §§ 9-1203.01 to 9-1203.09 expressly authorized no tracks, turnouts, branches, spurs, or sidings shall be constructed along or through South Capitol Street or 1st Street Southwest in the north and south direction, at grade or otherwise, but each of said streets, with prior approval of said Council of the District of Columbia, may be crossed to such extent as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate railroad facilities; provided further, that no permit for the construction of tracks, turnouts, branches, spurs, or sidings shall be issued with respect to squares 600, 602, 604, 606, 608, 610, and 612, or any of said squares, until the particular square or squares for which a permit is sought shall have been zoned industrial; and provided further, that the plans for any building fronting on Canal Street from the Anacostia River to P Street Southwest shall have the approval of the Fine Arts Commission as to height and design.
D.C. Code § 9-107.62 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.62
§ 9-107.62. Authority of the Chief Financial Officer.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Mayor shall implement the provisions of this part in a manner consistent with the authority of the Chief Financial Officer under § 1-204.24d .
D.C. Code § 9-202.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.08
§ 9-202.08. Disposition of property; use of money received therefrom.
Status: in_force

Where title to the street or alley, of which all or part is to be closed, can reasonably be determined to be held by the United States or the District, the Council may dispose of the property to the best advantage of the District and may assess the fair market value of the land and the value of the District’s improvements on the land to the person(s) to whom the title to the land is to vest. Any money received for land where the title was held by the United States shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the United States. Any money received for land where title was held by the District shall be credited to the General Fund of the District.
D.C. Code § 9-401.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.05
§ 9-401.05. Mayor to submit schedules of streets to be improved.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in submitting the schedules of streets and avenues to be improved, shall each year arrange said streets and avenues in the order of their importance, as determined by him after personal examination of said streets and avenues.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.03
§ 9-1107.03. Consent of Council to Compact amendments.
Status: in_force

(a) The District of Columbia hereby consents to, adopts, and enacts amendments to Articles I and XVI of Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact as set out in § 9-1107.01 .
(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of Columbia amendments, substantially as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, to Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, which amendments shall become effective immediately upon execution of same.
D.C. Code § 9-421.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.12
§ 9-421.12. Assessment when roadway paved — Severability.
Status: in_force

Should any provision of this subchapter be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the validity of §§ 9-421.01 to 9-421.12 as a whole or of any part thereof other than the part decided to be unconstitutional shall not be affected.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.27 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.27
§ 9-1219.27. Objections to verdict; modification or vacation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.30 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.30
§ 9-1219.30. Awards paid by Treasurer of United States; benefits deducted from damages.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-105.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-105.03
§ 9-105.03. Portion of Michigan Avenue abandoned.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to close, vacate, and abandon the portion of Michigan Avenue known and designated as Parcel D, containing 69,336 square feet, and Parcel H, containing 7,279 square feet, as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429, title to said parcels so closed, vacated, and abandoned to revert in fee simple to the owner or owners of the parcel numbered on the assessment records of the District of Columbia as parcel 120/1, said closing of said street and the transfer of title thereto to be upon the condition and with the express stipulation that the owner or owners of said parcel 120/1 shall dedicate to the District of Columbia for street purposes all of the parcel known and designated as Parcel F, containing 43,161 square feet, as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429 and shall further, in consideration of the increase in area of the property of said owner or owners of said parcel 120/1 by reason of the transfers as provided herein, dedicate to the District of Columbia about 36,000 square feet of land, the location of which shall be mutually agreed upon by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the owner or owners of parcel 120/1, and that said owner or owners of said parcel 120/1 shall transfer to the United States as part of the grounds of the United States Military Asylum, known as the United States Soldiers’ Home, all of the parcel known and designated as Parcel G, containing 1,543 square feet, as shown on said Map No. 1429 in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia; provided, however, that the Board of Commissioners of the United States Soldiers’ Home, or the proper authorities having title, control, or jurisdiction, shall transfer to the owner or owners of the parcel designated on the assessment and taxation records of the District of Columbia as parcel 120/1 all the land comprised within the parcel known and designated as Parcel C containing 4,517 square feet, as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429.
D.C. Code § 9-101.18 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.18
§ 9-101.18. Authority to acquire and transfer to Secretary of the Interior real property in exchange for real property transferred to the District; payments in lieu of transfer of property.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation or otherwise, real property for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior in exchange or as replacement for park, parkway, and playground lands transferred to the District of Columbia for a public purpose pursuant to § 10-111 and the Mayor is further authorized to transfer to the United States title to property so acquired.
(b) Payments are authorized to be made by the Mayor, and received by the Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of property transferred pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The amount of such payment shall represent the cost to the Secretary of the Interior of acquiring real property suitable for replacement of the property so transferred as agreed upon between the Mayor and the head of said agency and shall be available for the acquiring of the replacement property.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.24 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.24
§ 9-1219.24. Notice of condemnation; service.
Status: repealed

Repealed.