D.C. Code § 9-633 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / § 9-633
§ 9-633. Duties of the Department.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall be responsible for approving block party, expedited block party, and block party preauthorization applications. No fee shall be charged for the application.
(b) Upon receiving a completed block party application or block party preauthorization application, the Department shall submit a copy to the Metropolitan Police Department, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for comments.
(b-1) The Department shall approve or deny, and notify the applicant of its determination, for:
  (1) An expedited block party application within 3 business days after receipt of the application;
  (2) A block party application within 10 business days after receipt of the application; and
  (3) A block party preauthorization application within 20 business days after receipt of the application.
(b-2) When notifying an applicant of its approval of a block party preauthorization application, the Department may place additional reasonable restrictions and conditions on permits for expedited block parties, including restrictions or on the dates and times that the street is eligible for closure or conditions on the manner of closure.
(c) Upon approval of the application, the Department shall prepare the applicant’s permit and any parking signs. The approved block party permit shall be made available to the applicant electronically.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.28 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.28
§ 9-1217.28. Appropriations authorized.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1117.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1117.01
§ 9-1117.01. Mayor authorized to enter into Compact; purpose.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the District a compact with any state or states legally joining the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact (“Compact”).
(b) The parties to this Compact are the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland (“Parties”).
(c) The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving all 3 Parties jurisdiction to exercise appropriate authority anywhere on the following bridges which pass through the territory of 2 or more of the jurisdictions: the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, Rochambeau Memorial Bridge, Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge, George Mason Memorial Bridge, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Chain Bridge, Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas "Mac" Middleton Bridge, Sandy Hook Bridge, Brunswick Bridge, Point of Rocks Bridge, and American Legion Memorial Bridge.
D.C. Code § 9-1205.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1205.01
§ 9-1205.01. Construction of switch connections — Authorized.
Status: in_force

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating lessee of all of the railroads and appurtenant properties of The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company in the District of Columbia, be, and it is hereby, authorized to establish switch and siding connections with its existing siding tracks in square no. 4263 (also shown as parcel 154/44) to cross West Virginia Avenue into and through square no. 4105 along and adjacent to the existing main line tracks, thence into and through square nos. 4104 and 4099, crossing New York Avenue by means of a suitable overhead bridge, thence to and through square no. 4099 and the parcels of land known and identified on the Plat Books of the Surveyor’s Office of the District of Columbia as parcels 153/44, 143/25, 142/25, and 142/28, to and through the square known as and no. 4038 (portions of which are included in parcel 142/28), 4093, south of 4093, and 4098, with all switches, crossings, turnouts, extensions, spurs, and sidings, as may be or become necessary for the development of the squares and parcels of land above indicated for such uses as may be permitted in the use district or districts in which said squares and parcels of land are now or may hereafter be included as defined in the zoning regulations of the District of Columbia and shown in the official atlases of the Zoning Commission.
D.C. Code § 9-221.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.06
§ 9-221.06. Damages; assessment of benefits.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-411.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-411.04
§ 9-411.04. Roadway improvements and curbs and gutters completed after May 25, 1943.
Status: in_force

No assessments shall be levied under §§ 9-421.01 to 9-421.04 , for any roadway improvement completed subsequent to May 25, 1943, but for curbs or gutters, or curbs and gutters, completed subsequent to May 25, 1943, assessments shall be levied against the abutting property in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.02
§ 9-1215.02. Committee duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-421.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.04
§ 9-421.04. Limitations on assessments; computation.
Status: in_force

The maximum linear front foot assessment levied hereunder shall not exceed $3.50 per linear front foot. 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 20 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 paving or repairing of the street, avenue, or road for which said assessment is levied. In computing assessments hereunder against unsubdivided land by the square foot or 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; where the depth is uneven, the average depth shall be taken in computation, but not to exceed 100 feet.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.07
§ 9-1109.07. Authorization for a District program.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-401.19 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.19
§ 9-401.19. Restoration of certain private roads, alleys, and rights of way by the District.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may repair or restore a privately owned road, alley, or other right of way ("private right of way") described in subsection (b) of this section to such condition as the Mayor deems appropriate for the passage of motor vehicles owned or operated by the District government, and the Mayor may enter such private right of way for the purpose of such repair or restoration with or without the consent of the owner of the property.
(b) The private right of way referred to in subsection (a) of this section is private property that meets each of the following conditions:
  (1) The owner has covenanted to the District that the private property shall be subject to an easement and right of way for the passing of motor vehicles by others, or has otherwise provided such an easement and right of way;
  (2) The District government uses, or in the event of emergency, would likely use, the private right of way for the passage of District government motor vehicles;
  (3) The private right of way is not in a state of good repair, as determined by the Mayor, for the passing of motor vehicles by the District government; and
  (4) The Mayor, after reasonable effort, has been unable to locate the owner of the private property.
(c) Before repairing or restoring a private right of way under this section, the Mayor shall attempt to:
  (1) Obtain from each owner of private property adjacent to the private right of way, and each owner of property likely to be impacted by the repair or restoration of the private right of way, a release of liability and indemnification related to the repair or restoration; and
  (2) Obtain such other releases and indemnifications, and impose such other conditions as the Mayor deems appropriate.
(d) (1) If the covenant referred to in subsection (b)(1) of this section requires the owner of the private right of way to maintain the private right of way in a condition suitable for the passage of motor vehicles, the Mayor may recover from the owner of the private right of way the cost and expenses incurred by the District under this section for the repair and restoration of the private right of way. The amount to be recovered from the owner shall be a continuing and perpetual lien under § 8-807(f) , and may be enforced in the same manner as provided in § 8-807(f) .
  (2) For good cause shown, the Mayor may abate the amount of the recovery or lien imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection and any charges, expenses, penalties, and interest accruing under § 8-807(f) .
D.C. Code § 9-203.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.03
§ 9-203.03. Council acceptance of land dedication.
Status: in_force

(a) Where the highway plan shows: (1) a street as 90 feet wide, the Council may accept a dedication of land no less than 60 feet wide; (2) a street as 120 feet or more wide, the Council may accept a dedication of land no less than 90 feet wide; provided, that in both clauses (1) and (2) of this section the persons dedicating the land agree to establish building restriction lines to correspond with the width of the street as shown on the highway plan.
(b) An application to dedicate land to establish a minor street that would not meet the requirements of § 9-203.04 shall be accompanied by a document signed by the Mayor, stating that the Mayor has authorized the nonconforming street width or building-line setback.
(c) When the Council makes street construction a condition for the dedication of land for street purposes, the Surveyor shall not record a dedication plat until DDOT has issued a written statement (“DDOT Statement”) that:
  (1) The owner of the property to be dedicated has constructed the street improvements in accordance with the Council’s conditions, DDOT’s standard and specifications, and any plans required and approved by DDOT; and
  (2) The owner of the property being dedicated has signed a document, which shall be attached to the DDOT Statement, that indemnifies and holds harmless the District and all of its officers, agents, and servants against any and all claims or liability arising from or based on, or as a consequence or result of, any latent defects, act, omission, or default of the owner of the property, his employees, agents, servants, contractors, or subcontractors, in the performance of, or in connection with, any work required, contemplated, or performed in connection with the construction of the street.
D.C. Code § 9-101.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.06
§ 9-101.06. Public notice of proposed plan.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days prior to the submissions by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the National Capital Planning Commission and to the Council of the District of Columbia for approvals of a proposed modification to the permanent system of highways, the Mayor shall provide written notice of an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed modification to:
  (1) Each owner of land within the squares in which or adjacent to which the proposed modification is located, by registered mail to the address to which taxation notifications are sent by the District of Columbia Department of Finance and Revenue;
  (2) Each Advisory Neighborhood Commission within whose commission area the proposed modification is located; and
  (3) The public, by publishing the proposed modification in the District of Columbia Register.
(b) Copies of comments received by the Mayor shall be included in any subsequent submission by the Mayor to the Council of the District of Columbia of a resolution to consider the proposed modification to the permanent system of highways.
D.C. Code § 9-109.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-109.03
§ 9-109.03. Additional requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) Expeditious processing and execution of contracts. — The District of Columbia shall expeditiously process and execute contracts to implement the Federal-aid highway program in the District of Columbia.
(b) Revolving fund account. — The District of Columbia shall establish an independent revolving fund account for Federal-aid highway projects. The account shall be separate from the capital account of the Department of Public Works of the District of Columbia and shall be reserved for the prompt payment of contractors completing highway projects in the District of Columbia under Title 23, United States Code.
(c) Highway project expertise and resources. — The District of Columbia shall ensure that necessary expertise and resources are available for planning, design, and construction of Federal-aid highway projects in the District of Columbia.
(d) Programmatic reforms. — The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority established pursuant to § 47-391.01(a) , may require administrative and programmatic reforms by the District of Columbia to ensure efficient management of the Federal-aid highway program in the District of Columbia.
(e) GAO audit. — The Comptroller General of the United States shall review implementation of the requirements of this section (including requirements imposed under subsection (d) of this section) and report to Congress on the results of such review not later than July 1, 1996.
D.C. Code § 9-1172 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11B / § 9-1172
§ 9-1172. Wire-free zones.
Status: in_force

No aerial wires for streetcar transit shall be installed in the following areas:
(1) Along the National Mall in the cross-axis area that extends from the U.S. Capitol on the east to the Lincoln Memorial on the west and from the White House on the north to the Jefferson Memorial on the south, including federal properties abutting this cross-axis area; and
(2) Along Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
D.C. Code § 9-312 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-312
§ 9-312. South Dakota Avenue Bridge.
Status: in_force

No street railway company shall use the bridge authorized by the Act of March 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 1018), for its tracks until such company shall have paid to the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to one-sixth of the total cost of said bridge, to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-109.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-109.01
§ 9-109.01. District of Columbia emergency highway relief.
Status: in_force

(a) Temporary Waiver of Non-Federal Share. — Notwithstanding any other law, during fiscal years 1995 and 1996, the Federal share of the costs of an eligible project shall be a percentage requested by the District of Columbia, but not to exceed 100 percent of the costs of the project.
(b) Eligible Projects. — In this section, the term “eligible project” means a highway project in the District of Columbia:
  (1) For which the United States:
    (A) Is obligated to pay the Federal share of the costs of the project under Title 23, United States Code, on August 4, 1995; or
    (B) Becomes obligated to pay the Federal share of the costs of the project under Title 23, United States Code, during the period beginning on August 4, 1995 and ending September 30, 1996;
  (2) Which is:
    (A) For a route proposed for inclusion on or designated as part of the National Highway System; or
    (B) Of regional significance (as determined by the Secretary of Transportation); and
  (3) With respect to which the District of Columbia certifies that sufficient funds are not available to pay the non-Federal share of the costs of the project.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.03
§ 9-1113.03. Capital grant assistance.
Status: in_force

The Transit Authority, for the purpose of effecting the acquisition of the mass transit bus system or systems as contemplated by this subchapter, together with such improvements or replacement of acquired equipment and facilities as may be found necessary or desirable by the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter in §§ 9-1113.03 to 9-1113.05 referred to as the “Secretary”) in conjunction with such acquisition and within a reasonable time thereafter, not to exceed 6 months, is eligible for capital grant assistance pursuant to § 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. For this purpose, the Transit Authority shall be considered a “local public body” within the meaning of that section and, accordingly, the Secretary may authorize and approve capital grant assistance to the Transit Authority in the maximum amount provided for in the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 toward the cost of acquisition of such bus system or systems, including the cost of improvements to or replacement of acquired equipment and facilities approved by the Secretary in conjunction with such acquisition. Such assistance shall be provided from funds available to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation.
D.C. Code § 9-107.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.02
§ 9-107.02. Authority to pay public utility relocation expenses; definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, whenever the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall determine that the construction or modification of a project, on or a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways within the District of Columbia under Title 23 of the United States Code, necessitates the relocation, adjustment, replacement, removal, or abandonment of utility facilities, the utility owning such facilities shall relocate, adjust, replace, remove, or abandon the same, as the case may be. The cost of relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal, and the cost of abandonment of such facilities, shall be paid to the utility by the District of Columbia, as a part of the cost of such project.
(b) As used in this section:
  (1) The term “utility” means any gas plant, gas company, natural gas supplier, electric company, electricity supplier, telephone corporation, telephone line, telegraph corporation, telegraph line, and pipeline company, whether publicly or privately owned, as those terms are defined in Chapter 2 of Title 34 .
  (2) The term “utility facility” means all real and personal property, buildings, and equipment owned or held by a utility in connection with the conduct of its lawful business.
  (3) The term “cost of relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal” means the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal, as the case may be, less any increase in value on account of any betterment of the new utility facilities over the old utility facilities, and less any salvage value derived from the old utility facilities.
  (4) The term “cost of abandonment” means the actual cost to abandon any utility facilities which are not to be used, relocated, adjusted, replaced, removed, or salvaged, together with the original cost of such abandoned facilities, less depreciation.
D.C. Code § 9-1105.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1105.01
§ 9-1105.01. Statement of findings and purpose.
Status: in_force

To further the objectives of subchapter I of this chapter , the Congress hereby finds and declares that:
(1) A coordinated system of rail rapid transit, bus transportation service, and highways is essential in the National Capital region for the satisfactory movement of people and goods, the alleviation of present and future traffic congestion, the economic welfare and vitality of all parts of the region, the effective performance of the functions of the United States government located within the region, the orderly growth and development of the region, the comfort and convenience of the residents and visitors to the region, and the preservation of the beauty and dignity of the Nation’s Capital;
(2) Such a coordinated system should be developed cooperatively by the federal, state, and local governments of the National Capital region as part of a balanced system of transportation utilizing to their best advantage highways and other transit facilities, and the cost of improved mass transit facilities should be financed, as far as possible, by persons using or benefiting from such facilities and their remaining costs should be shared equitably among the federal, state, and local governments;
(3) Various steps have already been taken to bring such a system into being, including the preparation by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”) of a transit development program for the National Capital region, and authorization of the negotiation by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia of an interstate compact to establish a regional transportation organization under the terms of §§ 1-1408 and 1-1409 , and approval by the Congress of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact (§§ 9-1103.01 and 9-1103.02 .) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as altering or amending the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact;
(4) While the negotiation of an interstate compact to establish a regional transportation organization has not been completed, and plans for the development of improved mass transit facilities throughout the National Capital region are still being developed, the Authority has prepared a satisfactory transit development program for the establishment, principally within the District of Columbia, of a system of rail rapid transit lines and related facilities which are capable of being extended to serve other parts of the region, and the design and construction of such facilities should now proceed as contemplated by subchapter I of this chapter ;
(5) In developing such improved transportation facilities, it is necessary that the operation of rail rapid transit and bus services be coordinated, and that the creation and operation of public rail rapid transit facilities be accomplished with the least possible adverse effect on the private companies transporting persons in the National Capital region, on their employees, and on persons, families and businesses displaced by the construction of such facilities.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.05
§ 9-1111.05. Disposal of excess revenues.
Status: in_force

To the extent that revenues or other receipts derived from or in connection with the ownership or operation of the adopted regional system (other than service payments under transit service agreements executed between the Transit Authority and local political subdivisions, the proceeds of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Transit Authority, and capital contributions received by the Transit Authority) are excess to the amounts necessary to make all payments, including debt service, operating and maintenance expenses, and deposits in reserves required or permitted by the terms of any contract of the Transit Authority with or for the benefit of holders of its bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued for any purpose relating to the adopted regional system, other than extensions thereof, two thirds of such excess revenues shall, at the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year in which the adopted regional system (exclusive of extensions) is first put into substantially full revenue service, be paid into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
D.C. Code § 9-101.17 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.17
§ 9-101.17. Use of land in squares 354 and 355 for Southwest Freeway and for redevelopment of Southwest area of District.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to use the land in squares 354 and 355 in the District of Columbia, and the water frontage on the Washington Channel of the Potomac River lying south of Maine Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, including the buildings and wharves thereon, for the proposed Southwest Freeway and Washington Channel approaches thereto, and for the redevelopment of the Southwest area of the District of Columbia pursuant to authority contained in subchapter I of Chapter 3 of Title 6 .
D.C. Code § 9-1111.17 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.17
§ 9-1111.17. Funding of facilities for the handicapped.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in amounts sufficient to finance 80 per centum of the cost of providing such facilities for the subway and rapid rail transit system authorized in this subchapter as may be necessary to make such subway and system accessible by the handicapped through implementation of Public Laws 90-480 and 91-205 (Chapter 51 of Title 42, United States Code). There is authorized to be appropriated, to carry out this section, an amount not to exceed $65,000,000.
D.C. Code § 9-411.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-411.01
§ 9-411.01. Special assessments for curbs and gutters levied.
Status: in_force

When any curb or gutter is laid, or any curb and gutter are laid, on any street, avenue, or road in the District of Columbia which said curb shall be constructed of concrete, stone, or other permanent type of construction, or which said gutter shall be constructed of concrete, brick, granite block, asphalt on a concrete base, or other permanent type of construction, one-half of the total cost thereof shall be charged against and become a lien upon the property abutting the side of the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, so improved, and assessments therefor shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property on the side of the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, so improved; provided, however, that no assessments shall be levied hereunder on account of the replacement of any curb or gutter or curb and gutter of a permanent type of construction. When any gutter shall be constructed, in whole or in part, as an integral portion of a permanent type of roadway of any street, avenue, or road, so much of said roadway as lies within 2 feet of the curb line shall be considered as a gutter for the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.14
§ 9-1111.14. Authorization of additional federal contributions for construction.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make grants to the Transit Authority, in addition to the contributions authorized by sections 3 and 14, for the purpose of financing in part the cost of construction of the Adopted Regional System.
(b) Federal grants under subsection (a) for the Adopted Regional System shall be subject to the following limitations and conditions:
  (1) The work for which such grants are authorized shall be subject to the provisions of the Compact and shall be for projects included in the Adopted Regional System.
  (2) The aggregate amount of such Federal grants made during any fiscal year shall be matched by the local participating governments by payment of capital contributions of not less than 60 percent of the amount of such Federal grants and shall be provided in cash from sources other than Federal funds or revenues from the operation of public mass transportation systems. Any public or private transit system funds so provided shall be solely from undistributed cash surpluses, replacement or depreciation funds or reserves available in cash, or new capital.
  (3) Such grants shall be subject to terms and conditions that the Secretary may deem appropriate for constructing the Adopted Regional System in a cost-effective manner which maximizes the rate at which appropriated funds can be utilized to complete all segments for which funds have been authorized.
(c) In addition to funds authorized under section 14, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of making grants to complete the Adopted Regional System as provided in subsection (a) an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,300,000,000 to be available in increments over 8 fiscal years beginning in fiscal year 1992, or until expended.
(d) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under subsection (c) —
  (1) shall remain available until expended; and
  (2) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, amounts available to the Transit Authority under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, and § 103(e)(4) of Title 23, United States Code.
D.C. Code § 9-602 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-602
§ 9-602. Removal from sidewalks adjacent to public property.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the District of Columbia within the first 8 hours of daylight after the ceasing to fall of any snow or sleet, or after the accumulation of ice on the paved sidewalks within the fire limits of the District of Columbia, in front of or adjacent to all public buildings, public squares, reservations, and open spaces in the said District owned or held by lease by said District, to cause such snow, sleet, and ice to be removed; and also to cause the same to be removed from all crosswalks of improved streets and places of intersection of alleys with paved sidewalks, and also from all paved sidewalks or crosswalks used as public thoroughfares through all public squares, reservations, or open spaces within the fire limits of said District owned or held by lease by the District of Columbia; but in the event of inability to remove such accumulation of snow, sleet, and ice without injury to the sidewalk, by reason of the hardening thereof, it shall be his duty, within the first 8 hours of daylight after the hardening thereof, to make reasonably safe for travel, or cause to be made reasonably safe for travel, by the sprinkling of sand or ashes thereon, such paved sidewalks, crosswalks, and places of intersection of alleys with paved sidewalks, and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean, or cause to be thoroughly cleaned, said sidewalks, crosswalks, and places of intersection of alleys with paved sidewalks.
D.C. Code § 9-401.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.16
§ 9-401.16. Limitation on contracts of Mayor.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is prohibited from incurring or contracting liabilities on behalf of the United States in the improvement of streets, avenues, and reservations beyond the amount of appropriations previously made by Congress, and from entering into any contract touching such improvements on behalf of the United States, except in pursuance of appropriations made by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.15
§ 9-1217.15. Condemnation jury — Selection; composition; oath.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-705 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-705
§ 9-705. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
D.C. Code § 9-401.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.10
§ 9-401.10. Assessments for costs of paving streets.
Status: in_force

(a) The half cost of the paving or repaving of a roadway between the side thereof and the center thereof with sheet asphalt, asphalt block, granite block, vitrified block, cement concrete, bituminous concrete, macadam, or other form of pavement shall be assessed against the property abutting the side of the street so improved, such assessments to be levied and collected as provided on September 1, 1916, as to alleys and sidewalks; provided, that the advertisement by publication of the intention of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to do such work and the formal hearing in respect thereto required by law as to alley and sidewalk improvements shall not be required as to roadway improvements.
(b) There shall be included in the area the cost of which is assessable hereunder only the roadway area abutting the property between lines normally projected from the building line of the street being improved at the points of intersection with the building lines of intersecting streets.
(c) There shall be excluded from the cost of the roadway work to be assessed hereunder:
  (1) The cost of all such work beyond a line 20 feet from the side thereof;
  (2) The cost of all such work within the space within which street railway companies are required to pave by law, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as relieving street railway companies from bearing one-half the cost of paving and repairing streets and avenues between lines 2 feet exterior to the outer rails of their tracks, as required by § 9-401.01 ;
  (3) That no frontage of abutting property, on which a legal assessment for paving or repaving has been levied and paid hereunder, shall be liable to any further assessment hereunder on account of the replacement of such pavement.
D.C. Code § 9-308 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-308
§ 9-308. Rochambeau Bridge.
Status: in_force

The bridge built in lieu of the Long Bridge shall be for railroad purposes only and for 2 or more railway tracks. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company shall maintain, and keep in repair said bridge at its own cost and expense, and shall maintain an efficient draw in said bridge, operating the same so as not to unnecessarily impede the free navigation of the Potomac River at any hour of the day or night, and shall give other railroad companies the right to pass over said bridge upon such reasonable terms as may be agreed upon between the companies or prescribed by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-914 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-914
§ 9-914. Bonds as legal investments and security for public deposits.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the District, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds are securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any municipal officer or any agency of the District for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations is now or may subsequently be authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.03
§ 9-1109.03. Appointment of District representatives.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-204.23 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.23
§ 9-204.23. Designation of symbolic names for public spaces, streets, and alleys.
Status: in_force

(a) Any designation of an alley or street, or portion thereof, with a symbolic name shall meet the requirements of § 9-204.03a .
(b) Before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate a symbolic name for an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space, the Council shall provide notice of the hearing to each Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the portion of the alley or street or other public space to be designated is located.
(c) If there is no initiator within the meaning of § 9-201.01(4A) , the Mayor shall discharge the responsibilities of the initiator set forth in this section.
D.C. Code § 9-421.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.06
§ 9-421.06. Property exempt where prior roadway improvement made at owner’s expense.
Status: in_force

No assessments shall be levied for repaving where the original pavement was laid at the whole cost of the owner or owners of the abutting property if the said original pavement was constructed under a permit issued by the District of Columbia and under the supervision and direction of an authorized engineer and inspector of the Department of Transportation of said District, in strict accordance with the then current specifications and design for pavements of the type for which permit was issued; provided, that where curb, or curb and gutter, or a part of the roadway has or have been paved under proper permit, subject to engineering and inspection as above stated, the assessment for paving other parts of the roadway, placing curb, or curb and gutter, when the same is done at public expense, shall be made against property abutting on the highway as provided in this subchapter, credit being given in such assessment for the half cost of the pavement laid by the owner under permit as above, estimated on the basis of the contract rates for such work at the date of the performance of the assessable work, so that the total cost to the owner for such improvements shall not exceed the amount of assessments which would have been made under this subchapter, had the improvements been all made at public expense.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.01
§ 9-1215.01. Establishment of the Make a Difference Selection Committee.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-319 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-319
§ 9-319. Cedar Street Subway.
Status: in_force

No street railway company shall use the subway herein authorized (to carry Cedar Street under the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company) for its tracks until such company shall have paid to the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to one-fourth of the total cost of said subway and bridge, to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-101.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.03
§ 9-101.03. Certain public roads declared public highways.
Status: in_force

All public roads within said District, outside the limits of Washington and Georgetown, which were duly laid out or declared and recorded as such on June 22, 1874, are public highways.
D.C. Code § 9-1207.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1207.01
§ 9-1207.01. Electrification of existing steam railroad lines.
Status: in_force

Steam railroad companies now operating within the District of Columbia are hereby authorized, after approval of their detailed plans and issuance of a permit by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, to electrify their lines within the District of Columbia and across the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers with an alternating current overhead catenary or other type of electrification system, with all necessary transmission, signal, and communication conductors and equipment, poles, conduits, underground and overhead construction, substations, and any other structures necessary in such electrification, the provisions of any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
D.C. Code § 9-1115.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1115.03
§ 9-1115.03. Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Compact.
Status: in_force

The Compact referred to in § 9-1115.01 shall be as follows:
Now, therefore, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland, hereinafter referred to as “the signatories,” do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE AND TUNNEL COMPACT
I General Provisions
I There is hereby created the National Capital Region Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Authority, hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”, which shall embrace the District of Columbia, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church, the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, and the political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia located within those counties, and the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in the State of Maryland and the political subdivisions of the State of Maryland located within those counties.
II The Authority shall be an instrumentality and common agency of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland and shall have the powers and duties set forth in this Compact and such additional powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the governing authorities of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland.
III 1. The Authority shall be governed by a Board of 13 members appointed as follows:
    (a) Four members shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia;
    (b) Four members shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor of the State of Maryland, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland;
    (c) Four members shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, with the advice and consent of the Council of the District of Columbia; and
    (d) One member shall be appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
  2. Members, other than members who are elected officials, shall have backgrounds in finance, construction lending, and infrastructure policy disciplines. One member each from the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland shall be an incumbent elected official. No other member shall hold elective or appointive public office.
  3. (a) No Board member, officer, or employee shall:
      (1) Be financially interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract, sale, purchase, lease, or transfer of real or personal property to which the Board or the Authority is a party;
      (2) In connection with services performed within the scope of his or her official duties, solicit or accept money or any other thing of value in addition to the compensation or expenses paid to him or her by the Authority; or
      (3) Offer money or any other thing of value for, or in consideration of, obtaining an appointment, promotion, or privilege in his or her employment with the Authority.
    (b) Any Board member, officer, or employee who shall willfully violate any provision of this section shall, in the discretion of the Board, forfeit his or her office or employment.
    (c) Any contract or agreement made in contravention of this section may be declared void by the Board.
    (d) Nothing in section 3 of this article shall be construed to abrogate or limit the applicability of any federal, state, or District of Columbia law which may be violated by any action proscribed by this section.
  4. The Chairperson of the Authority shall be elected biennially by its members.
  5. The members also may elect biennially a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who may be members of the Authority, and prescribe their duties and powers.
  6. Each member shall serve a 6-year term, except that each signatory shall make its initial appointments as follows:
    (a) Two members shall each be appointed for a 6-year term;
    (b) One member shall be appointed for a 4-year term; and
    (c) One member shall be appointed for a 2-year term.
  7. The failure of a signatory or the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to appoint one or more members shall not impair the Authority’s creation or preclude the Authority from functioning when vacancies occur, except that the minimum number of members required at any time for the Authority to function shall be seven.
  8. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term. No member of the Authority shall serve for more than two terms.
  9. The members of the Authority, including nonvoting members, if any, shall not be personally liable for any act done, or action taken, in their capacities as members of the Authority, nor shall they be personally liable for any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the Authority. Except as provided in this Compact, only the Authority shall be liable for its contracts and for its torts and those of its agents, members, and employees. Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as a waiver by the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the State of Maryland of immunity from suit.
  10. Seven members shall constitute a quorum, with the following exceptions:
    (a) Eight affirmative votes shall be required to approve bond issues and the annual budget of the Authority;
    (b) Two affirmative votes by members from the affected signatory shall be required to approve operations or matters solely intrastate or solely within the District of Columbia; and
    (c) Any sole source procurement of property, services, or construction in excess of $100,000 shall require the prior approval of a majority of the members.
  11. Members shall serve without compensation and shall reside in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Members shall be entitled to reimbursement for their expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the Authority and while otherwise engaged in the discharge of their duties as members of the Authority.
  12. The Authority may employ such engineering, technical, legal, clerical, and other personnel on a regular, part-time, or consulting basis as in its judgment may be necessary for the discharge of its duties. The Authority shall not be bound by any statute or regulation of any signatory in the employment or discharge of any officer or employee of the Authority, except as may be contained in this compact.
  13. The Authority may fix and provide for the qualification, appointment, removal, term, tenure, compensation, pension, and retirement rights of its officers and employees without regard to the laws of any of the signatories, and may establish, in its discretion, a personnel system based on merit and fitness and, subject to eligibility, participate in the pension and retirement plans of any signatory, or political subdivision or agency thereof, upon terms and conditions mutually acceptable.
  14. The Authority shall establish its office for the conduct of its affairs at a location to be determined by the Authority and shall publish rules and regulations governing the conduct of its operations.
  15. The Authority shall adopt procedures that are not in conflict with the applicable federal law on administrative procedures, open meetings, and public information.
IV 16. Nothing herein shall be construed:
    (a) To amend, alter, or in any way affect the power of the signatories and the political subdivisions thereof to levy and collect taxes on property or income or to levy, assess, and collect franchise or other similar taxes or fees for the licensing of vehicles and the operation thereof; or
    (b) To confer any exemption from taxes related to the sale of any material, equipment, or supplies purchased by or on behalf of the Authority.
V 17. This Compact shall be adopted by all the signatories in a manner provided by law therefor and shall be signed and sealed in four duplicate original copies. One such copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Secretary of the District of Columbia in accordance with the laws of each. One copy shall be filed and retained in the archives of the Authority upon its organization. This Compact shall become effective 90 days after the enactment of concurring legislation by, or on behalf of, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and consent thereto by the Congress of the United States and when all other acts or actions have been taken, including the signing and execution of the Title by the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
VI 18. Any signatory may withdraw from the Compact upon one year’s written notice to that effect to the other signatories. In the event of a withdrawal of one of the signatories from the Compact, the Compact shall be terminated; provided, however, that no revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued pursuant to Article VI of Title II or any other financial obligations of the Authority remain outstanding and that the withdrawing signatory has made a full accounting of its financial obligations, if any, to the Authority and the other signatories.
  19. Upon the termination of this Compact, the jurisdiction over the matters and persons covered by this Compact shall revert to the signatories and the federal government, as their interests may appear.
VII 20. Each of the signatories pledges to each of the other signatory parties faithful cooperation in the solution and control of transit and traffic problems with the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and, in order to effect such purposes, agrees to consider in good faith and request any necessary legislation to achieve the objectives of the Compact to the mutual benefit of the citizens living within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and for the advancement of the interests of the signatories hereto.
VIII 21. The Authority shall not undertake the ownership of the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, or any duties or responsibilities associated herewith, until the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia have entered into an agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation establishing the federal share of the cost of a new Woodrow Wilson bridge or tunnel. Such federal funds shall be in addition to, and shall not diminish, the federal transportation funding allocated to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland. Upon all parties’ approval of this agreement, the Authority shall have sole responsibility for duties concerning ownership, construction, operation, and maintenance of the project, as hereinafter defined.
IX 22. If any part or provision of this Compact or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Compact or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the signatories hereby declare that they would have entered into this Compact or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent.
  23. This Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes for which it is created.
  24. The United States District Courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the courts of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, of all actions brought by or against the Authority. Any such action shall be removable to the appropriate United States District Court in the manner provided by 28 U.S.C. 1446.
II Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and Tunnel Revenue Bond Act
I Definitions 25. As used in this title, the following words shall have the following meanings:
    (a) “Cost,” as applied to the project defined in this article, means the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other property rights and interests; the cost of lease payments; the cost of construction; the cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings or structures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, relocated, or reconstructed; the cost to relocate residents or businesses from properties acquired for the project; the cost of any extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, financing charges, and interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, of such construction; the cost of engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the project, administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, and reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; the cost of bond insurance and other devices designed to enhance the credit worthiness of the bonds; and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction, and the planning of the project in operation.
    (b) “Owner” shall include all persons as defined in section 2(5) of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, effective September 23, 1975 ( D.C. Law 1-17 ; § 1-301.45(5) ), having any interest or title in property, rights, franchises, easements, and interests authorized to be acquired by this subchapter.
    (c) “Project” means the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and a new bridge or tunnel, or a bridge and tunnel project adjacent to the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and associated rail transit facilities, including any necessary work on highways directly connected to the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, to a new bridge or tunnel; administration, storage, and other buildings and facilities which the Authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project; and all property, rights, franchises, easements, and interests which may be acquired by the Authority for the construction or the operation of such project. Such project shall be substantially the same as that recommended by the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Improvement Study Coordination Committee established in 1992 by the Federal Highway Administration, and as included in the adopted Long Range Plan and Transportation Improvement Program of the National Capitol Region Transportation Planning Board.
II Bonds Not to Constitute a Debt or Pledge of Taxing Power 26. Revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Authority or of any signatory government or political subdivision thereof, but such bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor from tolls and other revenues. The issuance of revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation, under the provisions of this subchapter, shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the Authority, or any signatory government or political subdivision thereof, to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor. All such revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the foregoing effect.
III Additional Powers of the Authority 27. Without in any manner limiting or restricting the powers heretofore given to the Authority, the Authority is hereby authorized and empowered:
    (a) To establish, finance, construct, maintain, repair, and operate the project;
    (b) Subject to the approval of the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia of the agreement referred to in Article VIII of Title I, to assume full rights of ownership of the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge;
    (c) Subject to the approval of the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and in accordance with the recommendations of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Improvement Study Coordination Committee, to determine the location, character, size, and capacity of the project; to establish, limit, and control such points of ingress to and egress from the project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the Authority to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of the project; and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;
    (d) To secure all necessary federal, state, and local authorizations, permits, and approvals for the construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of the project;
    (e) To adopt and amend bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
    (f) To adopt and amend rules and regulations to carry out the powers granted by this article;
    (g) To acquire, by purchase or condemnation, in the name of the Authority, and to hold and dispose of, real and personal property for the corporate purposes of the Authority;
    (h) To acquire full information to enable it to establish, construct, maintain, repair, and operate the project;
    (i) To employ consulting engineers, a superintendent or manager of the project, and such other engineering, architectural, construction and accounting experts, and inspectors, attorneys, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, and within the limitations prescribed in this Compact, and to prescribe their powers and duties and to fix their compensation;
    (j) To pay, from any available moneys, the cost of plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, legal fees, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of financing, constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating the project;
    (k) To issue revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation of the Authority, for any of its corporate purposes, payable solely from the tolls and revenues pledged for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this Compact;
    (l) To fix and revise from time to time and to charge and collect tolls and other charges for the use of the project;
    (m) To make and enter into all contracts or agreements, as the Authority may determine, which are necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and to the execution of the powers granted under this Compact;
    (n) To accept loans and grants of money, materials, or property at any time from the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
    (o) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure;
    (p) Subject to Article III, Section 9 of Title I of this Compact, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, all in the name of the Authority;
    (q) To exercise any power usually possessed by private corporations performing similar functions, including the right to expend, solely from funds provided under the authority of this Compact, such funds as may be considered by the Authority to be advisable or necessary in advertising its facilities and services to the traveling public; and
    (r) To do all acts and things necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this Compact.
IV Acquisition of Property 28. The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, solely from funds provided under the authority of this Compact, such lands, structures, rights-of-way, property, rights, franchises, easements, and other interest in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, which are located within the jurisdictions of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, as described in Article I of Title I of this Compact, as it may deem necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of the project, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof; and to take title thereto in the name of the Authority.
  29. All counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions and all public agencies and authorities of the signatories, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or convey to the Authority at the Authority’s request, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such counties, cities, towns, political subdivisions, agencies, or authorities may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the Authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use.
  30. Whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated or is absent, unknown, or unable to convey valid title, the Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any lands, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property deemed necessary or convenient for the construction or the efficient operation of the project or necessary in the restoration of public or private property damaged or destroyed.
  31. Whenever the Authority acquires property under Article IV of this Title, it shall comply with the applicable federal law relating to relocation and relocation assistance. If there is no applicable federal law, the Authority shall comply with the applicable provision of state or District of Columbia law in which the property is located.
  Procurement
  32. Except as provided in sections 33, 34, and 37, and except in the case of procurement procedures otherwise expressly authorized by federal statute, the Authority, in conducting a procurement of property, services, and construction, shall:
    (a) Obtain full and open competition through the use of competitive procedures in accordance with the requirements of this section; and
    (b) Use the competitive procedure or combination of competitive procedures that is best suited under the circumstances of the procurement. In determining the competitive procedure appropriate under the circumstances, the Authority shall:
      (1) Solicit sealed bids if:
        (A) Time permits the solicitation, submission, and evaluation of sealed bids;
        (B) The award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors;
        (C) It is not necessary to conduct discussions with the responding sources about their bids; and
        (D) There is a reasonable expectation of receiving more than one sealed bid; or
      (2) Request competitive proposals if sealed bids are not appropriate under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  33. The Authority may provide for the procurement of property, services, or construction covered by this article using competitive procedures but excluding a particular source in order to establish or maintain an alternative source or sources of supply for that property, service, or construction if the Authority determines that excluding the source would increase or maintain competition and would likely result in reduced overall costs for procurement of property, services, and construction.
  34. The Authority may use procedures other than competitive procedures if:
    (a) The property, services, or construction needed by the Authority are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property, services, or construction will satisfy the needs of the Authority;
    (b) The Authority’s need for the property, services, or construction is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Authority would be seriously injured unless the Authority limits the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals;
    (c) The Authority determines that it is necessary in the public interest to use procedures other than competitive procedures in the particular procurement; or
    (d) The property or services needed can be obtained through federal or other sources at reasonable prices.
  35. For the purposes of applying section 34(a):
    (a) In the case of a contract for property, services, or construction to be awarded on the basis of acceptance of an unsolicited proposal, the property, services, or construction shall be deemed to be available from only one responsible source if the source has submitted an unsolicited proposal that demonstrates a concept:
      (1) That is unique and innovative or, in the case of a service, for which the source demonstrates a unique capability to provide the service; and
      (2) The substance of which is not otherwise available to the Authority and does not resemble the substance of a pending competitive procurement; or
    (b) In the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment or the continued provision of highly specialized services, the property, services, or construction may be deemed to be available from only the original source and may be procured through procedures other than competitive procedures if it is likely that award to a source other than the original source would result in:
      (1) Substantial duplication of cost to the Authority that is not expected to be recovered through competition; or
      (2) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Authority’s needs.
  36. If the Authority uses procedures other than the competitive procedures to procure property, services, or construction under section 34(b), the Authority shall request offers from as many potential sources as is practicable under the circumstances.
  37. (a) To promote efficiency and economy in contracting, the Authority may use simplified acquisition procedures for purchases of property, services, or construction.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, simplified acquisition procedures may be used for purchases for an amount that does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold adopted by the federal government.
    (c) A proposed purchase or contract for an amount above the simplified acquisition threshold may not be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in order to use the procedures under subsection (a) of this section.
    (d) In using simplified acquisition procedures, the Authority shall promote competition to the maximum extent practicable.
  38. The Board shall adopt policies and procedures to implement sections 32-37 of this Article. The policies and procedures shall provide for publication of notice of procurements and other actions designed to secure competition where competitive procedures are used.
  39. The Authority, in its discretion, may reject any and all bids or proposals received in response to a solicitation.
V Incidental Powers 40. The Authority shall have power to construct grade separations at intersections of the project with public highways and to change and adjust the lines and grades of such highways so as to accommodate the same to the design of such grade separation. The cost of such grade separations, and any damage incurred in changing and adjusting the lines and grades of such highways, shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project. If the Authority shall find it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public highway, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at such location as the Authority shall deem most favorable and of substantially the same type and in as good condition as the original highway. The cost of such reconstruction and any damage incurred in changing the location of any such highway shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project.
  41. Subject to the approval by the highest ranking official of the jurisdiction in which the work is to take place, as the case may be, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, Governor of Maryland, or Governor of Virginia, any public highway affected by the construction of the project may be vacated or relocated by the Authority in the manner now provided by law for the vacation or relocation of public roads, and any damages awarded on account thereof shall be paid by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project.
  42. In addition to the foregoing powers, the Authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters, and premises in the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, and examinations as they may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this Compact, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The Authority shall make reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters, and premises as a result of such activities.
  43. The Authority shall also have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment and appliances (herein called “public utility facilities”) of any public utility in, on, along, over, or under the project. Whenever the Authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such public utility facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over, or under the project should be relocated in the project, or should be removed from the project, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the Authority, provided that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other rights, acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and paid by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location or locations.
  44. The Authority may use all lands owned by the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland, including lands lying under water, which are necessary for the construction or operation of the project subject to approval of the highest-ranking official of the affected jurisdiction.
VI Revenue Bonds 45. The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of revenue bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation of the Authority to pay all or a part of the cost of all or a part of the project.
VII Trust Indenture 46. In the discretion of the Authority, any bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued under the provisions of this Compact may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, or State of Maryland. Such trust indenture or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign the tolls and other revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the project or any part thereof.
VIII Revenues 47. The Authority is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of the project, and to contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use thereof, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such use.
  48. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the project as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues, if any, to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such project, and the principal of, and the interest on, such bonds as the same shall become due and payable, and to create reserves for such purposes. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other authority, board, bureau, or agency of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, or State of Maryland. The tolls and all other revenues derived from the project in connection with which the bonds of any issue shall have been issued, except such part thereof as may be necessary to pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide such reserves therefor as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust indenture securing the same, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such resolution or such trust indenture in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of, and the interest on, such bonds as the same shall become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The tolls, other revenues, or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the Authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust indenture by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the Authority. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust indenture. Except as may otherwise be provided in such resolution or such trust indenture, such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over another.
IX Trust Funds 49. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this Compact, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Compact. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust indenture securing such bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes thereof, subject to such regulations as this Compact and such resolution or trust indenture may provide.
X Remedies 50. Any holder of bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued under the provisions of this Compact or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust indenture, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust indenture or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland, or granted hereunder or under such trust indenture or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this Compact or by such trust indenture or resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls.
XI Tax Exemption 51. The exercise of the powers granted by this Compact will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland and for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and as the operation and maintenance of the project will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the project or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this Compact or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued under the provisions of this Compact, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland.
XII Bonds Eligible for Investment 52. Bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued by the Authority under the provisions of this Compact are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland and their political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with, and received by, any District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision thereof for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
XIII Miscellaneous 53. Any action taken by the Authority under the provisions of this Compact may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each such resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted.
  54. The project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Authority. The project shall also be policed and operated by such force of police, toll-takers, and other operating employees as the Authority may in its discretion employ. The Authority shall comply with all laws, ordinances, and regulations of the signatories and political subdivisions and agencies thereof with respect to the use of streets, highways, and all other vehicular facilities, traffic control and regulation, signs, and buildings.
  55. An Authority police officer shall have all the powers granted to a peace officer and police officer of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland. However, an Authority police officer may exercise these powers only on property owned, leased, operated by, or under control of the Authority, and may not exercise these powers on any other property unless:
    (a) Engaged in fresh pursuit of a suspected offender;
    (b) Specially requested or permitted to do so in a political subdivision by its chief executive officer or its chief police officer; or
    (c) Ordered to do so by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or the Governor of Maryland or Virginia.
  56. All other police officers of the signatory parties and of each county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Maryland through which the project, or portion thereof, extends shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of such projects as they have beyond such limits and shall have access to the project at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction.
  57. On or before the last day of September in each year, the Authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governors of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The Authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or operation of the project. The records, books, and accounts of the Authority shall be subject to examination and inspection by duly authorized representatives of the governing bodies of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and by any bondholder or bondholders at any reasonable time, provided the business of the Authority is not unduly interrupted or interfered with thereby.
  58. Any member, agent, or employee of the Authority who contracts with the Authority or is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the Authority or in the sale of any property, either real or personal, to the Authority shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
  59. Any person who uses the project and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, and in addition thereto the Authority shall have a lien upon the vehicle driven by such person for the amount of such toll and may take and retain possession thereof until the amount of such toll and all charges in connection therewith shall have been paid.
  60. When one signatory adopts an amendment or supplement to an existing section of the Compact, that amendment or supplement shall not be immediately effective, and the previously enacted provision or provisions shall remain in effect in each jurisdiction until the amendment or supplement is approved by the other signatories and is consented to by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-101.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.16
§ 9-101.16. Highway construction program authorized.
Status: in_force

A program of construction projects to meet immediate capital needs for highways in the District is hereby authorized.
D.C. Code § 9-421.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.09
§ 9-421.09. Collection; interest; exception to requirement of advertising.
Status: in_force

The assessments provided for in §§ 9-421.01 to 9-421.12 shall be made and collected as provided in § 9-401.06 , relating to alleys and sidewalks. The rate of interest to be charged upon any assessment, levied under § 9-401.06 relating to alleys and sidewalks, or any instalment thereof, is reduced hereby from 8 per centum per annum to 6 per centum per annum; provided, however, that any instalment of any such assessment not paid within the time provided in § 9-401.06 shall thereafter bear interest at the rate of 12 per centum per annum; and provided further, that the advertisement by publication of the intention of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to perform the work and the formal hearing in respect thereto required by law as to alley and sidewalk improvements shall not be required as to roadway, curbing, and gutter improvements.
D.C. Code § 9-105.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-105.04
§ 9-105.04. Plats showing relocation of Michigan Avenue.
Status: in_force

The Surveyor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prepare the necessary plat or plats showing all parcels of land to be transferred in accordance with the provisions of §§ 9-101.15 and 9-105.01 to 9-105.04 , with a certificate affixed thereon to be signed by the parties in interest making the necessary transfers; which plat and certificate, after being signed by the various interested parties and approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, shall be recorded upon order of said Mayor in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia; and said plat or plats, when duly recorded in said Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, shall constitute a legal transfer of title of the various parcels to the parties in interest according to the provisions contained in §§ 9-101.15 and 9-105.01 to 9-105.04 .
D.C. Code § 9-204.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.07
§ 9-204.07. Submission of bill to involved advisory neighborhood commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-202.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.06
§ 9-202.06. Duties of applicant; Mayor to make available signs and prescribe format for written notice.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 15 days and no more than 60 days prior to the date of any public hearing to consider an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the applicant shall:
  (1) Give written notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing to all of the owners of all the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street which abuts the block(s) of that street to be closed or which abuts that entire alley; and
  (2) Post a sign which indicates the date, time, and location of the public hearing at each end of the block(s) of that street to be closed, or at each entrance from a street to any alley in the square.
(b) At least 15 days and no more than 6 months prior to final consideration by the Council of a proposed resolution to close all or part of a street or alley which has not been the subject of a public hearing, the applicant shall:
  (1) Give written notice of the Council’s intent to consider the proposed resolution to all of the owners of all the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street or which abuts that alley; and
  (2) Post a sign which indicates the Council’s intent to consider the proposed resolution at each end of the block(s) of that street to be closed, or at each entrance from a street to any alley in the square.
(c) The applicant shall certify to the Council that the notice required in subsection (a) or (b) of this section has been given. A post office receipt of proof of mailing of the notice to the property owner’s last known address and a photograph of each posted sign shall be sufficient proof that the required notice was given.
(d) The Mayor shall make available the signs and shall prescribe by rule a format for the written notice to be given pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 9-1103.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1103.06
§ 9-1103.06. Jurisdiction to review orders of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission and to enforce Compact.
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction is hereby conferred:
(1) Upon the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, respectively, to review orders of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission as provided by § 5, Article XII, Title II, of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact; and
(2) Upon the United States district courts to enforce the provisions of said Title II as provided in § 6, Article XII, Title II, of said Compact.
D.C. Code § 9-922 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-922
§ 9-922. Jurisdiction of courts; liability for contracts and torts.
Status: in_force

(a) The courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall have original jurisdiction over all actions brought by or against the Authority, which courts shall in all cases apply the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(b) The Authority shall be liable for its contracts and for its torts and those of its members, officers, employees, and agents committed in the conduct of any proprietary function, in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia but shall not be liable for any torts occurring in the performance of a governmental function. The exclusive remedy for breach of contracts and torts for which the Authority shall be liable, as provided by this chapter, shall be by suit against the Authority. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a waiver by the District or the Commonwealth of Virginia or its political subdivisions of any immunity from suit.
(c) The Authority shall be responsible for all executory contracts entered into by the United States with respect to the former Metropolitan Washington Airports before the date of acquisition of those airports, except that the procedure for disputes resolution contained in any contract shall continue to govern the performance of the contract unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to the contract.
(d) The Authority shall not be responsible for any tort claims arising before the date of transfer.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.06
§ 9-1201.06. Portion of streets may be set aside as parks.
Status: in_force

The proper authorities of the District are authorized to set apart from time to time, as parks, to be adorned with shade trees, walks, and inclosed with curbstones, not exceeding one-half the width of any and all avenues and streets in the said City of Washington, except Pennsylvania Avenue, leaving a roadway of not less than 35 feet in width in the center of said avenues and streets or 2 such roadways on each side of the park in the center of the same; but such inclosures shall not be used for private purposes.
D.C. Code § 9-401.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.02
§ 9-401.02. Removal of street railway tracks.
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1941, when any Capital Transit Company street railway operation shall have been ordered abandoned by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia and the Council of the District of Columbia shall have ordered the removal of abandoned tracks, the Capital Transit Company shall pay the entire cost of removing such abandoned tracks and regrading the track area, and, if the street or bridge in which the said tracks have been ordered abandoned is not being paved, the Capital Transit Company shall pay the entire cost of paving the abandoned track areas, which cost, however, shall not exceed the cost of repaving such abandoned track areas with the type, character, and thickness of the paving of the adjacent roadway left in place, and, if the roadway of the street or bridge is being paved at the time of removal of said abandoned tracks, the Capital Transit Company shall pay one-half of the actual cost of paving the abandoned track areas, irrespective of whether the paving is of the type, character, and thickness as that existing at the time of said removal. The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to settle in conformity with the principles herein set forth, any claims it now has, or in the future may have, for the paving of abandoned track areas, upon such terms and conditions as to time of payment or payments as the Council may determine.
D.C. Code § 9-204.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.14
§ 9-204.14. Applications for commemorative works.
Status: in_force

(a) Any sponsor may propose the placement of a commemorative work on public space in the District. Any proposal for a commemorative work on public space in the District shall be accompanied by a completed application to the Office of Planning by a sponsor.  Each application shall, at a minimum, include:
  (1) A conceptual description of the proposed commemorative work;
  (2) The proposed location of the commemorative work;
  (3) For a commemoration of a person, the primary reason or reasoning that the person is proposed to be commemorated; and
  (4) An explanation of how the commemorative work will be funded and maintained.
(b) The Office of Planning shall develop a procedure for receiving applications from a sponsor of a proposed commemorative work and transmitting the applications to the Committee.
(c) The Office of Planning shall accept from any member of the public recommendations for commemorative works to be considered for sponsorship by a District agency and shall share such recommendations with the Committee.
(d) If a District agency is the sponsor of a commemorative work, it shall consult with the Commission on the Arts and Humanities on conceptual design for the commemorative work before submitting an application.
D.C. Code § 9-811 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-811
§ 9-811. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of the words and phrases used in this chapter shall be the definitions assigned to such words and phrases by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended.
D.C. Code § 9-304 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-304
§ 9-304. Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.
Status: in_force

The East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company shall bear the cost of maintenance, construction, and repair of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over the Anacostia River in like manner and under the same conditions as are provided by § 9-303 .
D.C. Code § 9-1219.31 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.31
§ 9-1219.31. Assessments made liens; payments; amendments of property description.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.16
§ 9-1219.16. Change of alleyway — petition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1209.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1209.03
§ 9-1209.03. Employment of horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and motortrucks.
Status: in_force

All horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including maintenance of said horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by District of Columbia appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained, and motortrucks may be hired exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, when ordered by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writing; and all such expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Mayor in the budget estimates shall report the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation; and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated by said District; provided, that such horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in § 9-1209.02 in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.06
§ 9-1215.06. Marker locations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1213.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1213.03
§ 9-1213.03. Notice to remove; service.
Status: in_force

Whenever, under the provisions of §§ 9-1213.01 and 9-1213.02 any barbed wire in use in whole or in part on July 8, 1898, for a fence, barrier, or obstruction, along the line of or in or upon any street, avenue, alley, road, or other public walk, driveway, or public or private parking within the District of Columbia is required to be removed, said wire shall be removed by the owner of the building or other property upon which such fence, barrier, or obstruction exists, or his or her agent, within 30 days from the service by the Inspector of Buildings of said District of a notice, served in like manner as notices in regard to assessment and permit work are required by law to be served, directing the owner, agent, or other person or persons owning or controlling the land, structure, or other property upon which such fence or barrier exists to remove the same.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.13
§ 9-1111.13. Requirement that local participating governments have stable and reliable source of revenue for contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall not make any grant under § 9-1111.11(a) for the cost of construction of the adopted regional system, until the Secretary has determined that the local participating governments, or signatories (as defined in subparagraph (d) of paragraph 1 of Article I of Title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact) to the Compact, have provided a stable and reliable source of revenue sufficient to meet both:
  (1) Their payments to the Transit Authority under subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4) of § 9-1111.12 , relating to payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued by the Transit Authority; and
  (2) That part of the cost of operating and maintaining the adopted regional system that is in excess of revenues received by the Transit Authority from the operation of the system and any amount to be contributed for operating expenses by the Secretary of Transportation under any other provision of law.
(b) The Transit Authority, in consultation with each governmental entity that is a local participating government or signatory to the Compact as referred to in subsection (a) of this section, for the purposes of this subchapter, shall submit a program to the Secretary of Transportation on or before September 30, 1980, showing how each such governmental entity will have in place on or before August 15, 1982, a stable and reliable source of revenue to provide for its contributions:
  (1) For payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the Transit Authority; and
  (2) For the cost of operating and maintaining the adopted regional system of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
D.C. Code § 9-421.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.05
§ 9-421.05. Property exempt where prior assessment paid.
Status: in_force

No property on which a legal assessment has been levied and paid for paving or repaving, curbing or curbing and guttering, on the roadway of any street, avenue, or road, shall be liable for any further assessment under this subchapter on account of the replacement of such pavement, curbing, or curbing and guttering.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.26 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.26
§ 9-1219.26. Assessment of benefits where only part of parcel is condemned.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-202.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.05
§ 9-202.05. Inapplicability of § 9-202.04.
Status: in_force

Section 9-202.04   shall not apply to any application to close:
(1) All or part of any alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the owners of all the property in the square;
(2) All or part of any alley where the width of the alley is 10 feet or less, and the application has been supported in writing by all of the owners of all the property abutting the entire alley;
(3) All or part of any dead-end or unimproved street or alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the record owners of all the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street which abuts the block(s) of that street to be closed or which abuts the entire alley;
(4) All or any part of any alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the record owners of all the property abutting the entire alley, and when land in the same square is concurrently provided for alley purposes either by:
  (A) Dedication; or
  (B) Easement;
(5) All or part of any alley when:
  (A) The closing is supported in writing by all of the owners of the property in 2/3 of the square;
  (B) The alley, all or part of which is to be closed, is located entirely within 2/3 of the square owned by the persons supporting the closing; and
  (C) The owners propose to develop the entire area of the square which they own; and
(6) All or part of any alley when the District or the United States holds title to all the property abutting the alley, all or part of which is to be closed.
D.C. Code § 9-912 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-912
§ 9-912. Pledge of funds.
Status: in_force

All monies received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, as revenues, or as grants, appropriations, or other funds provided by federal, state, or local governments, may be pledged to the payment of bonds issued by the Authority and, if so pledged, shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.34 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.34
§ 9-1219.34. Damages.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.28 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.28
§ 9-1219.28. Benefits assessed must equal damages and costs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.11
§ 9-1107.11. Amendment of laws and reorganization plans.
Status: in_force

All laws or parts of laws of the United States and of the District of Columbia inconsistent with the provisions of Title III are hereby amended for the purpose of this subchapter to the extent necessary to eliminate such inconsistencies and to carry out the provisions of this subchapter and Title III and all laws or parts of laws and all reorganization plans of the United States are hereby amended and made applicable for the purpose of this subchapter to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter and Title III.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.06
§ 9-1111.06. Guarantee of obligations.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to guarantee, and to enter into commitments to guarantee, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, payment of principal of and interest on bonds and other evidences of indebtedness (including short-term notes) issued with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury by the Transit Authority under the Compact. No such guarantee or commitment to guarantee shall be made unless the Secretary of Transportation determines and certifies that:
    (A) The obligation to be guaranteed represents an acceptable financial risk to the United States and the prospective revenues of the Transit Authority furnish reasonable assurance that timely payments of interest on such obligation will be made;
    (B) The Transit Authority has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation providing for reasonable and prudent action by the Transit Authority respecting its financial condition if at any time the Secretary, in his discretion, determines that such action would be necessary to protect the interest of the United States;
    (C) Unless the obligation is a short-term note (as determined by the Secretary), it will be sold through a process of competitive bidding as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation; and
    (D) The rate of interest payable with respect to such obligation is reasonable in light of prevailing market yields.
  (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary of Transportation may guarantee an obligation under this section sold through a process of negotiation if he makes a determination that prevailing market conditions would result in a higher net interest cost or would otherwise increase the cost of issuing the obligation if the obligation was sold through the competitive bidding process. The Secretary’s determination shall be in writing and shall contain a detailed explanation of the reasons therefor.
(b) Any guarantee of obligations made by the Secretary of Transportation under this section shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the obligations for such guarantee, and the validity of any guarantee so made shall be incontestable, except for fraud or material misrepresentation, in the hands of a holder of the guaranteed obligation.
(c) The aggregate principal amount of obligations which may be guaranteed under this section shall not exceed $1,200,000,000; except that:
  (1) No obligation may be guaranteed under this section if, taking into account the principal amount of that obligation, the aggregate amount of principal of outstanding obligations guaranteed under this section exceeds $900,000,000 unless the local participating governments:
    (A) Make, in accordance with agreements entered into with the Transit Authority, capital contributions to the Transit Authority for the adopted regional system in a total amount not less than 50 per centum of the amount by which the principal of such obligation causes such aggregate amount of principal to exceed $900,000,000; or
    (B) Have entered into enforceable commitments with the Transit Authority to make such contributions by the end of the fiscal year in which such obligation is issued; and
  (2) Obligations eligible for guarantees under this section which are issued solely for the purpose of refunding existing obligations previously guaranteed under this section may be guaranteed without regard to the $1,200,000,000 limitation.
(d) The interest on any obligation of the Transit Authority guaranteed by the Secretary under the provisions of this section shall be included in gross income for the purposes of Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
D.C. Code § 9-1209.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1209.01
§ 9-1209.01. Employment of temporary special and technical employees.
Status: in_force

The services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, water, street, street-cleaning, or road work, or construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect District of Columbia appropriations when ordered by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writing, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Mayor in his budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation; provided, that the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $42,000 during any 1 fiscal year; provided further, that, excluding Inspectors in the Sewer Department, 1 inspector in the Electrical Department, and 1 Inspector in the Repair Shop, no person shall be employed in pursuance of the authority contained in this section for a longer period than 9 months in the aggregate during any 1 fiscal year.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.06
§ 9-1113.06. Jurisdiction for condemnation proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have complete and exclusive jurisdiction over any proceedings by the Transit Authority for the condemnation of property, wherever situated, of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated (including its subsidiary, the Washington, Virginia, and Maryland Coach Company), the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit Company, and the WMA Transit Company. Such proceedings shall be instituted and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this section and the provisions of subchapter IV of Chapter 13 of Title 16 , except that the court may appoint a commission in accordance with Rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [transferred; see now USC Fed. Rules Civ. Proc. R71.1] in connection with the issue of compensation arising out of any such proceedings.
(b) Any such condemnation proceedings shall be commenced by the Attorney General of the United States, upon the request of the Transit Authority, by filing with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia a complaint and declaration of taking containing a description of the land and other assets to be taken, together with a sum of money deposited with the Registrar of such Court in accordance with the applicable provisions of law set forth in subsection (a) of this section. Upon such filing and deposit, title to the possession of the assets described in any such complaint and declaration of taking shall pass to the Transit Authority and the value of the assets so acquired shall be determined as of that date.
(c) The trial of any such condemnation proceedings shall be a preferred cause and shall be commenced at the earliest date convenient to the Court.
(d) Any proceeding brought by the Transit Authority under this section against the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit Company shall be transferred, upon motion made by such Transit Company, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and such District Court shall have, upon such transfer, complete and exclusive jurisdiction over such proceeding. Any action brought by the Transit Authority under this section against the WMA Transit Company, shall be transferred, upon motion made by the WMA Transit Company, to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and such District Court shall have, upon such transfer, complete and exclusive jurisdiction over such proceeding.
D.C. Code § 9-107.58 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.58
§ 9-107.58. Limited liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The GARVEE Bonds shall be special obligations of the District. The GARVEE Bonds shall be without recourse to the District. The GARVEE Bonds shall not be general obligations of the District, shall not be a pledge of, or involve, the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District, shall not constitute a debt of the District, and shall not constitute lending of the public credit for private undertakings as prohibited in § 1-206.02(a)(2) .
(b) The GARVEE Bonds shall not give rise to any pecuniary liability of the District and the District shall have no obligation with respect to the purchase of the GARVEE Bonds.
(c) No person, including, but not limited to any GARVEE Bond owner, shall have any claims against the District or any of its elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, or agents for monetary damages suffered as a result of the failure of the District to perform any covenant, undertaking, or obligation under this part, the GARVEE Bonds, the Financing Documents, or the Closing Documents, or as a result of the incorrectness of any representation in or omission from the Financing Documents or the Closing Documents, unless the District or its elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, or agents have acted in a willful and fraudulent manner.
D.C. Code § 9-1117.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1117.02
§ 9-1117.02. State Troopers and local law enforcement officers authority.
Status: in_force

The Parties hereby give one another all necessary power and authority to have their respective state troopers or local law enforcement officers direct traffic and authorize the removal of disabled or abandoned vehicles, trailers, semitrailers or the parts or contents thereof, from any part of the Potomac River Bridges, to the same extent and in the same manner that such troopers and local law enforcement officers may exercise such authority in their own jurisdictions. No Party, acting through its troopers or local law enforcement officers, shall have the authority to direct or authorize the towing or removal of any vehicle or other thing to a destination outside its own jurisdiction, unless the consent of an officer or trooper of the destination jurisdiction has first been obtained.
D.C. Code § 9-504 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-504
§ 9-504. Mayor not required to execute contracts for lighting.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall not be required to execute contracts for gas and electric lighting.
D.C. Code § 9-101.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.12
§ 9-101.12. New highway plans authorized.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interests require it, to prepare a new highway plan for any portion of the District of Columbia, and submit the same for approval, after public hearing, to the National Capital Planning Commission; such highway plans shall be prepared under §§ 9-101.04 to 9-101.06 and 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 , and upon approval and recording of any such new highway plan it shall take the place of and stand for any previous plan for the portion of the District of Columbia affected.
D.C. Code § 9-111.31 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-111.31
§ 9-111.31. Reporting requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-103.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-103.03
§ 9-103.03. Adoption of subdivision by reference.
Status: in_force

When any such map shall have been recorded as aforesaid in the Office of the Surveyor of the District it shall be lawful for the owner of any land included within such map to adopt the subdivision thereby made by a reference thereto and to this section in any deed or will which he shall thereafter make, and when any deed or will containing any such reference shall have been made and recorded in the proper office it shall have the same effect as though the grantor or grantors in such deed or the maker of such will had made such subdivision and recorded the same in compliance with law.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.11
§ 9-1201.11. Railroad sidings into lots for business uses authorized.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company 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 purpose of coal, wood, or lumber yards, manufactories, warehouses, and other business enterprises; 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 carried across such street or avenue in such manner as not to obstruct the free use thereof, and the plans of such connecting tracks shall in every case be first filed with and approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-425.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-425.01
§ 9-425.01. Sidewalk installation requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) For road segments that lack sidewalks on both sides of the street, road reconstruction, installation of a curb and gutter, or curb and gutter replacement shall include installation of a sidewalk on at least one side of the street.
(b) For roadways that are missing sidewalks, but are not undergoing major construction, sidewalk installation shall be prioritized for the following areas:
  (1) Missing sidewalks in school areas;
  (2) Routes that provide access to parks and recreational facilities;
  (3) Transit stops;
  (4) Locations where the absence of a sidewalk creates substantial pedestrian safety risks; and
  (5) Roadway segments for which residents petitioned to have sidewalks.
(c) The Mayor shall continue to accept and consider sidewalk petition requests from residents.
D.C. Code § 9-302 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-302
§ 9-302. Construction and repair of bridges over railway and canal rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

Appropriations made after June 7, 1924, for the construction and repair of bridges shall be available for repairing, when necessary, any bridge carrying a public street over the right-of-way or property of any railway company, or for constructing, reconstructing, or repairing in such manner as shall in the judgment of the Mayor of the District of Columbia be necessary reasonably to accommodate public traffic, any bridge required to carry or carrying such traffic in a public street over the right-of-way or property of any canal company operating as such in the District of Columbia, on the neglect or refusal of such railway or canal company to do such work when notified and required by the Mayor, and the amounts thus expended shall be a valid and subsisting lien against the property of such railway company or of such canal company, and shall be collected from such railway company or from such canal company in the manner provided in § 9-401.01 , and shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia in the manner provided by law.
D.C. Code § 9-607 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-607
§ 9-607. Rules.
Status: in_force

On or before July 1, 2015, the Mayor, pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. Through rulemaking, the Mayor may also modify the schedule of fines listed in § 9-606 . The Mayor shall submit a proposed modification to the schedule of fines to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not disapprove the modification by resolution within the 30-day period, the modification shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 9-401.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.08
§ 9-401.08. Service connections with water mains and sewer.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized whenever the roadway of a street is about to be paved or macadamized to make service connections in such street for all abutting lots and premises with the water mains and sewer provided for the service of said lots and premises. The entire cost of the said connections shall be paid from the current appropriations respectively for the extension of the sewer and water-supply systems and shall be assessed against the abutting property and collected in like manner as assessments which are levied under the compulsory permit system; the sums so collected shall be credited to the respective appropriations for the extension of the sewer and water-supply systems for the fiscal year during which said collections are made.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.01
§ 9-1201.01. Jurisdiction over MacArthur Boulevard.
Status: in_force

Jurisdiction and control over MacArthur Boulevard for its full width in the District of Columbia between Foxhall Road and the District line, excepting a strip 19 feet wide within the lines of said road, the center of which is coincident with the center of the water supply conduit, is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Council of the District of Columbia, and property abutting thereon shall be subject to any and all lawful assessments which may be levied by the said Council for public improvements, the same as other private property in the District of Columbia; provided, that all municipal laws and regulations shall apply to the entire width of the said road in the District of Columbia in the same degree that they apply to other streets and highways in the said District.
D.C. Code § 9-1117.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1117.03
§ 9-1117.03. Exclusive jurisdiction over vehicles; governing laws and procedures.
Status: in_force

All vehicles and their contents towed or removed from the Potomac River bridges pursuant to this Compact shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the place to which such vehicle and its contents are taken, and the handling and disposition of such vehicle and its contents shall be governed by the laws and procedures of that jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 9-1213.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1213.05
§ 9-1213.05. Failure to remove.
Status: in_force

In case the owner, agent, or other person or persons in control of the property along which such fence, barrier, or obstruction unlawfully exists cannot be found within 5 days after the issue of such notice, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall publish such notice twice a week for 2 successive weeks in 1 daily newspaper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia. If within 5 days after the last publication of said notice the fence, barrier, or obstruction therein described be not removed, the Inspector of Buildings of said District shall immediately cause such fence, barrier, or obstruction to be removed, and the expense of such removal shall be paid out of the Assessment and Permit Fund; and the cost of such removal, together with the cost of said advertising, shall be assessed against said property and collected as general taxes in said District are assessed and collected; and the funds from which said payments are made shall be reimbursed from such collections.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.05
§ 9-1201.05. Denomination of streets as “business streets”.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to denominate portions of streets in the District of Columbia as “business streets” and to authorize the use, on such portions of streets, for business purposes by abutting property owners, under such general regulations as said Council may prescribe, of so much of the sidewalk and parking as may not be needed, in the judgment of said Council, by the general public, under the following conditions, namely:
(1) Wherein a portion of a street not already denominated a business street a majority of a frontage not less than 3 blocks in length is occupied and used for business purposes; and
(2) Where a portion of a street has already been denominated a business street, and there exists adjoining such portion a block or more whose frontage is occupied and used for business purposes.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.35 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.35
§ 9-1219.35. Apportion by jury.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-307 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-307
§ 9-307. Highway Bridge.
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction and control of the Highway Bridge across the Potomac River, including appropriations and employees, shall be under the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The Highway Bridge shall be for highway traffic. The entire cost of paving, repairs, or replacements incident to track repairs, replacements, or changes made at a time when the bridge is not being paved, and one-half the cost of other paving, repaving, or maintenance of paving between its track and for 2 feet outside the outer rails, and the excess cost of construction and maintenance of the bridge due to the existence or installation of its tracks thereon shall be paid by the street railway company or companies using the same under such regulations as the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall prescribe; provided, that all street railroads chartered or that may hereafter be chartered by Congress shall have the right to cross said bridge upon terms mutually agreed upon with the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway Company or in case of disagreement, upon terms determined by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which is authorized and directed to give hearing to the interested parties and to fix the terms of joint trackage.
D.C. Code § 9-107.53 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.53
§ 9-107.53. Creation of the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the District of Columbia, the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit into the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund the GARVEE Revenues and any other funds specifically designated by statute for deposit in the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund. All funds deposited into the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section without regard to fiscal year limitation, subject to authorization by Congress.
(b) The Mayor may pledge and create a security interest in the funds in the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund, or any sub-account or sub-accounts within the Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fund, for the payment of the Debt Service on the GARVEE Bonds without further action by the Council as permitted by § 1-204.90(f) , such payment to be made in accordance with the provisions of the Financing Documents entered into by the District in connection with the issuance of the GARVEE Bonds.
D.C. Code § 9-321 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-321
§ 9-321. Michigan Avenue Viaduct — Use by street railway companies.
Status: in_force

No street railway company shall use the viaduct or any approaches thereto authorized by § 9-320 for its tracks until the said company shall have paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one-fourth of the cost of said viaduct and approaches, which sum shall be deposited to the credit of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1151 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1151
§ 9-1151. Finding and purpose.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
  (1) There is a shortage of bus shelters in the District of Columbia;
  (2) There are over 3,500 bus stops in the District of Columbia;
  (3) The District of Columbia Department of Transportation estimates that it would be appropriate to place bus shelters at at least 1,500 of the 3,500 bus stops with advertisements on 750 of the bus shelters;
  (4) The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority currently proposes to install only 366 bus shelters in the District of Columbia;
  (5) Additional bus shelters will enhance the safety and convenience of bus transportation throughout the District of Columbia;
  (6) It currently costs approximately $2,800 to purchase and install a bus shelter in the District of Columbia (the United States Department of Transportation has been paying 80% of this amount, while the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is responsible for 20%);
  (7) The District of Columbia government does not have the funds to purchase and install the number of bus shelters which are necessary to meet the needs of the bus-riding public in the District of Columbia; and
  (8) The awarding of a franchise agreement, granting the right to erect and maintain bus shelters containing advertisement display panels along public streets, can provide the needed bus shelters at no cost to the District of Columbia and will further afford the District of Columbia additional revenues.
(b) The purposes of this chapter are to:
  (1) Provide the District of Columbia with bus shelters along its bus transportation routes;
  (2) Install and maintain bus shelters in the District of Columbia through the awarding of a franchise agreement;
  (3) Permit advertisement to be displayed on some of the bus shelters; and
  (4) Generate revenues for the District of Columbia.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as comprising the franchise agreement.
D.C. Code § 9-632 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / § 9-632
§ 9-632. Block party application and requirements.
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 .*
(a) The Department shall create a block party application and make it available for in-person pickup and online.
(b) (1) Any District resident who is 21 years of age or older may submit a block party application requesting that a street on which they reside be closed for the purpose of holding a block party.
  (2) The block party application shall, at a minimum:
    (A) Be completed on the form provided by the Department;
    (B) Identify the street name and cross streets of the block to be closed;
    (C) The date and time of the closure; and
    (D) Include either:
      (i) A list of at least 51% of the residents, owners, or businesses abutting the section of the street requested to be closed who have consented to the block party, excluding any property that has been identified as a vacant building, as that term is defined in § 42-3131.05(5) ; or
      (ii) Approval from all of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions abutting the section of the street requested to be closed, in a manner to be determined by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
(b-1) A District resident may submit a block party application requesting that a street on which they reside be closed for the purpose of holding a porchfest.
(c) (1) A street closure conducted pursuant to a block party permit shall:
    (A) Not last longer than 12 hours; and
    (B) End by 10:00 p.m.
  (2) The Department may publish guidance on its website or issue rules limiting the physical length of block parties conducted pursuant to a block part permit.
D.C. Code § 9-421.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.03
§ 9-421.03. Certain roadway improvements excepted.
Status: in_force

There shall be excepted from such assessments the cost of paving the roadway in excess of 40 feet in width where the new pavement or repaving is laid on both sides of the centerline of such roadway; the cost of paving the roadway in excess of 20 feet in width where the new pavement or repaving is laid solely on 1 side of the centerline of such roadway; the cost of paving the roadway space included within the intersection of streets, avenues, and roads, as said intersections are limited by lines normally projected from the building lines of the street, avenue, or road being improved at its point of intersection with the building lines of the intersecting streets, avenues, or roads and also the cost of paving or repaving the space within such roadways for which street railway companies are responsible under their charters or under law, on streets, avenues, or roads where such railways have been or shall be constructed.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.03
§ 9-1203.03. Branch tracks, spurs, or sidings authorized.
Status: in_force

Said railroad company is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate branch tracks, spurs, or sidings into any lot or square zoned or thereafter zoned for industrial or 2nd commercial use abutting upon any street or avenue over and along which said railroad company is hereby specifically authorized to lay and operate tracks, and also to construct tracks to serve any wharf which may be established on the Anacostia River; provided, that the construction of all such railroad tracks and appurtenant turnouts, branch tracks, and sidings, in all respects and things, shall be subject to the prior approval of the Council of the District of Columbia after report by the National Capital Planning Commission, such approval to be noted upon identical copies of a suitably prepared plat or chart, 1 copy to be kept on file in the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the other thereof to be kept on file in the office of the National Capital Planning Commission.
D.C. Code § 9-925 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-925
§ 9-925. Constitutional construction.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of its provisions are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is declared to be the legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had any unconstitutional provisions not been included.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.22 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.22
§ 9-1219.22. Maps.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-105.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-105.02
§ 9-105.02. Use of part of Soldiers’ Home for street purposes.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to use for street purposes all that part of the United States Soldiers’ Home grounds designated as Parcel A, containing 57,613 square feet, and Parcel B containing 11,870 square feet, as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429; and the proper authorities having title, control, or jurisdiction are authorized to make the necessary transfer of said parcels of land to the District of Columbia for street purposes.
D.C. Code § 9-425.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-425.03
§ 9-425.03. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(a) The District Department of Transportation may be exempted from the requirements of this subchapter upon a written determination by the Director of the District Department of Transportation (“Director”) that it is impractical or unnecessary to install a sidewalk because:
  (1) The physical site conditions would make it unduly expensive to construct the sidewalk;
  (2) The sidewalk would not be used by pedestrians;
  (3) The Director certifies that, due to the specific nature or design of the road segment under consideration, pedestrian travel can be safely accommodated without sidewalks, including travel by children and people with disabilities; or
  (4) There would be damage to park land by the construction of the sidewalk on park land, or the District would be required to acquire an easement or property interest to establish the sidewalk.
(b) The written determination required in subsection (a) of this section shall be posted on the District Department of Transportation website and made available to the Council and the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
D.C. Code § 9-221.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.08
§ 9-221.08. Petition by property owners for closing.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.17 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.17
§ 9-1219.17. Recordation of order and plat; Title to closed alley.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-105.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-105.01
§ 9-105.01. Relocation of Michigan Avenue authorized.
Status: in_force

In order to relocate the line of Michigan Avenue from Franklin Street as laid down on the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia to Lincoln Road, bordering the southeast corner of the grounds of the United States Soldiers’ Home, and to straighten and shorten the route of said Avenue, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to close, vacate, and abandon the portion of Michigan Avenue known and designated as Parcel E on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429, containing 54,380 square feet, said part so closed, vacated, and abandoned to be transferred by said Mayor of the District of Columbia to the United States as part of the grounds of the United States Military Asylum, known as the United States Soldiers’ Home.
D.C. Code § 9-322 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-322
§ 9-322. Highway grade crossing at Michigan Avenue closed.
Status: in_force

From and after the completion of the said viaduct and approaches, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and the right-of-way of the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Michigan Avenue in the District of Columbia shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind.
D.C. Code § 9-1103.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1103.05
§ 9-1103.05. Congressional consent conditioned on nonuse of Compact to break a lawful strike.
Status: in_force

The consent and approval of Congress set forth in § 9-1103.01 is given on the express condition that § 13(a) of Article XI and § 3(d) of Article XII of such Compact shall not be used to break a lawful strike by the employees of any carrier authorized to provide service pursuant to such Compact.
D.C. Code § 9-202.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.11
§ 9-202.11. Judicial proceeding upon filing of objection; damages.
Status: in_force

When an objection is filed with the Mayor as provided for in § 9-202.10 , the Mayor shall institute a proceeding in rem in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the closing of the street or alley, or part thereof, and for the ascertainment of damages and the assessment of benefits resulting from the closing. The proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as proceedings for the condemnation of land for streets and alleys pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 16 . Any damages awarded by the Court shall cover the administrative costs of the proceedings and shall be paid by the applicant for the closing, the applicant having the right, within a reasonable time to be fixed by the Court in its order confirming the verdict, to abandon the proposed closing without being liable for damages ordered by the Court. If no damages are awarded by the Court, the person who filed the objection shall pay the administrative costs of the in rem proceeding.