D.C. Code § 9-1107.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.10
§ 9-1107.10. Jurisdiction of courts; removal of actions.
Status: in_force

The United States district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the courts of Maryland and Virginia, of all actions brought by or against the Authority and to enforce subpoenas issued pursuant to the provisions of Title III. Any such action initiated in a state court shall be removable to the appropriate United States district court in the manner provided by § 1446 of Title 28, United States Code  .
D.C. Code § 9-1107.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.07
§ 9-1107.07. Mayor directed to execute Compact amendments; appropriations.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enter into and execute an amendment to the Compact substantially as set forth above with the States of Virginia and Maryland and is further authorized and directed to carry out and effectuate the terms and provisions of said Title III, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of District of Columbia funds such amounts as are necessary to carry out the obligations of the District of Columbia in accordance with the terms of the said Title III.
D.C. Code § 9-109.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-109.02
§ 9-109.02. Dedicated highway fund and repayment of temporary waiver amounts.
Status: in_force

(a) Establishment of fund. — Not later than December 31, 1995, the District of Columbia shall establish a dedicated highway fund to be comprised, at a minimum, of amounts equivalent to receipts from motor fuel taxes and, if necessary, motor vehicle taxes and fees collected by the District of Columbia to pay in accordance with this section the cost-sharing requirements established under Title 23, United States Code, and to repay the United States for increased Federal shares of eligible projects paid pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) . The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the District of Columbia.
(b) Payment of non-federal share. — For fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, amounts in the fund shall be sufficient to pay, at a minimum, the cost-sharing requirements established under Title 23, United States Code, for such fiscal year.
(c) Repayment requirements. — (1) Fiscal year 1996. — By September 30, 1996, the District of Columbia shall pay to the United States from amounts in the fund established under subsection (a) of this section, with respect to each project for which an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1995 pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) , an amount equal to 50% the difference between:
    (A) The amount of the costs of the project paid by the United States in such fiscal year pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) ; and
    (B) The amount of the costs of the project that would have been paid by the United States but for § 9-109.01(a) .
  (2) Fiscal year 1997. — By September 30, 1997, the District of Columbia shall pay to the United States from amounts in the fund established under subsection (a) of this section, with respect to each project for which an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1995 pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) and with respect to each project for which an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) , an amount equal to 50% of the difference between:
    (A) The amount of the costs of the project paid in such fiscal year by the United States pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) ; and
    (B) The amount of the costs of the project that would have been paid by the United States but for § 9-109.01(a) .
  (3) Fiscal year 1998. — By September 30, 1998, the District of Columbia shall pay to the United States from amounts in the fund established under subsection (a) of this section, with respect to each project for which an increased Federal share is paid in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) , an amount equal to 50% of the difference between:
    (A) The amount of the costs of the project paid in such fiscal year by the United States pursuant to § 9-109.01(a) ; and
    (B) The amount of the costs of the project that would have been paid by the United States but for § 9-109.01(a) .
  (4) Deposit of repaid funds. — Repayments made under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection with respect to a project shall be:
    (A) Deposited in the Highway Trust Fund established by section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
    (B) Credited to the appropriate account of the District of Columbia for the category of the project.
(d) Enforcement. — If the District of Columbia does not meet any requirement established by subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section and applicable in a fiscal year, the Secretary of Transportation shall not approve any highway project in the District of Columbia under Title 23, United States Code, until the requirement is met.
(e) Inspector General audit. — Not later than February 1, 2001, and each February 1 thereafter, the Inspector General of the District of Columbia shall audit the financial statements of the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund for the preceding fiscal year and shall submit to Congress, the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Council a report on the results of such audit. Not later than March 15, 2011, and each May 31 thereafter, the Inspector General shall examine the statements forecasting the conditions and operations of the Trust Fund for the next 5 fiscal years commencing on the previous October 1 and shall submit to Congress, the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Council a report on the results of such examination.
D.C. Code § 9-707 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-707
§ 9-707. Agreements for municipal services.
Status: in_force

The Administrator may enter into agreements with the State of Virginia, or with any political subdivision thereof, for such municipal services as the Administrator shall deem necessary to the proper and efficient government of the airport, and he may, from time to time, agree to modifications in any such agreement; provided, however, that where the charge for any such service is established by the laws of the State of Virginia, the Administrator may not pay for such service an amount in excess of the charge so established. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the making of payment for services under any such agreement.
D.C. Code § 9-103.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-103.01
§ 9-103.01. Width of highways.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a plan for the extension of a permanent system of highways over all that portion of said District not included within the limits of the Cities of Washington and Georgetown. Said system shall be made as nearly in conformity with the street plan of the City of Washington as the Council of the District of Columbia may deem advisable and practicable. The highways provided in such plans shall not in any case be less than 90 feet nor more than 160 feet wide, except in cases of existing highways, which may be established  of any width not less than their existing width and not more than 160 feet in width.
D.C. Code § 9-401.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.09
§ 9-401.09. Paving or resurfacing roadway of streets, avenues, and roads.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever under appropriations made by Congress, the roadway of any street, avenue, or road in the District of Columbia is improved by laying a new pavement thereon or completely resurfacing the same not less than 1 square in extent, from curb to curb, or from gutter to gutter where no curb exists, where the material used is sheet asphalt, asphalt block, asphaltic or bituminous macadam, concrete, or other fixed roadway pavement, such proportion of the total cost of the work, including all expenses of the assessment, to be made as prescribed by § 9-401.10 , shall be charged against and become a lien upon the abutting property, and assessments therefor shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property on the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof upon the roadway of which said new pavement or resurfacing is laid; provided, that there shall be excepted from such assessment the cost of paving the roadway space included within the intersection of streets, avenues, and roads, as said intersections are included within the building lines projected, and also the cost of paving 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.
(b) All of the expenses of maintenance and repairs shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and in addition, such sums as may be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving street railway companies from bearing one-half the expense of paving streets or avenues between the exterior rails of the tracks of their roads in the District of Columbia and for a distance of 2 feet from and exterior to such tracks on each side thereof and of keeping the same in repair, as required by § 9-401.01 .
D.C. Code § 9-634 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / § 9-634
§ 9-634. Criteria for review.
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) It is the policy of the District to approve block parties, including porchfests.
(b) A block party application or expedited block party application shall not be denied unless:
  (1) It fails to meet the requirements of this chapter;
  (2) The event would create a significant public safety concern;
  (3) The event would create a significant traffic problem; or
  (4) There is substantial neighborhood opposition to the block party.
(c) An application for a block party preauthorization shall not be denied unless the Department determines that:
  (1) The application fails to meet the requirements of § 9-632.01 ;
  (2) Frequent closures of the block would create significant public safety concerns or traffic problems; or
  (3) There is substantial neighborhood opposition to the application.
D.C. Code § 9-704 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-704
§ 9-704. Authority to make arrests; Park Police patrol.
Status: in_force

(a) The Administrator, and any Federal Aviation Agency employee appointed to protect life and property on the airport, when designated by the Administrator, is hereby authorized and empowered:
  (1) To arrest under a warrant within the limits of the airport any person accused of having committed within the boundaries of the airport any offense against the laws of the United States, or against any rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to this chapter;
  (2) To arrest without warrant any person committing any such offense within the limits of the airport, in his presence;
  (3) To arrest without warrant within the limits of the airport any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony within the limits of the airport.
(b) Any individual having the power of arrest as provided in subsection (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons as the Administrator may direct or by regulation may prescribe.
(c) The United States Park Police may, at the request of the Administrator, be assigned by the Director of the National Park Service, in his discretion, subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to patrol any area of the airport, and any members of the United States Park Police so assigned are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrests within the limits of the airport for the same offenses, and in the same manner and circumstances, as is provided in this section with respect to employees designated by the Administrator.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.04
§ 9-1201.04. Removal of paving stones; permit required; obstruction on streets.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person desires to remove the paving stones, or to displace any other work done by the authority of the United States, for the purpose of laying gas pipes, or for any other purpose, it shall be the duty of such person to obtain a written permit from the Director of the National Park Service, and such person shall oblige themselves to replace the said work to the satisfaction of said officer, and within such time as he may prescribe. If any person shall place any obstruction on the streets, avenues, or sidewalks, so improved by the United States, such person shall pay the costs of removing the same, and shall be subject to a penalty of $10, to be recovered as other debts are recovered in said District, for each and every day the obstruction may remain after the Director of the National Park Service shall have given notice for its removal.
D.C. Code § 9-310 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-310
§ 9-310. Monroe Street Bridge.
Status: in_force

No street railway company shall use the viaduct or bridge or any approaches thereto authorized by the Act of July 3, 1930, to carry Monroe Street Northeast over the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, for its tracks until such company shall have paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one-fourth of the cost of such viaduct or bridge and approaches, which sum shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes for the District of Columbia for deposit to the credit of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1209.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1209.02
§ 9-1209.02. Employment of temporary laborers and mechanics.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, or his duly designated representatives, are authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, water, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipment, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, at per diem rates of pay to be fixed and adjusted from time to time by a wage board and approved by the Council of the District of Columbia, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred.
D.C. Code § 9-317 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-317
§ 9-317. Van Buren Street Subway.
Status: in_force

No street railway company shall use the subway and approaches to carry Van Buren Street under the tracks and right-of-way of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for its tracks until said Company shall have paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one-fourth of the total cost of said subway and approaches, to be applied to the credit of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-920 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-920
§ 9-920. Remedies.
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by this chapter, may be restricted by the trust agreement, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, injunction, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the District, or granted by this chapter or under the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by the agreement or resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer or agent of the Authority including the fixing, charging, and collection of fees or other charges.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.16
§ 9-1217.16. Objections to members; hearings; verdict.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-904 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-904
§ 9-904. Membership; terms; officers.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Authority shall consist of 17 members as follows:
    (A) Seven appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia;
    (B) Four appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia;
    (C) Three appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland, and
    (D) Three appointed by the President of the United States.
  (2) For the purposes of doing business, 9 members shall constitute a quorum.
  (3) Members representing the District of Columbia shall be subject to confirmation by the Council of the District of Columbia.
  (4) The failure of a single appointing official to appoint one or more members, as provided in this chapter, shall not impair the Authority’s creation when the conditions of this creation have been met.
(b) Members shall not hold elective or appointive public office, shall serve without compensation, and shall reside within the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, except that the members appointed by the President of the United States shall be registered voters of states other than Maryland or Virginia or the District of Columbia. Members of the Authority shall be entitled to reimbursement of their expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the Authority or while otherwise engaged in the discharge of their duties.
(c) (1) Appointments to the Authority shall be for a period of 6 years, except that initial appointments shall be made as follows: each jurisdiction shall appoint 1 member for a full 6-year term, a second member for a 4-year term, and in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, a third member for a 2-year term. The Governor of Virginia shall make the final 2 Virginia initial appointments for one 2-year term and one 4-year term. The President shall make one of his initial appointments pursuant to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Amendments Act of 1996, approved October 9, 1996 (110 Stat. 3213), for a 4-year term. The President shall make subsequent appointments for 6-year terms.
  (2) A member of the Authority shall be eligible for reappointment for one additional term. A member may not serve after the expiration of the member’s term or terms.
(d) Ten affirmative votes shall be required to approve bond issues and the annual budget of the Authority.
(e) Each member may be removed or suspended from office only for cause and in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction from which the member is appointed.
(f) The Authority shall elect annually 1 of its members as chairman and another as vice-chairman and shall also elect annually a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who may or may not be members of the Authority. The Authority shall prescribe the powers and duties of these officials. The Authority may also appoint from its staff an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, or an assistant secretary-treasurer, who shall, in addition to other duties, discharge such functions of the secretary and the treasurer.
(g) A vacancy among the members shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term.
(h) Members of the Authority, including any nonvoting members, 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.
D.C. Code § 9-1115.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1115.04
§ 9-1115.04. Compact provisions as law.
Status: in_force

The following articles of the Compact set forth in § 9-1115.03 shall be a part of the law of the District of Columbia as in the case of any other act on the effective date of the Compact as described in Article V of Title I: Articles I, II, III, and VIII of Title I; and Articles I through XIII of Title II. Upon termination of the Compact as set forth in § 9-1115.03 , the foregoing articles shall be repealed, and any other laws of the District superseded or suspended by virtue of conflict with these articles shall be reactivated without further legislative action.
D.C. Code § 9-1160 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1160
§ 9-1160. Regulations.
Status: in_force

The Mayor is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.08
§ 9-1215.08. Mayor to issue rules.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-221.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.09
§ 9-221.09. Prior laws to remain in force.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-107.60 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.60
§ 9-107.60. Maintenance of documents.
Status: in_force

Copies of the specimen GARVEE Bonds and of the final Financing Documents and Closing Documents shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.08
§ 9-1109.08. Formation of a replacement independent interstate legal entity.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-204.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.04
§ 9-204.04. Duplicative names prohibited.
Status: in_force

No public space in the District of Columbia shall be given the same name as that given another public space in the District.
D.C. Code § 9-421.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.11
§ 9-421.11. Cancellation of prior assessments; reassessments; refunds.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is directed to cancel all assessments for improvements completed within 3 years prior to February 20, 1931, levied under the authority of this subchapter, relating to assessments for the paving of streets, avenues, and roads, or under § 9-401.04 , relating to assessments for laying curbs; and the Mayor is further directed to reassess the cost of such improvements against the abutting property in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, which assessments shall become a lien upon the abutting property and be collected in the manner provided under this subchapter. Where assessments for such improvements have been paid in whole or in part the Mayor shall refund, within the limits of appropriations by Congress therefor, to the persons paying the same, the excess, if any, of such payments over the amounts of the reassessments levied under §§ 9-421.01 to 9-421.12 .
D.C. Code § 9-203.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.02
§ 9-203.02. Methods of acquisition.
Status: in_force

Any land used for the purpose of opening, extending, widening, or straightening any street, minor street, or alley pursuant to § 9-203.01 may be acquired by:
(1) Purchase;
(2) Condemnation pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 16 ; or
(3) Acceptance by the Council of a dedication of land; provided, that if the land is to be acquired for a Federal Aid Highway project, the person offering to dedicate the land must be informed of his or her right to compensation for it.
D.C. Code § 9-506 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-506
§ 9-506. Extension of gas mains for maintenance of street lamps.
Status: in_force

Each gas company in the District of Columbia shall, at its sole and entire expense, make reasonable extensions of its gas mains whenever the said extensions shall be necessary for maintaining street lamps for the public safety and comfort, and the Council of the District of Columbia shall regulate the location and depth of the said gas mains in the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and spaces of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-101.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.11
§ 9-101.11. Massachusetts Avenue through grounds of United States Naval Observatory.
Status: in_force

Massachusetts Avenue, as laid down in conformity with § 9-101.10 upon the maps of the engineer department of the District of Columbia, through the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory is declared to be a public street in all respects as the other public streets of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.09
§ 9-1201.09. Improper appropriation or occupation of streets.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Interior is directed to prevent the improper appropriation or occupation of any of the public streets, avenues, squares, or reservations in the City of Washington, belonging to the United States, and to reclaim the same if unlawfully appropriated; and particularly to prevent the erection of any permanent building upon any property reserved to or for the use of the United States, unless plainly authorized by act of Congress, and to report to Congress at the commencement of each session his proceedings in the premises, together with a full statement of all such property, and how, and by what authority, the same is occupied or claimed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the temporary and proper occupation of any portion of such property, by lawful authority, for the legitimate purposes of the United States.
D.C. Code § 9-101.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.09
§ 9-101.09. Resubdivision of property affected by highway plan pending condemnation proceedings.
Status: in_force

Where any proposed street of the permanent system of highways affects any lot or block of a subdivision recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in his discretion, allow the resubdivision of such lot or block in a manner conforming to the original subdivision until such time as condemnation proceedings are begun for the opening of the proposed street affecting the land to be subdivided.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.12
§ 9-1217.12. Condemnation proceedings authorized.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.02
§ 9-1111.02. Federal contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide the federal share of the cost of the adopted regional system, which system supersedes that heretofore authorized by the Congress in subchapter III of this chapter , the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make annual contributions to the Transit Authority in amounts sufficient to finance in part the cost of the adopted regional system; except that the aggregate amount of federal contributions for the adopted regional system, including the $100,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by § 9-1105.02(1) , shall not exceed the lower amount of $1,147,044,000 or two thirds of the net project cost of the adopted regional system.
(b) Federal contributions for the adopted regional system shall be subject to the following limitations and conditions:
  (1) The work for which contributions are authorized shall be subject to the provisions of the Compact and shall be carried out substantially in accordance with the plans and schedules for the adopted regional system; and
  (2) The aggregate amount of such federal contributions on or prior to the last day of any given fiscal year shall be matched by the local participating governments by payment of the local share of capital contributions required for the period ending with the last day of such year in a total amount not less than 50 per centum of the amount of such federal contributions.
(c) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed $1,047,044,000 to carry out the purposes of this section. The appropriations authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to the appropriations authorized by § 9-1105.02(1) .
D.C. Code § 9-315 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-315
§ 9-315. Fern and Varnum Streets and Eastern Avenue Viaducts.
Status: in_force

The viaducts and approaches thereto, to carry Fern and Varnum Streets over the tracks and right-of-way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company or the viaduct and approaches thereto to carry Eastern Avenue over the tracks and rights-of-way of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall not be used by any street railroad company until said Companies shall have paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, a sum equal to one-fourth of the total cost of constructing said viaducts and approaches, to be applied to the credit of the District of Columbia. No limitation shall run against claims made by the District of Columbia under the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 9-605 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-605
§ 9-605. Failure of owner or occupant to remove — Removal by Mayor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-318 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-318
§ 9-318. Grade crossing at Lamond closed.
Status: in_force

The highway grade crossing formerly over the tracks and right-of-way of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Lamond shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind.
D.C. Code § 9-510 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-510
§ 9-510. Increase in number of street lamps authorized.
Status: in_force

The proper authorities are directed to increase from time to time, as the public good may require, the number of street lamps on any of the streets, lanes, alleys, public ways, and grounds, in the City of Washington, and to do any and all things pertaining to the well lighting of the City.
D.C. Code § 9-431.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-431.01
§ 9-431.01. Permit required; exceptions.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any cut or trench in any highway, reservation, or public space in the District of Columbia, or to disturb or remove any public work or material therein, without a permit so to do from the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The person obtaining such a permit shall abide by all conditions and provisions of the permit; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to public buildings of the United States, or to diminish the authority of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, or the Architect of the Capitol.
D.C. Code § 9-917 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-917
§ 9-917. Revenues.
Status: in_force

The Authority may fix, revise, charge, and collect fees or other charges for the use of the airports, contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any part of the airports, including the right-of-way adjoining the airports for placing on the airports telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, and fix the terms, conditions, rents and fees or other charges for use. Fees or other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of fees or other charges form the airports as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues, if any, (1) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the airports, (2) to pay the principal of and interest on bonds as they become due and payable, and (3) to create reserves for these purposes. The fees and other charges and all other revenues derived from the airports, except the part as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and provide reserves as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside at regular intervals as may be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement in a sinking fund, which is pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of the interest on the bonds as they become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as provided in the bonds. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The fees, other charges, and other revenues or other monies so pledged and subsequently received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery of the lien or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind of  tort, contract or otherwise against the Authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the Authority. The use and disposition of monies to the credit of the sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or of the trust agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement, the sinking fund shall be a fund for all these bonds without distinction or priority of 1 over another.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.09 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.09
§ 9-1111.09. Obligations as lawful investments.
Status: in_force

(a) Obligations issued by the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary of Transportation under § 9-1111.06 shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security for fiduciary, trusts, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or of any officer or officers thereof, and shall be deemed to be exempt securities within the meaning of laws administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission to the same extent as securities which are issued by the United States.
(b) Any building association, building and loan association, or savings and loan association, incorporated or unincorporated, organized and operating under the laws of the District of Columbia, or any federal savings and loan association, may invest its funds in obligations of the Transit Authority which are guaranteed by the Secretary of Transportation under § 9-1111.06 .
D.C. Code § 9-202.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.13
§ 9-202.13. Disposition of closing act and plat.
Status: in_force

Upon the recordation of the plat, the Surveyor shall send a copy of the act and the plat to the applicant and to the Director of the Department of Finance and Revenue.
D.C. Code § 9-204.21 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.21
§ 9-204.21. Designation of official names of streets and alleys.
Status: in_force

(a) Any designation of an alley or street, or portion thereof, with an official name shall meet the requirements of §§ 9-204.02 and 9-204.03 , as well as the requirements of this section.
(b) At least 15 days[] before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, the initiator of the proposal to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall:
  (1) Give written notice of the date, time, and location of the Council hearing to each owner of property and household occupying property that abuts the alley or street, or portion thereof, proposed to be designated with an official name; and
  (2) Post signs that indicate the date, time, and location of the Council hearing at each intersection with any other alley or street of the portion of the alley or street proposed to be designated.
(c) The Mayor shall make available the signs to be posted pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section.
(d) At least 30 days before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, the initiator of the proposal to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall submit a copy of the proposed legislation for review and comment to each Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the portion of the alley or street to be designated is located.
(e) The initiator of a proposal to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall certify to the Council that the notice required by subsection (b) of this section has been given.  A post-office receipt of proof of mailing of the notice to each resident's or property owner's last known address and a photograph of each posted sign shall be sufficient proof that the required notice was given.
(f) (1) At least 5 days before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate an official name for an alley or street, or portion thereof, the initiator of the proposal to designate the official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall submit to the Council letters or a petition in support of the proposal that have been signed by a majority of the households occupying property that abuts the portion of the alley or street proposed to be designated with an official name.
  (2) Such petition shall include a list of each postal address on the alley or street, or portion thereof, to be designated with an official name, and the postal address of each household in support of the proposal (signed by a representative of the household).
(g) Before consideration by the Council, including a vote by a committee of the Council, of a bill to designate an official name for an alley or street, or portion thereof, the Mayor shall provide the Council with a surveyor's plat showing:
  (1) The alley or street, or portion thereof, to be designated;
  (2) The square or squares in which the portion of the alley or street to be designated is located and any adjacent squares; and
  (3) The recorded lots in the square or squares depicted.
(h) The Mayor may establish, by rulemaking, fees to be paid by the initiator of a proposal to designate an official name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, to recoup costs associated with satisfying the requirements of this section, including obtaining consideration of the proposal by the Council and implementation of the proposal by the Mayor; provided, that fees shall not be assessed pursuant to this subsection on an initiator that is a governmental entity, including an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
(i) 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; provided, that the requirements of subsection (f) of this section shall not apply and no fee shall be assessed pursuant to subsection (h) of this section.
(j) The requirements of subsections (b) through (e) of this section shall be waived if a resolution in support of the proposed designation is adopted by each Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the street, alley, or portion thereof, is located.
D.C. Code § 9-1101.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1101.01
§ 9-1101.01. Agreements with Maryland and Virginia to develop continuing comprehensive transportation planning process.
Status: in_force

The Mayor is authorized to enter into such agreements with the States of Maryland and Virginia and with political subdivisions of such States as may be necessary to develop a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process for the National Capital region for the purpose of complying with the requirements of § 134 of Title 23, United States Code  , except that no such agreement shall require the District of Columbia to pay more than its pro rata share of the costs of such planning process. In developing such transportation planning process the Mayor shall consult and cooperate with the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council. For the purpose of this section, the term “National Capital region” shall have the same meaning as is given it in § 1-1401 .
D.C. Code § 9-501 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-501
§ 9-501. Rates; maintenance.
Status: in_force

(a) No more than the following rates shall be paid for lighting avenues, streets, roads, alleys, and public spaces:
  (1) For mantle gas lamps of 60 candlepower, $18.40 per lamp per annum;
  (2) For mantle gas lamps of not less than 120 candlepower, $27 per lamp per annum;
  (3) For street designation lamps, using flat-flame burners, consuming not more than two and one-half cubic feet of gas per hour, or 8 candlepower incandescent electric lamps, with posts and lanterns furnished by the District of Columbia, $10 per lamp per annum;
  (4) For 40 candlepower, 50 watt, incandescent electric lamps on overhead wires, $15 per lamp per annum;
  (5) For 40 candlepower, 50 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $19.50 per lamp per annum;
  (6) For 60 candlepower, 75 watt, incandescent electric lamps on overhead wires, $17.50 per lamp per annum;
  (7) For 60 candlepower, 75 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $23 per lamp per annum;
  (8) For 80 candlepower, 100 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $26 per lamp per annum;
  (9) For 100 candlepower, 125 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $27.50 per lamp per annum;
  (10) For 150 candlepower, 187 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $36.50 per lamp per annum;
  (11) For 200 candlepower, 250 watt, incandescent electric lamps on underground wires, $46.50 per lamp per annum;
  (12) For 4 glower Nernst lamps on underground wires, $52.50 per lamp per annum;
  (13) For six and six-tenths ampere, 528 watt, direct-current, series-inclosed arc lamps, $80 per lamp per annum;
  (14) For 5 ampere, 550 watt, direct-current, multiple-inclosed arc lamps, $80 per lamp per annum;
  (15) For 4 ampere, 320 watt magnetite, or other arc lamps of equal illuminating value acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, on overhead wires, $59 per lamp per annum;
  (16) For 4 ampere, 320 watt magnetite, or other arc lamps of equal illuminating value acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, on underground wires, $72.50 per lamp per annum;
  (17) For six and six-tenths ampere, 500 watt magnetite, or other arc lamps of equal illuminating value acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, on overhead wires, $84 per lamp per annum;
  (18) For six and six-tenths ampere, 500 watt magnetite, or other arc lamps of equal illuminating value acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, on underground wires, $97.50 per lamp per annum;
  (19) For flame arc lamps, 500 watt, General Electric type, or other arc lamps of equal illuminating value acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, $150 per lamp per annum.
(b) (1) For the rates named in subsection (a) of this section it shall be the duty of each gaslight company and each electric light company doing business in the District of Columbia to erect and maintain such street lamps as the Mayor of said District may direct; and each such company shall furnish, install, and maintain all posts, lamps, lanterns, burners, wires, cable, conduits, gas pipes, street designations, and fixtures necessary for the respective lamps maintained by each of them, including lighting and extinguishing lamps, and repairing, painting, and cleaning.
  (2) The cost of each lamppost for incandescent electric lighting furnished by any lighting company under the above rates shall not exceed $15, except as hereinafter provided, which cost shall include only the lamppost, the globe, the ornamental top, and the street-designation frame and signs. All other fixtures, parts, fittings, lamps, sockets, wires, cables, and appurtenances necessary for the lamps maintained by said lighting company on said posts, including the cost of erection, shall not be included in said cost.
  (3) The cost of each lamppost for gaslighting furnished by any lighting company under the above rates shall not exceed $15, except as hereinafter provided, which cost shall include only the lamppost and the street-designation frame and signs. All other fixtures, parts, fittings, burners, lamps, pipes, and appurtenances necessary for the lamps maintained by said lighting company on said posts, including the cost of erection, shall not be included in said cost.
  (4) The cost of each lamppost for arc lighting furnished by any lighting company under the above rates shall not exceed $50, except as hereinafter provided, which cost shall include only the lamppost, the street-designation frame and signs, and the arm or top from which the lamp is hung. All other fixtures, parts, fittings, lamps, cables, wires, and appurtenances necessary for the lamps maintained by said lighting company on said posts, including the cost of erection, shall not be included in said cost.
  (5) Each lamppost and its equipment shall be of a design and quality acceptable to the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  (6) For each such lamppost furnished by a lighting company by direction of the District Mayor which shall cost in excess of $15 for gas or electric incandescent lamps, or which shall cost in excess of $50 for electric arc lamps, the company furnishing the same shall receive, in addition to the above rates, 11 per centum per annum on such additional or excess cost.
(c) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, in his discretion, to purchase or construct from street-lighting appropriations made in the Act of June 26, 1912 (37 Stat. 181), posts, lanterns, street designations, and all necessary fixtures or appurtenances for any of the systems of lighting above named; provided, that whenever the said Mayor shall furnish a lamppost including only the globe, the ornamental top, and the street-designation frame and signs for the electric incandescent lamps, or including only the street-designation frame and signs for gas lamps, or including only the street-designation frame and signs and the arm or top for arc lamps, $1.65 per lamp per annum for gas or electric incandescent lamps and $4.40 per lamp per annum for electric arc lamps shall be deducted from the rates above fixed.
(d) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is further authorized, in his discretion, to adopt other forms of electric street lighting than those named, in which event payments under appropriations made in the Act of June 26, 1912 (37 Stat. 181), shall be made for the lighting service rendered at not to exceed $.03 per kilowatt-hour for current consumed, and, in addition thereto, 11 per centum per annum of the cost to the lighting company of furnishing and installing lamps, posts, street designations, fixtures, and the cable from lamps to the nearest point of current supply, and a fair sum for the cost of maintenance.
(e) When ordered to do so by the said Mayor, lighting companies shall move and readjust any lamps maintained by them at the following rates:
  (1) For each electric arc lamp, $10;
  (2) For each electric incandescent lamp, $5;
  (3) For each gas lamp moved not more than 6 feet, $2.50;
  (4) For each gas lamp moved more than 6 feet, $4;
  (5) For each gas lamp raised or lowered to new grade, $1.50.
(f) When ordered by the Mayor to do so, lighting companies in the District of Columbia shall discontinue any public lamps maintained by them without further payment therefor, and shall remove from the streets, at their own expense, all posts, lanterns, and fixtures connected therewith.
(g) The funds received under this section and § 9-502 shall be deposited in the General Fund of the District of Columbia and shall not be accounted for by a separate fund or account within the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1103.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1103.01
§ 9-1103.01. Congressional consent given for Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia to enter into Compact.
Status: in_force

The consent and approval of Congress is hereby given to the States of Virginia and Maryland and to the District of Columbia to enter into a Compact, substantially as follows, for the regulation and improvement of mass transit in the Washington metropolitan area, which Compact, known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, has been negotiated by representatives of the States and the District of Columbia and has been adopted by the State of Virginia (Ch. 627, 1958 Acts of Assembly), and in substance by the State of Maryland.
The States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, hereinafter referred to as signatories, do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
I GENERAL COMPACT PROVISIONS
I There is hereby created the Washington Metropolitan Transit District, hereinafter referred to as the Metropolitan District, which shall embrace the District of Columbia, the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax, the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun, and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia located within those counties, and the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in the State of Maryland and political subdivisions of the State of Maryland located within those counties.
II 1. The signatories hereby create the “Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission,” hereafter called the “Commission,” which shall be an instrumentality of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland, and shall have the powers and duties set forth in the Compact and those additional powers and duties conferred upon it by subsequent action of the signatories.
  2. The Commission shall have jurisdiction coextensive with the Metropolitan District for the regulation of passenger transportation within the Metropolitan District on a coordinated basis, without regard to political boundaries within the Metropolitan District, as set forth in this Compact.
III 1. (a) The Commission shall be composed of three members, one member appointed by the Governor of Virginia from the Department of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth of Virginia, one member appointed by the Governor of Maryland from the Maryland Public Service Commission, and one member appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia from a District of Columbia agency with oversight of matters relating to the Commission.
    (b) A member appointed shall serve for a term coincident with the term of that member on the agency of the signatory, and a member may be removed or suspended from office as the law of the appointing signatory provides.
    (c) Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
    (d) An amendment to Section 1(a) of this Article shall not affect any member in office on the amendment’s effective date.
  2. A person in the employment of or holding an official relation to a person or company subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission or having an interest of any nature in a person or company or affiliate or associate thereof, may not hold the office of Commissioner or serve as an employee of the Commission or have any power or duty or receive any compensation in relation to the Commission.
  3. (a) The Commission shall select a chairman from among its members.
    (b) The chairman shall be responsible for the Commission’s work and shall have all powers to discharge that duty.
  4. A signatory may pay the Commissioner from its jurisdiction the salary or expenses, if any, that it considers appropriate.
  5. (a) The Commission may employ engineering, technical, legal, clerical, and other personnel on a regular, part-time, or consulting basis to assist in the discharge of its functions.
    (b) The Commission is not bound by any statute or regulation of a signatory in the employment or discharge of an officer or employee of the Commission, except that contained in this Compact.
  6. The Commission shall establish its office at a location to be determined by the Commission within the Metropolitan District and shall publish rules and regulations governing the conduct of its operations.
IV 1. (a) The signatories shall bear the expenses of the Commission in the manner set forth here.
    (b) The Commission shall submit to the Governor of Virginia, the Governor of Maryland, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, when requested, a budget of its requirements for the period required by the laws of the signatories for presentation to the legislature.
    (c) The Commission shall allocate its expenses among the signatories in the proportion that the population of each signatory within the Metropolitan District bears to the total population of the Metropolitan District.
    (d) (i) The Commission shall base its allocation on the latest available population statistics of the Bureau of the Census; or
      (ii) If current population data are not available, the Commission may, upon the request of a signatory, employ estimates of population prepared in a manner approved by the Commission and by the signatory making the request.
    (e) The Governors of the two states and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall approve the allocation made by the Commission.
  2. (a) The signatories shall appropriate their proportion of the budget for the expenses of the Commission and shall pay that appropriation of the Commission.
    (b) The budget of the Commission and the appropriations of the signatories may not include a sum for the payment of salaries or expenses of the Commissioners.
    (c) The provisions of section 2.1-30 (1979) of the Code of Virginia do not apply to any official or employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia acting or performing services under this subchapter.
  3. (a) If the Commission requests and a signatory makes available personnel, services, or material which the Commission would otherwise have to employ or purchase, the Commission shall:
      (i) Determine an amount; and
      (ii) Reduce the expenses allocable to a signatory.
    (b) If any services in kind are rendered, the Commission shall return to the signatory an amount equivalent to the savings to the Commission represented by the contribution in kind.
  4. (a) The Commission shall have the power to establish fees under regulations, including but not limited to filing fees and annual fees.
    (b) The Commission shall return to the signatories fees established by it in proportion to the share of the Commission’s expenses borne by each signatory in the fiscal year during which the fees were collected.
  5. (a) The Commission shall keep accurate books of account, showing in full its receipts and disbursements.
    (b) The books of account shall be open for inspection by representatives of the respective signatories at any reasonable time.
V 1. An action by the Commission may not be effective unless a majority of the members concur.
  2. An order entered by the Commission under the provisions of Title II of this subchapter which affect operations or matters solely intrastate or solely within the District of Columbia may not be effective unless the Commissioner from the affected signatory concurs.
  3. Two members of the Commission are a quorum.
  4. The Commission may delegate by regulation the tasks that it considers appropriate.
VI This Compact does not amend, alter, or affect the power of the signatories and their political subdivisions to levy and collect taxes on the property or income of any person or company subject to this subchapter or upon any material, equipment, or supplies purchased by that person or company or to levy, assess, and collect franchise or other similar taxes, or fees for the licensing of vehicles and their operation.
VII This amended Compact shall become effective 90 days after the signatories adopt it.
VIII 1. (a) This Compact may be amended from time to time without the prior consent or approval of the Congress of the United States and any amendment shall be effective unless, within one year, the Congress disapproves that amendment.
    (b) An amendment may not be effective unless adopted by each of the signatories.
  2. (a) A signatory may withdraw from the Compact upon written notice to the other signatories.
    (b) In the event of a withdrawal, the Compact shall be terminated at the end of the Commission’s next full fiscal year following the notice.
  3. Upon the termination of this Compact, the jurisdiction over the matters and persons covered by this subchapter shall revert to the signatories and the federal government, as their interest may appear, and the applicable laws of the signatories and the federal government shall be reactivated without further legislation.
IX Each of the signatories pledges to each of the other signatories faithful cooperation in the regulation of passenger transportation within the Metropolitan District and agrees to enact any necessary legislation to achieve the objectives of the Compact for the mutual benefit of the citizens living in the Metropolitan District.
X 1. If a provision of this subchapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other application of this subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this subchapter are declared severable.
  2. In accordance with the ordinary rules for construction of interstate compacts, this subchapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
II COMPACT REGULATORY PROVISIONS
XI 1. This subchapter shall apply to the transportation for hire by any carrier of persons between any points in the Metropolitan District, including but not limited to:
    (a) As to interstate and foreign commerce, transportation performed over a regular route between a point in the Metropolitan District and a point outside the Metropolitan District if:
      (i) The majority of passengers transported over that regular route are transported between points within the Metropolitan District; and
      (ii) That regular route is authorized by a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
    (b) The rates, charges, regulations, and minimum insurance requirements for taxicabs and other vehicles that perform a bona fide taxicab service where the taxicab or other vehicle:
      (i) Has a seating capacity of 9 persons or less, including the driver; and
      (ii) Provides transportation from one signatory to another within the Metropolitan District.
  2. Solely for the purposes of this section and section 18 of this Article:
    (a) The Metropolitan District shall include that portion of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, occupied by the Baltimore-Washington International Airport; and
    (b) Jurisdiction of the Commission shall apply to taxicab rates, charges, regulations, and minimum insurance requirements for interstate transportation between the Baltimore-Washington International Airport and other points in the Metropolitan District, unless conducted by a taxicab licensed by the State of Maryland or a political subdivision of the State of Maryland, or operated under a contract with the State of Maryland.
  3. Excluded from the application of this subchapter are:
    (a) Transportation by water, air, or rail;
    (b) Transportation performed by the federal government, the signatories to this Compact, or any political subdivision of the signatories;
    (c) Transportation performed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority;
    (d) Transportation by a motor vehicle employed solely in transporting teachers and school children through grade 12 to or from public or private schools;
    (e) Transportation performed over a regular route between a point in the Metropolitan District and a point outside the Metropolitan District, including transportation between those points on the regular route that are within the Metropolitan District, if:
      (i) The majority of passengers transported over the regular route are not transported between points in the Metropolitan District; and
      (ii) The regular route is authorized by a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission;
    (f) Matters other than rates, charges, regulations, and minimum insurance requirements relating to vehicles and operations described in Sections 1(b) and 2 of this Article;
    (g) Transportation solely with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the activities of persons performing that transportation; and
    (h) The exercise of any power of the discharge of any duty conferred or imposed upon the State Corporation Commission of Virginia by the Virginia Constitution.
  Definitions
  4. In this subchapter the following words have the meanings indicated.
    (a) “Carrier” means a person who engages in the transportation of passengers by motor vehicle or other form or means of hire.
    (b) “Motor vehicle” means an automobile, bus, or other vehicle propelled or drawn by mechanical or electrical power on the public streets or highways of the Metropolitan District and used for the transportation of passengers.
    (c) “Person” means an individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association or joint stock association, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of them.
    (d) “Taxicab” means a motor vehicle for hire (other than a vehicle operated under a Certificate of Authority issued by the Commission) having a seating capacity of 9 persons or less, including the driver, used to accept or solicit passengers along the public streets for transportation.
  General Duties of Carriers
  5. Each authorized carrier shall:
    (a) Provide safe and adequate transportation service, equipment, and facilities; and
    (b) Observe and enforce Commission regulations established under this subchapter.
  Certificates of Authority
  6. (a) A person may not engage in transportation subject to this subchapter unless there is in force a “Certificate of Authority” issued by the Commission authorizing the person to engage in that transportation.
    (b) On the effective date of this subchapter a person engaged in transportation subject to this subchapter under an existing “Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity” or order issued by the Commission shall be issued a new “Certificate of Authority” within 120 days after the effective date of this amendment.
    (c) (i) Pending issuance of the new Certificate of Authority, the continuance of operations shall be permitted under an existing certificate or order issued by the Commission which will continue in effect on the effective date of this subchapter.
      (ii) The operations described in paragraph (i) of this subsection shall be performed according to the rates, regulations, and practices of the certificate holder on file with the Commission on March 16, 1989.
  7. (a) When an application is made under this section for a Certificate of Authority, the Commission shall issue a certificate to any qualified applicant, authorizing all or any part of the transportation covered by the application, if it finds that:
      (i) The applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform that transportation properly, conform to the provisions of this subchapter, and conform to the rules, regulations, and requirements of the Commission; and
      (ii) That the transportation is consistent with the public interest.
    (b) If the Commission finds that the requirements of subsection (a) of this section have not been met, the application shall be denied by the Commission.
    (c) The Commission shall act upon applications under this subchapter as soon as possible.
    (d) The Commission may attach to the issuance of a certificate and to the exercise of the rights granted under it any term, condition, or limitation that is consistent with the public interest.
    (e) A term, condition, or limitation imposed by the Commission may not restrict the right of the carrier to add to equipment and facilities over the routes or within the territory specified in the certificate, as business development and public demand may require.
    (f) A person applying for or holding a Certificate of Authority shall comply with Commission regulations regarding maintenance of a surety bond, insurance policy, self-insurance qualification, or other security or agreement in an amount that the Commission may require to pay any final judgment against a carrier for bodily injury or death of a person, or for loss or damage to property of another, resulting from the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle or other equipment in performing transportation subject to this subchapter.
    (g) A Certificate of Authority is not valid unless the holder is in compliance with the insurance requirements of the Commission.
  8. Application to the Commission for a certificate under this subchapter shall be:
    (a) Made in writing;
    (b) Verified; and
    (c) In the form and with the information that the Commission regulations require.
  9. (a) A Certificate of Authority issued by the Commission shall specify the route over which a regularly scheduled commuter service or other regular-route service will operate.
    (b) A certificate issued by the Commission authorizing irregular-route service shall be coextensive with the Metropolitan District.
    (c) A carrier subject to this subchapter may not provide any passenger transportation for hire on an individual fare paying basis in competition with an existing, scheduled, regular-route, passenger transportation service performed by, or under a contract with, the federal government, a signatory to the Compact, a political subdivision of a signatory, or the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, notwithstanding any Certificate of Authority.
    (d) A certificate for the transportation of passengers may include authority to transport newspapers, passenger baggage, express, or mail in the same vehicle, or to transport passenger baggage in a separate vehicle.
  10. (a) Certificates shall be effective from the date specified on them and shall remain in effect until amended, suspended, or terminated.
    (b) Upon application by the holder of a certificate, the Commission may suspend, amend, or terminate the Certificate of Authority.
    (c) Upon complaint or the Commission’s own initiative, the Commission, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke all or part of any Certificate of Authority for willful failure to comply with:
      (i) A provision of this subchapter;
      (ii) An order, rule, or regulation of the Commission; or
      (iii) A term, condition, or limitation of the certificate.
    (d) The Commission may direct that a carrier cease an operation conducted under a certificate if the Commission finds the operation, after notice and hearing, to be inconsistent with the public interest.
  11. (a) A person may not transfer a Certificate of Authority unless the Commission approves the transfer as consistent with the public interest.
    (b) A person other than the person to whom an operating authority is issued by the Commission may not lease, rent, or otherwise use that operating authority.
  12. (a) A carrier may not abandon any scheduled commuter service operated under a Certificate of Authority issued to the carrier under this subchapter, unless the Commission authorizes the carrier to do so by a Commission order.
    (b) Upon application by a carrier, the Commission shall issue an order, after notice and hearing, if it finds that abandonment of the route is consistent with the public interest.
    (c) The Commission, by regulation or otherwise, may authorize the temporary suspension of a route if it is consistent with the public interest.
    (d) As long as the carrier has an opportunity to earn a reasonable return in all its operations, the fact that a carrier is operating a service at a loss will not, of itself, determine the question of whether abandonment of service is consistent with the public interest.
  13. (a) When the Commission finds that there is an immediate need for service that is not available, the Commission may grant temporary authority for that service without a hearing or other proceeding up to a maximum of 180 consecutive days, unless suspended or revoked for good cause.
    (b) A grant of temporary authority does not create any presumption that permanent authority will be granted at a later date.
  Rates and Tariffs
  14. (a) Each carrier shall file with the Commission, publish, and keep available for public inspection tariffs showing:
      (i) Fixed-rates and fixed-fares for transportation subject to this subchapter; and
      (ii) Practices and regulations including those affecting rates and fares, required by the Commission.
    (b) Each effective tariff shall:
      (i) Remain in effect for at least 60 days from its effective date, unless the Commission orders otherwise; and
      (ii) Be published and kept available for public inspection in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission.
    (c) A carrier may not charge a rate or fare for transportation subject to this subchapter other than the applicable rate or fare specified in a tariff filed by the carrier under this subchapter and in effect at the time.
  15. (a) A carrier proposing to change a rate, fare, regulation, or practice specified in an effective tariff shall file a tariff showing the change in the form and manner, and with the information, jurisdiction, notice, and supporting material prescribed by the Commission.
    (b) Each tariff filed under Subsection (a) of this Section shall state a date on which the tariff shall take effect, which shall be at least 7 calendar days after the date on which the tariff is filed, unless the Commission orders an earlier effective date or rejects the tariff.
    (c) (i) A tariff filed for approval with the Commission may be refused acceptance for filing if it is not consistent with this subchapter and Commission regulations; and
      (ii) A tariff refused for filing shall be void.
  16. (a) The Commission may hold a hearing upon complaint or upon the Commission’s own initiative after reasonable notice to determine whether a rate, fare, regulation, or practice relating to a tariff is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or unduly preferential between classes of riders or between locations within the Metropolitan District.
    (b) Within 120 days of the hearing, the Commission shall pass an order prescribing the lawful rate, fare, regulation, or practice, or affirming the tariff.
  Through Routes, Joint Fares
  17. With the approval of the Commission, any carrier subject to this subchapter may establish through routes and joint fares with any other lawfully authorized carrier.
Taxicab Fares
18. (a) The Commission shall prescribe reasonable rates for transportation by taxicab, only when:
    (i) The trip is between a point in the jurisdiction of one signatory and a point in the jurisdiction of another signatory; and
    (ii) Both points are within the Metropolitan District.
  (b) The fare or charge for taxicab transportation may be calculated on a mileage basis, a zone basis, or on any other basis approved by the Commission.
  (c) The Commission may not require the installation of a taximeter in any taxicab when a taximeter is not permitted or required by the jurisdiction licensing and otherwise the operation and service of the taxicab.
  (d) A person licensed by a signatory to own or operate a taxicab shall comply with Commission regulations regarding maintenance of a surety bond, insurance policy, self-insurance qualification, or other security or agreement in an amount that the Commission may require to pay a final judgment for bodily injury or death of a person, or for loss or damage to property of another, resulting from the operation, maintenance, or use of a taxicab in performing transportation subject to this subchapter.
XII Accounts, Records, and Reports 1. (a) The Commission may prescribe that any carrier subject to this subchapter:
      (i) Submit special reports and annual or other periodic reports;
      (ii) Make reports in a form and manner required by the Commission;
      (iii) Provide a detailed answer to any question about which the Commission requires information;
      (iv) Submit reports and answers under oaths; and
      (v) Keep accounts, records, and memoranda of its activity, including movement of traffic and receipt and expenditure of money in a form and for a period required by the Commission.
    (b) The Commission shall have access at all times to the accounts, records, memoranda, lands, buildings, and equipment of any carrier for inspection purposes.
    (c) This section shall apply to any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a carrier subject to this subchapter, whether or not that person otherwise is subject to this subchapter.
    (d) A carrier that has its principal office outside of the Metropolitan District and operates both inside and outside of the Metropolitan District may keep all accounts, records, and memoranda at its principal office, but the carrier shall produce those materials before the Commission when directed by the Commission.
    (e) This section does not relieve a carrier from recordkeeping or reporting obligations imposed by a state or federal agency or regulatory commission for transportation service rendered outside the Metropolitan District.
  Issuance of Securities
  2. This subchapter does not impair any authority of the federal government and the signatories to regulate the issuance of securities by a carrier.
  Consolidations, Mergers, and Acquisition of Control
  3. (a) A carrier or any person controlling, controlled by, or under control with a carrier shall obtain Commission approval to:
      (i) Consolidate or merge any part of the ownership, management, or operation of its property or franchise with a carrier that operates in the Metropolitan District;
      (ii) Purchase, lease, or contract to operate a substantial part of the property or franchise of another carrier that operates in the Metropolitan District; or
      (iii) Acquire control of another carrier that operates in the Metropolitan District through ownership of its stock or other means.
    (b) Application for Commission approval of a transaction under this Section shall be made in the form and with the information that the regulations of the Commission require.
    (c) If the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that the proposed transaction is consistent with the public interest, the Commission shall pass an order authorizing the transaction.
    (d) Pending determination of an application filed under this section, the Commission may grant “temporary approval” without a hearing or other proceeding up to a maximum of 180 consecutive days if the Commission determines that grant to be consistent with the public interest.
XIII Investigation by the Commission and Complaints 1. (a) A person may file a written complaint with the Commission regarding anything done or omitted by a person in violation of a provision of this subchapter, or in violation of a requirement established under it.
    (b) (i) If the respondent does not satisfy the complaint and the facts suggest that there are reasonable grounds for an investigation, the Commission shall investigate the matter.
      (ii) If the Commission determines that a complaint does not state facts which warrant action, the Commission may dismiss the complaint without hearing.
      (iii) The Commission shall notify a respondent that a complaint has been filed at least 10 days before a hearing is set on the complaint.
    (c) The Commission may investigate on its own motion a fact, condition, practice, or matter to:
      (i) Determine whether a person has violated or will violate a provision of this subchapter or a rule, regulation, or order;
      (ii) Enforce the provisions of this subchapter or prescribe or enforce rules or regulations under it; or
      (iii) Obtain information to recommend further legislation.
    (d) If, after hearing, the Commission finds that a respondent has violated a provision of this subchapter or any requirement established under it, the Commission shall:
      (i) Issue an order to compel the respondent to comply with this subchapter; and
      (ii) Effect other just and reasonable relief.
    (e) For the purpose of an investigation or other proceeding under this subchapter, the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other records or evidence which the Commission considers relevant to the inquiry.
  Hearings; Rules of Procedure
  2. (a) Hearings under this subchapter shall be held before the Commission, and records shall be kept.
    (b) Rules of practice and procedure adopted by the Commission shall govern all hearings, investigations, and proceedings under this subchapter, but the Commission may apply the technical rules of evidence when appropriate.
  Administrative Powers of Commission; Rules, Regulations, and Orders
  3. (a) The Commission shall perform any act, and prescribe, issue, make, amend, or rescind any order, rule, or regulation that it finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
    (b) The rules and regulations of the Commission shall prescribe the form of any statement, declaration, application, or report filed with the Commission, the information it shall contain, and the time of filing.
    (c) The rules and regulations of the Commission shall be effective 30 days after publication in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe, unless a different date is specified.
    (d) Orders of the Commission shall be effective on the date and in the manner which the Commission shall prescribe.
    (e) For the purposes of its rules and regulations, the Commission may classify persons and matters within its jurisdiction and prescribe different requirements for them.
    (f) Commission rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection during reasonable business hours.
  Reconsideration of Orders
  4. (a) A party of a proceeding affected by a final order or decision of the Commission may file within 30 days of its publication a written application requesting Commission reconsideration of the matter involved, and stating specifically the errors claimed as grounds for the reconsideration.
    (b) The Commission shall grant or deny the application within 30 days after it has been filed.
    (c) If the Commission does not grant or deny the application by order within 30 days, the application shall be deemed denied.
    (d) If the application is granted, the Commission shall rescind, modify, or affirm its order or decision with or without a hearing, after giving notice to all parties.
    (e) Filing an application for reconsideration may not act as a stay upon the execution of a Commission order or decision, or any part of it unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    (f) An appeal may not be taken from an order or decision of the Commission until an application for reconsideration has been filed and determined.
    (g) Only an error specified as a ground for reconsideration may be used as a ground for judicial review.
  Judicial Review
  5. (a) Any party to a proceeding under this subchapter may obtain a review of the Commission’s order in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, by filing within 60 days after Commission determination of an application for reconsideration, a written petition praying that the order of the Commission be modified or set aside.
    (b) A copy of the petition shall be delivered to the office of the Commission and the Commission shall certify and file with the court a transcript of the record upon which the Commission order was entered.
    (c) The Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify, remand for reconsideration, or set aside the Commission’s order.
    (d) The court’s judgment shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in Title 28 U.S.C. sections 1254 and 2350.
    (e) The commencement of proceedings under subsection (a) of this section may not operate as a stay of the Commission’s order unless specifically ordered by the court.
    (f) The Commission and its members, officers, agents, employees, or representatives are not liable to suit or action or for any judgment or decree for damages, loss, or injury resulting from action taken under the Act, nor required in any case arising or any appeal taken under this subchapter to make a deposit, pay costs, or pay for service to the clerks of a court or to the marshal of the United States or give a supersedeas bond or security for damages.
  Enforcement of Act; Penalty for Violations
  6. (a) Whenever the Commission determines that a person is engaged or will engage in an act or practice which violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule, regulation, or order under it, the Commission may bring an action in the United States District Court in the district in which the person resides or conducts business or in which the violation occurred to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce compliance with this subchapter or a rule, regulation, or order under it.
    (b) If the court makes a determination under subsection (a) of this section, that a person has violated or will violate this subchapter or a rule, regulation, or order under this subchapter, the court shall grant a permanent or temporary injunction or decree or restraining order without bond.
    (c) Upon application of the Commission, the United States District Court for the district in which the person resides or conducts business, or in which the violation occurred, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order directing that person to comply with the provisions of this subchapter or a rule, regulation, or order of the Commission under it, and to effect other just and reasonable relief.
    (d) The Commission may employ attorneys necessary for:
      (i) The conduct of its work;
      (ii) Representation of the public interest in Commission investigations, cases, or proceedings on the Commission’s own initiative or upon complaint; or
      (iii) Representation of the Commission in any court case.
    (e) The expenses of employing an attorney shall be paid out of the funds of the Commission unless otherwise directed by the court.
    (f) (i) A person who knowingly or willfully violates a provision of this subchapter, or a rule, regulation, requirement, or order issued under it, or a term or condition of a certificate shall be subject to a civil forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for the first violation and not more than $5,000 for any subsequent violation.
      (ii) Each day of the violation shall constitute a separate violation.
      (iii) Civil forfeitures shall be paid to the Commission with interest as assessed by the court.
      (iv) The Commission shall pay to each signatory a share of the civil forfeitures and interest equal to the proportional share of the Commission’s expenses borne by each signatory in the fiscal year during which the civil forfeiture is collected by the Commission.
XIV Expenses of Investigations and Other Proceedings 1. (a) A carrier shall bear all expenses of an investigation or other proceeding conducted by the Commission concerning the carrier, and all litigation expenses, including appeals, arising from an investigation or other proceeding.
    (b) When the Commission initiates an investigation or other proceeding, the Commission may require the carrier to pay to the Commission a sum estimated to cover the expenses that will be incurred under this section.
    (c) Money paid by the carrier shall be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Commission, in any bank or other depository located in the Metropolitan District designated by the Commission, and the Commission may disburse that money to defray expenses of the investigation, proceeding, or litigation in question.
    (d) The Commission shall return to the carrier any unexpended balance remaining after payment of expenses.
  Applicability of Other Laws
  2. (a) The applicability of each law, rule, regulation, or order of a signatory relating to transportation subject to this subchapter shall be suspended on the effective date of this subchapter.
    (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to a law of a signatory relating to inspection of equipment and facilities.
    (c) During the existence of the Compact, the jurisdiction of the Interstate Compact Commission is suspended to the extent it is in conflict with the provisions of this subchapter.
  Existing Rules, Regulations, Orders, and Decisions
  3. All Commission rules, regulations, orders, or decisions that are in force on the effective date of this subchapter shall remain in effect and be enforceable under this subchapter, unless otherwise provided by the Commission.
  Pending Actions or Proceedings
  4. A suit, action, or other judicial proceeding commenced prior to the effective date of this subchapter by or against the Commission is not affected by the enactment of this subchapter and shall be prosecuted and determined under the law applicable at the time the proceeding was commenced.
  Annual Report of the Commission
  5. The Commission shall make an annual report for each fiscal year ending June 30, to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of Maryland, and to the Mayor of the District of Columbia as soon as practicable after June 30, but no later than the first day of January of each year, which may contain, in addition to a report of the work performed under this subchapter, other information and recommendations concerning passenger transportation within the Metropolitan District as the Commission considers advisable.
D.C. Code § 9-204.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.02
§ 9-204.02. System of designations.
Status: in_force

In naming any street or circle the following system shall be adhered to:
(1) The broad diagonal highways shall be designated as avenues, and shall be named after states and territories of the United States.
(2) Streets running north and south shall be designated with numbers consecutively in each direction from the meridian of the United States Capitol. Any street not in exact alignment with those streets to its north and south shall be given the same designation as the street which is most nearly in line with its alignment.
(3) Streets running east and west shall be designated with the letters of the alphabet until these letters are exhausted. Beyond this they shall have names of 1 syllable, then names of 2 and 3 syllables, all arranged in alphabetical order. Any street not in exact alignment with those streets to its east and west shall be given the same designation as the street most nearly in line with its alignment.
(4) Streets which do not form an essential part of the rectangular system of streets shall be designated as roads, drives, or places and shall be named after a prominent local feature in their vicinity, or by such other distinguishing designation as the Council may determine to be appropriate.
(5) Circles shall be named after distinguished persons who have been prominent in the service of this country.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.02
§ 9-1113.02. Payment by Mayor of District’s share of acquisition cost authorized.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to contract with the Transit Authority for payment to it of the District’s share of the cost to the Transit Authority of acquiring:
(1) The private bus companies referred to in § 9-1113.01(a) ; and
(2) Any rolling stock, real estate, or other capital resources required for the operation of bus service in the District of Columbia either at the time of acquisition of such bus companies or at some future time.
D.C. Code § 9-113.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.06
§ 9-113.06. Plat to be files — Assessment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-803 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-803
§ 9-803. Acquisition and construction of facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the Administrator is empowered to acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise (including transfer with or without compensation from federal agencies or the District of Columbia, or any state or political subdivision thereof), rights-of-way or easements for roads, trails, pipelines, power lines, railroad spurs, and other similar facilities necessary or desirable for the construction or proper operation of the airport.
(b) The Administrator is authorized to construct any streets, highways, or roadways (including bridges) as may be necessary to provide access to the airport from existing streets, highways, or roadways. Upon completion of construction of any street, highway, or roadway within the District of Columbia, such street, highway, or roadway shall be transferred to the District of Columbia without charge and thereafter shall be maintained by the District of Columbia. Upon construction of any street, highway, or roadway within a state or political subdivision thereof, such street, highway, or roadway may be transferred to such state or political subdivision thereof, without charge, on the condition that such street, highway, or roadway thereafter be maintained as a public street, highway, or roadway by such state or political subdivision thereof.
D.C. Code § 9-1213.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1213.04
§ 9-1213.04. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia be fined not more than $10 for each day such violation shall continue. Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules and regulations issued under the authority of this chapter, pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 . Adjudication of any infraction of this chapter shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 9-606 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-606
§ 9-606. Failure of owner or occupant to remove — Suit to recover cost.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Upon finding of a violation of § 9-601 , the Mayor may issue a notice of infraction to a residential or commercial property.
  (2) A person authorized to issue a notice of infraction for a violation of § 9-601 shall not issue the notice to a residential property owner for a violation unless the violation continues to exist 24 hours after the snow or sleet has ceased to fall.
  (3) For a residential property, the fine for a violation of § 9-601 shall be no more than $25.
  (4) For a commercial property, the fine for a violation of § 9-601 shall be $150.
(b) Notwithstanding a residential or commercial property owner’s delegation of the owner’s responsibility to comply with § 9-601 , the owner shall remain liable for payment of a fine issued in accordance with this section; provided, that a property owner may seek reimbursement in the amount of the fine from a tenant, occupant, lessee, or other individual pursuant to the delegation of the owner’s responsibility in a written agreement.
(c) No property owner shall be fined more than once per day per property for a violation of this chapter.
(d) (1) A residential property owner who is 65 years of age or older or who has a disability shall not be found in violation of this chapter, and shall qualify for an exemption.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, a residential property owner shall qualify as having a disability if the owner has been determined to have a disability pursuant to a government assistance program or has evidence from a medical doctor that he or she is unable to, or should not, undertake the physical activity required to remove sleet or snow.
(e) On or before December 1st of each year, the Mayor shall publicize through public media the obligation to remove sleet or snow pursuant to § 9-601 and the penalties that might be enforced for failure to comply.
(f) Infractions of this chapter shall be adjudicated pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 8 [ § 8-801 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 9-1109.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.02
§ 9-1109.02. Authorization for interstate agreement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-421.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.08
§ 9-421.08. Property abutting 2 or more streets.
Status: in_force

When any property abuts 2 or more streets, avenues, or roads, the assessments against said property levied under this subchapter shall not exceed in the aggregate, together with any legal assessments levied and paid prior to February 20, 1931, for the paving, curbing, or curbing and guttering of or on said streets, avenues, or roads, 31/2 cents per square foot of area of said property, or 20 per centum of the value of said property, exclusive of improvements thereon, as assessed for purposes of taxation at the time of the paving or repaving, curbing, or curbing and guttering for which the assessment is levied.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.36 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.36
§ 9-1219.36. Notice.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-101.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.15
§ 9-101.15. Right-of-way over Michigan Avenue to Washington Railway and Electric Company.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, upon the straightening and shortening of Michigan Avenue as provided by §§ 9-101.15 and 9-105.01 to 9-105.04 , to do any and all acts which may be necessary to give the Washington Railway and Electric Company such easement or right-of-way over said Michigan Avenue as is necessary for the proper operation of the railway lines and cars of said company over said avenue as straightened and shortened by the provisions of said sections.
D.C. Code § 9-253 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2A / § 9-253
§ 9-253. Sunset.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall expire upon the submission of the report required by [ § 9-252(c) ] by the Task Force to the Council.
D.C. Code § 9-604 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / § 9-604
§ 9-604. Temporary use of sand and ashes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.04
§ 9-1113.04. Immediate grants.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Secretary should determine that immediate action is urgently required to protect the public interest in the national capital area, he may waive any or all provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (except § 13(c) thereof), and immediately grant to the Transit Authority from funds available to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation such sums as are contemplated under § 9-1113.03 .
(b) The Secretary, after determining that immediate action is necessary in the public interest in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, may, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, advance from funds available to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation such funds as he determines to be necessary for payment to the Transit Authority to provide temporary financing for that portion of the cost of acquisition of the mass transit bus system or systems contemplated by this subchapter, together with associated improvements to or replacement of acquired equipment and facilities, which are not provided for by the Secretary pursuant to § 9-1113.03 . For this purpose, such advance shall not be construed as a loan made under § 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Funds advanced pursuant to this section shall be considered as “other than federal funds” within the meaning of § 4(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
(c) The Secretary shall not advance funds under this section until he has determined that the Transit Authority has the capacity and ability to arrange for repayment of such advance in accordance with § 9-1113.05 .
D.C. Code § 9-918 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-918
§ 9-918. Trust funds.
Status: in_force

All proceeds from the sale of bonds and revenues derived from the bonds received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The Authority may, in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the Authority to a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the District, which shall act as trustee of the funds, and hold and apply the funds to the purposes of this chapter, subject to any regulations this chapter and the resolution or trust agreement may provide. The trustee may invest and reinvest the funds in securities as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds.
D.C. Code § 9-303 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-303
§ 9-303. Bridges across Rock Creek.
Status: in_force

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 any bridge across Rock Creek due to the existence or installation by a street railway or railways of its or their tracks on such bridge shall be borne by the said railway company or companies, and shall be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways as provided for in § 9-401.01 . The amounts thus collected shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are collected.
D.C. Code § 9-806 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-806
§ 9-806. Contracts for supplies and services.
Status: in_force

The Administrator is authorized to contract with any person for the furnishing of supplies or performance of services at or upon the airport necessary or desirable for the proper operation of the airport, including but not limited to, contracts for furnishing food and lodging, sale of aviation fuels, furnishing of aircraft repairs and other aeronautical services, and such other services and supplies as may be necessary or desirable for the traveling public. No such contract, not including contracts involving the construction of permanent buildings or facilities, shall extend for a period of longer than 5 years, except the restaurant. The provisions of § 5 of Title 41, United States Code  , shall not apply to contracts authorized under this section, to leases authorized under § 9-805 hereof, or to contracts for architectural or engineering services necessary for the design and planning of the airport.
D.C. Code § 9-1157 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1157
§ 9-1157. Termination of franchise agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall notify the franchisee in writing of any violations of the franchise agreement and establish a compliance schedule for correcting the violations. In the event that the compliance schedule is not met, the Mayor may terminate the franchise agreement after 60 days written notice to the franchisee of his intent to terminate the franchise agreement, setting forth the reasons for the termination.
(b) In the event of bankruptcy of the franchisee the Mayor shall terminate the franchise agreement, providing the franchisee with written notice of his action.
(c) In addition to default on the franchise agreement or bankruptcy of the franchisee, the Mayor may include in the franchise agreement, for the best interest of the District of Columbia, any other conditions and terms which shall constitute the basis for cancellation.
D.C. Code § 9-906 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-906
§ 9-906. Authority rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority shall have power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations pertaining to the use, maintenance and operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its facilities.
(b) Unless the Authority shall by unanimous vote of all members present determine that an emergency exists, the Authority shall, before the adoption of any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification:
  (1) Make the rule, regulation, alteration, amendment, or modification in convenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Authority for at least 10 days;
  (2) Publish a notice in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the District of Columbia and in the local political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia where the Authority facilities are located declaring the Authority’s intention to consider adopting the rule, regulation, alteration, amendment, or modification and informing the public that the Authority will hold a public hearing at which any person may appear and be heard for or against the adoption of the rule or regulation or the alteration, amendment, or modification, on a day and at a time to be specified in the notice, after the expiration of at least 10 days from the day of the publication; and
  (3) Hold the public hearing on the day and at the time specified in the notice or any adjournment of the hearing, and hear persons appearing for or against the rule, regulation, alteration, amendment, or modification.
(c) The Authority’s rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection in the Authority’s principal office.
(d) The Authority’s rules and regulations relating to:
  (1) Air operations and motor vehicle traffic, including but not limited to, motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and payment for public parking;
  (2) Access to and use of Authority facilities including but not limited to solicitation, handbilling, picketing and the conduct of commercial activities; and
  (3) Aircraft operation and maintenance, shall have the force and effect of law, as shall any other rule or regulation of the Authority that shall contain a determination by the Authority that it is necessary to accord the same effect of law in the public interest; except, that, with respect to motor vehicle traffic rules and regulations, the Authority shall obtain the approval of the traffic engineer or comparable official of the political subdivision in which the rules or regulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of the Authority relating to motor vehicle traffic shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed on the public roads of the political subdivisions in which the violation occurred.
(e) The violation of any rule or regulation of the Authority establishing a noise limitation on aircraft that operate at the Authority Facilities shall subject the violator, in the discretion of the circuit court of any political subdivision where the facility is located to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation. The penalty shall be paid to the Authority. With consent of the violator or the accused violator of a rule establishing aircraft noise limits, the Authority may provide, in an order issued against the violator or accused violator, for the payment of civil charges in specific sums not to exceed the limit that could be imposed by the court. Such civil charge when paid shall be in lieu of any civil penalty that could be imposed by the Court. Any court proceeding shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court and shall be a civil proceeding at law brought by the Authority.
(f) The violation of any Authority rule or regulation, having the force and effect of law, shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor unless otherwise specified by chapter 598 of the 1985 Acts of Assembly or unless a lesser penalty is set by the Authority in the rule or regulation. The rules of criminal procedure and evidence that apply throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Commonwealth”) shall apply to the adjudication of any case involving the violation of any Authority rule or regulation having the force and effect of law.
(g) The courts of the Commonwealth shall take judicial notice of the Authority’s regularly adopted rules and regulations. For the convenience of the courts which may regularly hear cases arising under the Authority’s rules and regulations, the Authority may certify to the clerk of such court a copy of its rules and regulations. Any such certification, when signed by the chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, shall be accepted as evidence of the facts therein stated.
(h) With respect to the violation of any statute of the Commonwealth, local ordinance, or Authority rule or regulation having the force and effect of law occurring at the Authority Facilities:
  (1) The matter shall be within the jurisdiction of the state courts of the political subdivision where the violation occurred; violations occurring at Washington National Airport shall be within the jurisdiction of the courts for Arlington County;
  (2) The attorney for the Commonwealth shall have authority to prosecute those offenses in the name of the Commonwealth or local government as appropriate; and the county or city attorney, if otherwise authorized to prosecute offenses in the name of the county or city, shall have authority to prosecute those offenses in the name of the county or city; and
  (3) Sheriffs and clerks of the court shall provide those same services and exercise those same powers with respect to Authority Facilities within their jurisdiction as for their political subdivisions.
D.C. Code § 9-1161 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11A / § 9-1161
§ 9-1161. Severability.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter or its application to a particular person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications.
D.C. Code § 9-204.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.05
§ 9-204.05. Use of living persons’ names prohibited; use of deceased persons’ names restricted.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 9-204.10 , no public space in the District shall be named in honor of any living person, or in honor of any person who has been deceased less than 2 years, unless the deceased person was a President or Vice President of the United States, a United States Senator or Representative, a Mayor of the District of Columbia, or a member of the Council of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1105.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1105.02
§ 9-1105.02. Appropriations authorized.
Status: in_force

The cost of designing, engineering, constructing, and equipping the facilities of the adopted regional system (as defined in § 9-1111.01(1) ) shall be financed in part by the federal and District of Columbia governments, as follows:
(1) To finance the United States portion there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Authority an amount not to exceed $100,000,000, which shall remain available until expended;
(2) To finance the District of Columbia portion there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Authority out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia an amount not to exceed $50,000,000, which shall remain available until expended.
D.C. Code § 9-1113.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1113.07
§ 9-1113.07. Authority of Comptroller General.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to all books, records, papers, and accounts and operations of the Transit Authority, and any company with which the Transit Authority is conducting negotiations under this subchapter, and any company eligible to receive or receiving any funds authorized by this subchapter. The Comptroller General is authorized to inspect any facility or real or personal property of the Transit Authority or of such companies.
D.C. Code § 9-113.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.01
§ 9-113.01. Abutment of Highway Bridge.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1108.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1108.02
§ 9-1108.02. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.14
§ 9-1201.14. Streets to be under or over railroad tracks.
Status: in_force

(a) Any and all streets or highways within the District of Columbia now or hereafter planned or projected to cross any line of railroad, other than a street railway, in the District of Columbia, which may be hereafter opened to public use, shall be located, constructed, and maintained either beneath such railroad by a suitable subway, or above the same by a suitable viaduct bridge at such altitude as will not interfere with the free and safe operation thereof; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall require the location, construction, or maintenance of any such street or highway under or above any spur, industrial, switching or sidetrack, or branch line of any railroad unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall find the same is necessary in the public safety.
(b) The cost and expense of any project for opening any such street or highway within the limits of such railroad company’s right-of-way, including the cost of constructing the portion of any viaduct bridge, within said limits, shall be borne and paid as follows:
  (1) The District of Columbia shall apply to the payment of such cost and expense all federal-aid highway-railway grade separation funds available for use by the District of Columbia at the time any such project is programmed and all such funds which become available for use on such projects by the District of Columbia during the construction of such project;
  (2) If such federal-aid highway-railway grade separation funds are insufficient to pay the cost and expense of any such project, the portion not so covered shall be paid one-half by the railroad company, its successors and assigns, whose tracks are crossed and one-half by the District of Columbia; provided, that in no case shall the obligation of the railroad company affected exceed 10 per centum of the total cost and expense of such project;
  (3) After construction, the cost of maintenance shall be wholly borne and paid in the case of highway overpasses by the District of Columbia, and in the case of highway underpasses by the railroad company, its successors and assigns, whose tracks are crossed; and
  (4) The portions of such streets planned or projected as above which lie within a right-of-way belonging to such railroad company shall be dedicated by such company as a public thoroughfare when the portions of such street adjoining such right-of-way have been similarly dedicated or otherwise acquired.
D.C. Code § 9-204.17 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.17
§ 9-204.17. Issuance of permits.
Status: in_force

Prior to issuing a permit for the construction of a commemorative work on public space in the District, the Mayor shall determine that:
(1) The sponsor, site, subject matter, and design of the proposed commemorative work have been approved by the Mayor and Council pursuant to § 9-204.01 ;
(2) The proposed commemorative work complies with requirements set forth in subchapter I of Chapter 11 of Title 6 and subchapter V of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of Title 8 ;
(3) Knowledgeable persons qualified in the field of preservation and maintenance have been consulted to determine structural soundness and durability of the proposed commemorative work;
(4) The sponsor authorized to construct the commemorative work has submitted contract documents for the construction of the commemorative work to the Mayor; and
(5) The sponsor authorized to construct and maintain the commemorative work has sufficient funds to complete construction of the project and to provide for the ongoing maintenance of the commemorative work.
D.C. Code § 9-503 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-503
§ 9-503. Failure to provide required illumination; testing facilities.
Status: in_force

Proportionate deductions shall be made from the amounts due lighting companies for failure to furnish the illumination required by law for public lighting in the District of Columbia, and each company shall furnish, at its own expense, when and as required by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, all proper and necessary facilities, testing places, and apparatus at its plant, and such help at points on its mains or circuits as to enable the said Mayor to determine whether the required illumination is being furnished. For each and every lamp which shall be extinguished or not lighted during any portion of the scheduled time of lighting, a pro rata deduction, based upon the period of nonillumination and the price per lamp, shall be made from said amounts.
D.C. Code § 9-1109.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.04
§ 9-1109.04. Requirements for agreement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-313 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-313
§ 9-313. Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley.
Status: in_force

Any street railway company using the new Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley shall install thereon at its own expense an approved standard underground system and an overhead trolley system of street car propulsion, including trolley poles of approved design, and at its own expense shall thereafter maintain such underground and overhead construction and bear the cost of surfacing, resurfacing, and maintaining in good condition the space between the railway tracks and 2 feet exterior thereto, and shall defray the cost of excess construction occasioned by such use.
D.C. Code § 9-901 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-901
§ 9-901. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Authority facilities” means any or all airport facilities now existing or subsequently acquired or constructed or caused to be constructed by the Authority under this chapter, together with any or all buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in land, water rights, air rights, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishings, landscaping, easements, utilities, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection with or incidental to the facilities, including the existing Dulles Airport access road and its right-of-way, acquired or constructed by the Authority.
(2) “Authority” means the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority created by this chapter and by similar enactment by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or if the Authority is abolished, the board, body, or commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions of the Authority or upon whom the powers given by this chapter to the Authority shall be conferred by law.
(3) “Cost” means, as applied to Authority facilities, 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 the buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of any extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and, if considered advisable by the Authority, for a period not exceeding 1 year after completion of construction, the cost of engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the Authority facilities, administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of bond insurance and other devices designed to enhance the creditworthiness of the bonds, and other expenses necessary or incidental to the construction of the Authority facilities, the financing of this construction, and the placing of the Authority facilities in operation. Any obligation or expenses incurred by the District of Columbia (“District”) or any agency of the District, with the approval of the Authority, for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, or other work or materials in connection with the construction of the Authority facilities may be regarded as part of the cost of the Authority facilities and may be reimbursed to the District or the agency out of any funds available for these purposes or the proceeds of the revenue bonds issued for Authority facilities as authorized by this chapter.
(4) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means bonds and notes or refunding bonds and notes or bond anticipation notes or other obligations of the Authority issued under provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-431.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-431.02
§ 9-431.02. Penalty; prosecution.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of § 9-431.01 shall on conviction thereof in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000; and in default of payment of such fine such person shall be confined in the workhouse of the District of Columbia for a period not exceeding 6 months; and all prosecutions shall be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.08
§ 9-1201.08. Penalty for failure to replace paving stones.
Status: in_force

If any person removing the paving stones or other work done by the authority of the United States shall fail to replace the same to the satisfaction of the Director of the National Park Service, within the time prescribed by him, he shall be subject to a penalty of $25 for each and every failure, and shall pay the costs of replacing the same, the whole to be recovered before any court in said District having competent jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.14
§ 9-1219.14. Closing of alley less than 10 feet wide.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.07
§ 9-1203.07. Company to pay portion of cost of paving or repairing streets.
Status: in_force

If and when the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall decide to pave or repave any of the streets over or along which tracks are authorized to be constructed, the railroad company shall be required to bear the expense of the paving and/or repairs to pavements between the rails and on either side of the tracks for a distance of 2 feet.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.07
§ 9-1215.07. Make a Difference Foundation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-505 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-505
§ 9-505. Failure to furnish, erect, maintain, move, or discontinue street lamps.
Status: in_force

Any gaslight company or any electric light company doing business in the District of Columbia, which shall fail or refuse to furnish, erect, maintain, move, or discontinue any street lamp in compliance with the foregoing provisions as the Mayor of the District of Columbia may direct, shall be subject to a penalty of $25 for each and every day’s failure or refusal so to do, to be recovered at law in the name of the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 9-632.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / § 9-632.01
§ 9-632.01. Block party preauthorization application; expedited block party application.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall create a block party preauthorization application and an expedited 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 preauthorization application requesting that a street on which they live be designated a preauthorized block which, if approved, allows authorized residents to submit an expedited block party application requesting that the preauthorized block be closed for the purposes of holding a block party.
  (2) In addition to the requirements for block party applications described in § 9-632(b)(2) , the block party preauthorization application:
    (A) Shall include
      (i) A list of District residents, accompanied by the residents' signatures, who are allowed to submit an expedited block party application for the block that the applicant is requesting be designated as a preauthorized block; and
      (ii) A description of the means the authorized residents will use to close the streets; and
    (B) May require any other information the Department deems necessary to consider the block party preauthorization application.
  (3) (A) The designation of a preauthorized block shall remain in effect for the purposes of requesting an expedited block party application for the following time periods:
      (i) For block party preauthorization applications approved within one year after March 21, 2025, a preauthorized block shall be effective for 6 months after the date the block party preauthorization application was approved, or until the end of the calendar year during which the block party preauthorization application was approved, whichever occurs first; or
      (ii) For block party preauthorization applications approved on or after the date that is one year after March 21, 2025, preauthorization shall be effective for one calendar year.
    (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Department may:
      (i) Rescind the designation of a street as a preauthorized block for good cause, including noncompliance with the requirements of the permit; and
      (ii) Require that an authorized resident submit a new block party preauthorization application for good cause, including changes to the characteristics of the preauthorized block.
(c) (1) A District resident may submit an expedited block party application with respect to any preauthorized block for which they are an authorized resident.
  (2) The expedited block party application shall, at a minimum:
    (A) Be completed on the form provided by the Department;
    (B) Specify the date and time of the closure;
    (C) Include:
      (i) A sworn statement that the authorized resident has posted or will post notice of the street closure, at least 72 hours before the date of the proposed street closure, in at least 4 locations on the preauthorized block; and
      (ii) Photographs of the posted notices.
(d) (1) A street closure conducted pursuant to an expedited 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 an expedited block party permit.
(e) An authorized resident may submit an expedited block party application for any day that is not prohibited by the Department in the block party preauthorization permit as described in § 9-633(b-2) and is:
  (1) A weekend;
  (2) A District of Columbia holiday;
  (3) October 31; or
  (4) A scheduled day off for all students during the District of Columbia Public Schools school year.
D.C. Code § 9-401.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.01
§ 9-401.01. Cost of construction and repairs; payments.
Status: in_force

The cost of laying down said pavement, sewers, and other works, or of repairing the same, shall be paid for in the following proportions and manner, to wit: The United States shall pay one-half of the cost of all work done under the provisions of this section, except as hereinafter provided, which payment shall be credited as part of the 50 per centum which the United States contributes toward the expenses of the District of Columbia for that year; and all payments shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury on the warrant or order of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in such amounts and at such times they may deem safe and proper in view of the progress of the work; provided, that the Capital Transit Company herein provided for shall bear the entire cost of paving, repairs, or replacements incident to track repairs, replacements, or changes made at a time when the street or bridge is not being paved, and shall bear one-half the cost of other paving, repaving, or maintenance of paving between its track and for 2 feet outside the outer rails, and shall bear the excess cost of construction and maintenance of public bridges due to the existence or installation of its tracks on such bridges; provided further, that nothing herein contained shall relieve said Capital Transit Company from liability for street paving as owner of real estate apart from right-of-way occupied by its tracks as provided by § 9-401.10 ; and if such company shall fail or refuse to pay the sum due from them in respect of the work done by or under the orders of the proper officials of said District, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue certificates of indebtedness against the property, real or personal, of such railway company, which certificates shall bear interest at the rate of 10 per centum per annum until paid, and which, until they are paid, shall remain and be a lien upon the property on or against which they are issued together with the franchise of said company; and if the said certificates are not paid within 1 year, the said Mayor of the District of Columbia may proceed to sell the property against which they are issued, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, such sale to be first duly advertised daily for 1 week in some newspaper published in the City of Washington, and to be at public auction to the highest bidder. When street railways cross any street or avenue, the pavement between the tracks of such railway shall conform to the pavement used upon such street or avenue, and the companies owning these intersecting railroads shall pay for such pavements in the same manner and proportion as required of other railway companies under the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 9-325 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-325
§ 9-325. Francis Case Memorial Bridge.
Status: in_force

The bridge crossing the Washington Channel of the Potomac River on Interstate Route 395, approximately 100 yards downstream from the outlet gate of the Tidal Basin, near the intersection of the extension of 13th and G Streets Southwest, shall be known and designated as the “Francis Case Memorial Bridge.” Any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States or of the District of Columbia in which such bridge is referred to shall be held to refer to such bridge as the “Francis Case Memorial Bridge.”
D.C. Code § 9-1217.23 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.23
§ 9-1217.23. Appeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.02
§ 9-1107.02. Authority of Council to enact acts adopting Compact amendments.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia shall have authority to enact any act adopting on behalf of the District of Columbia amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, but in no case shall any such amendment become effective until after it has been approved by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-905 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-905
§ 9-905. Powers and duties of the Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of acquiring, operating, maintaining, improving, promoting and protecting Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport together as primary airports for public purposes serving the metropolitan Washington area, the Authority shall have all necessary or convenient powers including, but not limited to, the power:
  (1) To adopt and amend by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
  (2) To plan, establish, operate, develop, construct, enlarge, maintain, equip, and protect the airports;
  (3) To adopt and amend regulations to carry out the powers granted by this section;
  (4) To adopt an official seal and alter this seal at its pleasure;
  (5) To appoint one or more advisory committees;
  (6) To issue revenue bonds of the Authority for any of its purposes, payable solely from the fees and revenues pledged for their payment, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this chapter;
  (7) To borrow money on a short-term basis and issues from time to time its notes therefor payable on terms, conditions, or provisions as it may deem advisable;
  (8) To fix, revise, charge, and collect rates, fees, rentals and other charges for the use of the airports;
  (9) To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this chapter;
  (10) To employ, in its discretion, consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and other employees and agents as may be necessary, and to fix their compensation and benefits. Employees of the Authority shall not participate in any strike or assert any right to strike against the Authority, and any employment agreement entered into by the Authority shall contain an explicit prohibition against strikes by the employee or employees covered by such agreement. The Authority shall comply with any act of Congress concerning former employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and Metropolitan Washington Airports;
  (11) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded;
  (12) To construct or permit the construction of commercial and other facilities consistent with the purposes of this chapter upon the airport property on terms established by the Authority;
  (13) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or desirable to the performance of its duties, the proper operation of the airports and the furnishing of services to the traveling public and airport users, including contracts for normal governmental services on a reimbursable basis with local political subdivisions where the Authority facilities are situated and with the District of Columbia government, and these contracts shall be exclusive or limited when it is necessary to further the public safety, improve the quality of service, avoid duplication of services, or conserve airport property and the airport environment;
  (14) To apply for, receive, and accept payments, appropriations, grants, gifts, loans, advances, and other funds, properties, and services as may be transferred or made available to it by the United States government or any other public or private entity or individual;
  (14A) To make payments to reimburse the local political subdivisions where the Authority facilities are situated for extraordinary law enforcement costs incurred by such localities; and
  (15) To  do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
(b) Pursuant to section 6007(b) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986, approved October 30, 1986 (100 Stat. 3341; 49 U.S.C. app. 2456 [see now 49 U.S.C § 49106]), the Authority is established solely to operate and improve both metropolitan Washington airports as primary airports serving the metropolitan Washington area and shall be independent of the Commonwealth of Virginia and its local political subdivisions, the District of Columbia, and the federal government in the performance and exercise of the airport-related duties and powers enumerated in this section. Any conflict between the exercise of these enumerated powers by the Authority and the powers of any local political subdivision within which Authority facilities are situated shall be resolved in favor of the Authority.
D.C. Code § 9-401.18 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.18
§ 9-401.18. Exemptions of abutting property from deposits and assessments.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, owners of property abutting streets, avenues, roads, or alleys to be improved, or to have curbs, gutters, sewers, or sidewalks constructed thereon, shall not be required to make any deposit, nor shall the abutting property be assessed any part of the cost, for the improvement of the streets, avenues, roads, or alleys, or the construction of curbs, gutters, sewers, or sidewalks if the following conditions exist:
  (1) The abutting property is Class 1A or 1B Property; and
  (2) The abutting Class 1A or 1B Property, as evidenced by the most current certificates of tax assessment, is less than 80% of the median assessed value of all Class 1A or 1B [real] Property in the District as reported by the Mayor; or
  (3) The real property is exempt from the real property tax in the District pursuant to § 47-1002 ; or
  (4) The Mayor determines that circumstances exist that threaten the health and safety of the public and that improvement of the streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, or the construction of curbs, gutters, sewers, or sidewalks thereon, is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public.
(b) The Mayor has sole discretion in the determination of which streets, avenues, roads, and alleys are to be improved, or which streets, avenues, roads, and alleys are to have curbs, gutters, sewers, or sidewalks constructed thereon where the exemption in subsection (a) of this section would be granted to owners of abutting property.
D.C. Code § 9-107.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.04
§ 9-107.04. Grade crossing elimination projects.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to construct grade crossing elimination and other wholly District construction projects or those authorized under § 8 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521), and § 1(b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, in accordance with the provisions of such acts. Pursuant to this authority, the Mayor may make payment to contractors and payment for other expenses in connection with the costs of surveys, design, construction, and inspection pending reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, or other parties participating in such projects.
D.C. Code § 9-421.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.01
§ 9-421.01. Amount assessed; levied pro rata.
Status: in_force

Whenever under the appropriations made by Congress, the roadway of any street, avenue, or road in the District of Columbia is paved or repaved with sheet asphalt, asphalt block, asphaltic or bituminous concrete (except penetration macadam), cement concrete, granite block, vitrified brick, or other form of permanent pavement, one-half of the total cost thereof shall be charged against and become a lien upon the abutting property, and assessments therefor shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property on the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, upon the roadway of which said new pavement or repaving is laid; provided, however, that when such new pavement or repaving is laid solely on 1 side of the centerline of such roadway, the one-half cost thereof shall be assessed, as herein provided, against the property abutting the side of the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, so improved.
D.C. Code § 9-204.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.15
§ 9-204.15. Guidelines for consideration of applications.
Status: in_force

(a) Commemorative works on public space that are proposed for commemoration of local individuals, groups, events, or other significant elements of District of Columbia culture or history generally should be given priority over other commemorative works, especially when the subject is a member of a minority group who is a native Washingtonian or person who made Washington their home.
(b) Subjects to be memorialized by commemorative works on public space in the District should be of long-term historic importance and shall generally not be any living person, any deceased person who has been deceased less than 10 years, nor any event that has occurred within 10 years of the application for placement of the commemorative work on public space.
(c) In considering a proposed commemorative work on public space, the Mayor, the Council, and the Committee shall be guided by the following criteria, in addition to any other criteria set forth in this subchapter, and any other criteria not inconsistent with this subchapter developed by the Mayor and published in the D.C. Register:
  (1) To the maximum extent possible, a commemorative work shall be located in surroundings that are relevant to and compatible with the subject of the commemorative work.
  (2) A commemorative work shall be situated in a manner that prevents interference with or encroachment upon any existing commemorative work, and that protects and enhances, to the maximum extent practicable, open space, existing public and private uses, and cultural and natural resources.  Placement should be encouraged in those areas with limited access to public art.
  (3) A commemorative work shall be constructed of durable material suitable to the outdoor environment, and any landscape features of a commemorative work shall be compatible with the climate.
(d) When the Committee recommends approval of a proposed commemorative work, the approval shall be accompanied by a statement of the primary reasoning for the commemoration.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.38 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.38
§ 9-1219.38. Certain alleys closed prior to March 3, 1901, unaffected.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-103.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-103.06
§ 9-103.06. Inapplicability of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 to Interstate System.
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 shall apply to any segment of the Interstate System within the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-1215.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1215.03
§ 9-1215.03. Selection criteria.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.41 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.41
§ 9-1219.41. Mayor to employ assistant to Corporation Counsel for condemnation proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-204.03a — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.03a
§ 9-204.03a. Symbolic names.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council may designate a symbolic name for any an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space.
(b) A symbolic name shall not include any of the following terms: "Avenue", "Street", "Road", "Drive", "Place", "Circle", "Alley", or "Court".
(c) A symbolic name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall conclude with the term "Way" or "Plaza".
(d) For the purposes of this section, the naming of an alley shall apply to the passageway within a square, unless the Council specifically provides otherwise in legislation.
D.C. Code § 9-202.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.10
§ 9-202.10. Required notice of approval to affected property owners.
Status: in_force

Except in the circumstances enumerated in § 9-202.05(1) through (6), following enactment of legislation ordering the closing of all or part of a street or alley, the Mayor shall give written notice to the owners of the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street to be closed or which abuts that entire alley, that the legislation has been approved by the Council and signed by the Mayor. This notice shall also indicate that any written objection by an interested party aggrieved by the closing must state how the person is aggrieved by the closing and must be filed with the Mayor within 30 days of the mailing of the notice.
D.C. Code § 9-101.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.10
§ 9-101.10. Street, avenue, or public thoroughfare prohibited within 1,000 feet of Naval Observatory.
Status: in_force

No street, avenue, or public thoroughfare in the neighborhood of the buildings erected upon the United States Naval Observatory grounds, Georgetown Heights, District of Columbia, shall extend within the area of a circle described with a radius of 1,000 feet from the center of the building known as the clock room of the said Observatory.
D.C. Code § 9-202.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.02
§ 9-202.02. Actions required of Mayor prior to consideration of application.
Status: in_force

Prior to consideration by a committee of the Council of an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the Mayor shall:
(1) Provide the Council with a Surveyor’s plat showing:
  (A) The street or alley, or part thereof, to be closed;
  (B) The lots abutting the street or alley, or part thereof, to be closed;
  (C) Any dedication of land for street or alley purposes;
  (D) Any easements to be established or reserved by the District; and
  (E) The person(s) to whom the title to the land to be closed is to revert or vest.
(2) Provide the Council with any comments on the proposed closing submitted by the affected District agencies and public utilities.
(3) Except as provided in § 9-202.03 , refer the application to the National Capital Planning Commission for its recommendations.
(4) Refer to the Historic Preservation Review Board, as established by § 6-1103 for its review, any application to close any street located on the L’Enfant Street Plan.
(5) Refer the application to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in whose area the street or alley to be closed is located for its review, and provide the Council with a copy of any comments submitted by the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
(6) Provide notice of the application to each abutting property owner, and provide the Council with a copy of any comments submitted by an abutting property owner.
D.C. Code § 9-1105.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1105.03
§ 9-1105.03. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any part of this subchapter is declared unconstitutional the constitutionality of no other part of the subchapter shall be affected thereby.
D.C. Code § 9-316 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-316
§ 9-316. Certain grade crossings to be closed after completion of Fern Street Viaduct.
Status: in_force

From and after the completion of the viaduct and approaches to carry Fern Street over the tracks and right-of-way of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right-of-way of the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Chestnut Street shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind; and from and after the completion of the viaduct and approaches to carry Varnum Street over the tracks and right-of-way of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right-of-way of the said railroad company at Bates Road shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind, and from and after the completion of the viaduct and approaches to carry Eastern Avenue over the tracks and right-of-way of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the highway grade crossing over the tracks and rights-of-way of the said railroad companies at Quarles Street, shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind.
D.C. Code § 9-1205.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1205.04
§ 9-1205.04. Construction of switch connections — Authority of Mayor not abridged.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia under §§ 9-315 , 9-316 and 9-1201.15 .
D.C. Code § 9-221.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-221.05
§ 9-221.05. In rem proceeding — instituted upon objection to order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-810 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-810
§ 9-810. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Administrator under this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
D.C. Code § 9-401.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.13
§ 9-401.13. Use of bituminous macadam authorized.
Status: in_force

The use of bituminous macadam is authorized on streets, avenues, and roads to be improved or paved.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.19 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.19
§ 9-1219.19. Closing of alley upon acquisition by District of abutting property.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.05
§ 9-1203.05. Authority of Mayor under § 9-1201.15 not affected.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia under § 9-1201.15 .
D.C. Code § 9-1109.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1109.05
§ 9-1109.05. Amendments to agreement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-309 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-309
§ 9-309. Construction of power boats; exception; “power boats” defined.
Status: in_force

(a) All tugboats using the Potomac River at the place or places where the same is spanned by the 2 certain bridges in said act provided for, namely the Railway Bridge and the Highway Bridge, are required to equip and fit, not later than July 1, 1909, all smokestacks thereof or other vertical projections with hinges or other mechanical device so as to permit the same to be lowered to the level of the top of the pilothouse of such boats; provided, that all such tugboats the pilothouse of which will not pass under such bridges may be exempted from the operations of the provisions hereof, upon application made to the Secretary of the Army and his approval thereof; provided further, that all tugboats after March 4, 1909, built or purchased, or not on said date actually engaged in business on the Potomac River at the places aforesaid, must have their dimensions approved by the Secretary of the Army before being permitted to use and operate the same on the Potomac River at the places above mentioned: And provided further, that the provisions hereof shall not apply to such tugboats as may, by reason of their structure, be able to pass under said 2 bridges, respectively, without the necessity of operating the draws thereof.
(b) The provisions of this section are applicable to “power boats,” meaning any boat, vessel, or craft propelled by machinery, whether the machinery be only principal or auxiliary power of propulsion.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.06 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.06
§ 9-1203.06. Condemnation proceedings by railroad company.
Status: in_force

The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, is authorized to acquire any land or property other than public grounds, space, or streets of the United States or the District of Columbia necessary or expedient for right-of-way for said track extensions, turnouts, branch tracks, spurs, sidings, and connections by purchase or condemnation. In event that said company, its successors or assigns, shall be unable to acquire any piece or parcel of land necessary or expedient for any of the purposes indicated in this subchapter, at a price deemed by it to be reasonable, then, and in such event The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, is authorized to acquire the same by condemnation proceedings to be instituted in its own name by petition filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the ascertainment of its value, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 16-1301 and 16-1311 to 16-1321 .
D.C. Code § 9-401.15 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.15
§ 9-401.15. Unexpended allotments for street paving made available for succeeding year.
Status: in_force

When as many streets and entire blocks of streets in any section have been paved as the amount allotted to that section will permit, and there still remains a balance insufficient to pave an entire block of the street provided for pavement upon the schedule, such balance shall remain available and be added to the allotment for that section for the next succeeding year.
D.C. Code § 9-907 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-907
§ 9-907. Police powers.
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority is authorized to establish and maintain a regular police force and to confer police powers to be exercised with respect to offenses occurring on the Authority Facilities upon its employees meeting the minimum requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services.
(b) Such police officers shall have all powers vested in police officers under Chapter 17 of Title 15 .2, and Chapter 11 of Title 16 .1, Title 18.2, Title 19.2, and Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia as those titles may be amended from time to time and shall be responsible upon the Authority Facilities and within 300 yards of the Facilities for enforcing the laws of the Commonwealth, the Authority’s rules and regulations, and all other applicable ordinances, rules, and regulations.
(c) The police officers may issue summons to appear, or arrest on view or on information without warrant as permitted by law, and conduct before any judicial officer of competent jurisdiction any person violating, upon Authority Facilities, any rule or regulation of the Authority, any ordinance or regulation of any local political subdivision, or any other law of the Commonwealth.
(d) The Department of State Police shall exercise the same powers upon Authority Facilities as elsewhere in the Commonwealth.
(e) The Authority may enter into reciprocal or mutual aid agreements with a local political subdivision in the National Capital Region, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 2674(f)(2), those counties with a border abutting the area and any municipality therein, any agency of the Commonwealth, the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, the federal government, or any combination of the foregoing for cooperation in the furnishing of services during a public service event, an emergency, or planned training, including law enforcement, fire, rescue, emergency health and medical services, transportation, communications, public works and engineering, mass care, and resource support. When responding to a request under such an agreement, Authority employees may go outside Authority facilities, and the Authority and its employees shall have the same immunities from liability as the localities and their employees have in responding under similar circumstances.
(f) The police force of Arlington County shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the police force established herein at Washington National Airport. The Authority shall enter into an agreement with Arlington County regarding the exercise of police authority.
(g) The sheriffs and police forces of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties shall continue to exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the police force established herein over the Authority Facilities situated within their respective counties.
D.C. Code § 9-251 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2A / § 9-251
§ 9-251. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter , the terms "commemorative work" and "public space" shall have the same meanings as provided for in § 9-204.11 .
D.C. Code § 9-1115.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1115.02
§ 9-1115.02. Preamble to Compact.
Status: in_force

(1) Whereas, traffic congestion imposes serious economic burdens in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, costing commuters an estimated $1,000 each per year.
(2) Whereas, the average length of commute in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is second only to metropolitan New York, demonstrating the severity of traffic congestion.
(3) Whereas, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge was designed to carry 70,000 vehicles per day, but carries an actual load of 160,000 vehicles per day.
(4) Whereas, the volume of traffic in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area is expected to increase by more than 70% between 1990 and 2020.
(5) Whereas, the deterioration of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and the growing population in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area account for a large part of traffic congestion, and identifying alternatives to this vital link in the interstate highway system and the Northeast corridor is critical to addressing the area’s traffic congestion.
(6) Whereas, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge is the only drawbridge on the regional interstate network, the only piece of the Capital Beltway with only 6 lanes, and the only segment with a remaining life span of only 10 years.
(7) Whereas, the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge is the only part of the interstate system owned by the federal government, and, while the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia maintain and operate the bridge, no entity has ever been granted full and clear responsibility for all aspects of this facility.
(8) Whereas, continued federal government ownership of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge will impede cohesive regional transportation planning as it relates to identifying alternative solutions for resolving problems of the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge.
(9) Whereas, any change in the status of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge must take into account the interest of nearby communities, the commuting public, and other interested groups, as well as the interest of the federal government and the state and local governments involved.
(10) Whereas, in recognition of a need for a limited federal role in the management of this bridge and the growing local interest, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation has recommended a transfer of authority and ownership from the federal to the local and state level, consistent with the management of other bridges elsewhere in the nation.
(11) Whereas, a commission comprised of congressional, state, and local officials and transportation representatives has recommended transfer of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge to an independent authority to be created by the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
(12) Whereas, a coordinated approach without regard to political and legal jurisdictional boundaries, through the cooperation of the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia by and through a common agency similar to other Washington, D.C., area authorities, is a proper and necessary step looking toward the alleviation of traffic problems related to the inadequacy of the existing Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge.
D.C. Code § 9-202.14 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.14
§ 9-202.14. Fee schedule.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall establish a fee schedule to recover the costs associated with the consideration of an application to close all or part of a street or alley.
D.C. Code § 9-805 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-805
§ 9-805. Lease of space or property.
Status: in_force

The Administrator is empowered to lease under such conditions as he may deem proper and for such periods as may be desirable space or property within or upon the airport for purposes essential or appropriate to the operation of the airport; provided, that no lease for the use of any hangar or space therein shall extend for a period exceeding 3 years.
D.C. Code § 9-451.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-451.03
§ 9-451.03. Pavement material; contractors’ bonds and payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-421.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-421.07
§ 9-421.07. Exemption for resurfacing by heater method.
Status: in_force

No assessment shall be levied for the cost of resurfacing asphalt pavements by the heater method — stripping the surface from a rigid type base, and replacing surface thereon — or covering an existing hard surface or macadam pavement or base with bituminous material; provided, that where an entire pavement is removed and replaced with a pavement of the character specified in § 9-421.01 , the cost of the latter pavement shall be assessed as provided in this subchapter, if no previous legal assessment has been levied and paid therefor.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.03
§ 9-1111.03. District of Columbia contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide the District of Columbia share of the cost of the adopted regional system, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to contract with the Transit Authority to make annual capital contributions. To carry out the purposes of this section there is authorized to be appropriated out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia, an amount, without fiscal year limitation, not to exceed such sums as may be necessary.
(b) The appropriations authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to the appropriations authorized on behalf of the District of Columbia by § 9-1105.02(2) .
(c) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is further authorized to contract with the Transit Authority and to pay in accordance with the terms thereof for the service to be provided to the District of Columbia by the adopted regional system.
D.C. Code § 9-1207.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1207.04
§ 9-1207.04. Jurisdiction of Department of Army, Mayor, and Interstate Commerce Commission not limited.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Department of the Army, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
D.C. Code § 9-101.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.08
§ 9-101.08. Reversion of title upon abandonment of streets.
Status: in_force

Upon the abandonment of any street, avenue, road, or highway, or part thereof, under the provisions of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 , the title to the land contained in such abandoned portion shall revert to the owners of the land abutting thereon.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.33 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.33
§ 9-1219.33. Benefit assessments from condemnation for alleys or minor streets.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-204.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.13
§ 9-204.13. Authority of the Committee.
Status: in_force

(a) The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and the Council to:
  (1) Develop criteria to be used to review, evaluate, approve, or deny applications for placement of commemorative works on public space in the District;
  (2) Review each application for placement of a commemorative work on public space in the District, by considering: the appropriateness of the location, subject matter, and design of the commemorative work, including the aesthetic, environmental, traffic and parking, and financial impacts of the proposal upon the surrounding community and the District; and the sufficiency of the sponsor to fund the construction and maintenance of the commemorative work;
  (3) Refer each application for a commemorative work on public space in the District for review and comments by affected advisory neighborhood commissions, by affected District agencies and public utilities, by the Commission on Fine Arts if required by law, by the National Capital Planning Commission if required by law, and by the National Capital Memorial Commission; and
  (4) Recommend to the Mayor and the Council a disposition of each application for placement of a commemorative work on public space in the District.
(b) The recommendations of the Committee shall not be inconsistent with:
  (1) The Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital (10 DCMR);
  (2) The District of Columbia Home Rule Act;
  (3) The Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia (11 DCMR); and
  (4) The Public Space and Safety Regulations of the District of Columbia (24 DCMR).
D.C. Code § 9-111.01b — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-111.01b
§ 9-111.01b. Local Roads Construction and Maintenance Fund; dedicated revenue.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1219.32 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1219.32
§ 9-1219.32. Appeal from confirmation of assessment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-433.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-433.01
§ 9-433.01. Permit required; exceptions.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any cut or trench in any highway, reservation, or public space in the District of Columbia, or to disturb or remove any public work or material therein, without a permit so to do from the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The person obtaining such a permit shall abide by all conditions and provisions of the permit; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to public buildings of the United States, or to diminish the authority of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, or the Architect of the Capitol.
D.C. Code § 9-305 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-305
§ 9-305. Anacostia Bridge.
Status: in_force

The Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company shall pay the entire cost of the pavement between the exterior rails of its tracks on said bridge (the Anacostia Bridge) and for a distance of 2 feet from the said exterior rails of said tracks on each side thereof and the cost of the entire floor system supporting said pavement, to be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways as provided for in § 9-401.01 and paid for each fiscal year into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia; provided further, that any other railroad company on or after April 27, 1904, authorized by Congress to use said bridge shall have the right to use the tracks of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company thereon upon such reciprocal trackage and such compensation as may be mutually agreed upon, and in case of failure to reach such an agreement that the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall, upon petition filed by either party, fix and determine the same. And after April 27, 1904, one-half of the cost of the maintenance and repairs of this bridge shall be borne by the said railway company or companies, and shall be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways, and paid into the treasury, as provided for above. The entire cost of maintenance of such underfloor construction as may be necessary in order that the cars of said company may be propelled over said bridge by underfloor electrical conductors or cables shall, after March 3, 1905, be borne by said railroad company, and no cars shall be propelled across said bridge unless all electrical conductors or cables furnishing power for the propulsion of the same shall be placed under floor of said bridge.
D.C. Code § 9-401.17 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 4 / § 9-401.17
§ 9-401.17. Contracts for repairs not to exceed 5 years.
Status: in_force

Contracts for repairs to pavements may be made for periods not exceeding 5 years, and subject to annual appropriation therefor by Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-113.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.03
§ 9-113.03. Council may change names of streets when 2 streets have same name.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-702 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7 / § 9-702
§ 9-702. Powers and duties of Administrator.
Status: in_force

The Administrator shall have control over, and responsibility for, the care, operation, maintenance, and protection of the airport, together with the power to make and amend such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to the proper exercise thereof.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.10
§ 9-1111.10. Appropriation for Arlington Cemetery and Smithsonian transit stations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make payments to the Transit Authority in such amounts as may be requisitioned from time to time by the Transit Authority sufficient, in the aggregate, to finance the cost of designing, constructing, and equipping: (1) a rail rapid transit station partially under Memorial Drive designed to serve the Arlington Cemetery with 2 entrances surfacing adjacent to the sidewalks north and south of Memorial Drive and east of Jefferson Davis Highway; and (2) an additional entrance in the vicinity of the northeast end of the Smithsonian Station surfacing on the Mall south of Adams Drive; except that the aggregate amount of such payments shall not exceed $7,385,000.
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed $7,385,000 to carry out the purposes of this section. The appropriations authorized in this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of this subchapter requiring contributions by the local governments and shall be in addition to the appropriations authorized by § 9-1111.02(c) .
D.C. Code § 9-101.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.01
§ 9-101.01. Control and repair of streets.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have entire control of, and the Council of the District of Columbia shall make all regulations which it shall deem necessary for keeping in repair, the streets, avenues, alleys, and sewers of the City, and all other works which may be intrusted to the Mayor’s charge by the Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-204.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.11
§ 9-204.11. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
  (1) (A) “Commemorative work” means any statue, monument, sculpture, streetscape or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, or other structure, which is located on public space and the primary purpose of which is to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event, or other significant element of international, national, or local culture or history.
    (B) “Commemorative work” does not mean any statue, monument, sculpture, streetscape or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, or other structure, which is (i) located within the interior of a structure that is not itself a commemorative work; (ii) a structure that is used primarily for other purposes; or (iii) intended to be displayed for only a limited period of time that does not exceed one year.
    (C) “Commemorative work” does not mean the naming of an existing public space, a plaque, or a wayside or wayfinding sign or commemorative feature incorporated within ordinary walkway paving.
  (2) (A) “Public space” means any public street, alley, circle, bridge, building, park, other public place or property owned by or under the administrative control or jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
    (B) “Public space” does not include property that is both owned by the Federal government and under the administrative control or jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, or other federal agency.
  (3) “Sponsor” means a Federal or District agency, or an individual, group, or organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which is authorized by the Mayor and Council to establish a commemorative work on public space in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-202.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-202.07
§ 9-202.07. Publication of notice of hearing; written notice to involved advisory neighborhood commission.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 15 days prior to a public hearing to consider an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the Council shall publish notice of the public hearing in the D.C. Register and shall give written notice of the public hearing to the advisory neighborhood commission(s) in whose commission area the street and alley to be closed is located.
(b) At least 15 days and no more than 6 months prior to final consideration by the Council of proposed legislation to close all or part of a street or alley which has not been the subject of a public hearing, the Council shall give written notice of the Council’s intent to consider the proposed legislation to the advisory neighborhood commission(s) in whose commission area the street and alley to be closed is located.
D.C. Code § 9-808 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / § 9-808
§ 9-808. Authority to make arrests; Park Police patrol.
Status: in_force

(a) The Administrator and any Federal Aviation Agency employee appointed to protect life and property on the airport, when designated by the Administrator, is hereby authorized and empowered:
  (1) To arrest under a warrant within the limits of the airport any person accused of having committed within the boundaries of the airport any offense against the laws of the United States, or against any rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to this chapter;
  (2) To arrest without warrant any person committing any such offense within the limits of the airport, in his presence; or
  (3) To arrest without warrant within the limits of the airport any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony within the limits of the airport.
(b) Any individual having the power of arrest as provided in subsection (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons as the Administrator may direct or by regulation may prescribe.
(c) The United States Park Police may, at the request of the Administrator, be assigned by the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to patrol any area of the airport, and any members of the United States Park Police so assigned are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrests within the limits of the airport for the same offenses and in the same manner and circumstances as are provided in this section with respect to employees designated by the Administrator.
(d) The officer on duty in command of those employees designated by the Administrator as provided in subsection (a) of this section may accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under this chapter, for appearance in court or before the appropriate United States Magistrate; and such collateral shall be deposited with such United States Magistrate.
D.C. Code § 9-115.11 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-115.11
§ 9-115.11. Re-opening of Klingle Road.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the portion of Klingle Road, N.W., between Porter Street, N.W., on the east, to Cortland Place, N.W., on the west, which portion is currently closed to motor vehicle traffic, shall not be re-opened to the public for motor vehicle traffic. No funding, District, federal, or otherwise, shall be expended or accepted for the planning, design, construction, or reconstruction of this portion of Klingle Road for motor vehicle traffic.
D.C. Code § 9-1117.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1117.04
§ 9-1117.04. Compact not creating agency relationship.
Status: in_force

Each of the parties shall act solely on its own authority within the jurisdiction granted. This Compact shall not be construed as creating any agency relationship between the Parties.
D.C. Code § 9-115.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-115.02
§ 9-115.02. Expenditure of funds for Klingle Road.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no capital program of federal highway aid projects, federal-aid highway contract, or funds from any source may be expended for Klingle Road, N.W., for any purpose except to facilitate the movement of motor vehicle traffic until a resolution has been transmitted to and approved by the Council authorizing the proposed use. This section shall not preclude critically needed remediation work including, but not limited to, repair to the storm sewer system and protections against further erosion of the roadbed.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.18 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.18
§ 9-1217.18. Assessment of benefits and damages; excess damages and costs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.03 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.03
§ 9-1201.03. Further laying of street railroads prohibited.
Status: in_force

No further street railroads shall be laid down in the City of Washington without the consent of Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-203.04 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.04
§ 9-203.04. Minor streets.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 9-203.03(b) and (c), and any regulations issued pursuant to § 9-203.03(b) or (c), in any 1 block length, a minor street shall be 75 feet wide, though land may be acquired at a width of 55 feet with building restriction lines set 10 feet back on both sides of the street lines.
D.C. Code § 9-107.52 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.52
§ 9-107.52. Bond authorization.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.90 , the Council approves and authorizes the issuance of one or more series of GARVEE Bonds to fund the Qualified Transportation Project Costs of the Qualified Transportation Project; provided that:
  (1) The aggregate principal amount of GARVEE Bonds that may be issued is the amount that can be supported by Debt Service equal to the annual GARVEE Revenues received by the District, but shall not exceed $430 million;
  (2) The GARVEE Bonds may be issued from time to time in one or more series;
  (3) The GARVEE Bonds shall be tax-exempt or taxable as the Chief Financial Officer shall determine and shall be payable and secured as provided in § 9-107.54 .
(b) The Mayor is authorized to pay from the proceeds of the GARVEE Bonds the costs and expenses of issuing and delivering the GARVEE Bonds, including, but not limited to, underwriting discount or fees, rating agency fees, legal fees, accounting fees, financial advisory fees, trustee and paying agent fees, collection agent fees, bond insurance, letters of credit and other credit enhancements, liquidity enhancements, and printing costs and expenses.
D.C. Code § 9-508 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-508
§ 9-508. Washington Terminal Company to pay for certain street lighting.
Status: in_force

The Washington Terminal Company, its successors, or transferees shall pay to the District for the lighting of the streets, avenues, alleys, and grounds over and under which its right-of-way may cross, as well as for the lighting of those streets, avenues, alleys, and grounds bordering on its right-of-way, under the direction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and in case of default of payment of such bills, actions at law may be maintained by the District of Columbia against said terminal company or its successors, or transferees therefor; provided, that not more than $85 per annum shall be paid for any electric arc light burning from 15 minutes after sunset to 45 minutes before sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wire; and each arc light shall be of not less than 1000 actual candlepower; provided further, that no more than $18 per annum shall be paid for each gas lamp equipped with a self-regulating flat-flame burner so adjusted as to secure under all ordinary variations of pressure and density a consumption of 5 cubic feet of gas per hour, nor more than $20.85 per annum for each gas lamp and $22.80 per annum for each oil lamp equipped with an incandescent mantle burner of not less than 60 candlepower.
D.C. Code § 9-201.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-201.01
§ 9-201.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter the term:
  (1) “Alley” means any public alley, as recorded in the records of the Office of the Surveyor, from its intersection with a street or another alley to its next intersection with a street or alley, or where it dead-ends.
  (2) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.
  (2A) “DDOT” means the District Department of Transportation.
  (3) “District” means the District of Columbia government.
  (4) “Highway plan” means the plan of the permanent system of highways developed pursuant to § 9-103.01 et seq.
  (4A) "Initiator" means the individual or entity that makes a request to the Mayor or a Councilmember to sponsor legislation proposing the designation of an official or symbolic name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, or an official name of a public space other than an alley or street, or portion thereof, and shall not include the Mayor, the Council, or any Councilmember.
  (5) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or the Mayor’s designated representative.
  (5A) "Official name" means the legal designation of an alley or street, or portion thereof, for use in a mailing address and other official purposes.
  (5B) "Other public space" means a public space other than an alley or street.
  (6) “Owner” means the owner(s) of record as shown on the records in the Department of Finance and Revenue.
  (7) “Street” means any public right-of-way, recorded as a street, road, or highway in the records of the Office of the Surveyor.
  (8) “Surveyor” means the Surveyor of the District of Columbia.
  (9) "Symbolic name" means a ceremonial name given to an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space that is in addition and subordinate to its official name.
D.C. Code § 9-1207.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1207.05
§ 9-1207.05. Liability of railroad companies for injuries.
Status: in_force

The said railroad companies shall be liable for any accident to, or injuries sustained by, any person by reason of any act or omission of the railroad companies or by their agents or servants during the construction, installation, maintenance, or operation of the electrical equipment and apparatus of the railroad trains.
D.C. Code § 9-1217.25 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1217.25
§ 9-1217.25. Condemnation for streets through unsubdivided part of plot — Authorized.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-101.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-101.05
§ 9-101.05. Use of property by owner until condemnation.
Status: in_force

The owner or owners of land over or upon which any highway or reservation shall be projected upon any map filed under §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 shall have the free right to the use and enjoyment of the same for building or any other lawful purpose, and the free right to transfer the title thereof, until proceedings looking to the condemnation of such land shall have been authorized and actually begun. And as to any highway or part of highway which by any such map is to be abandoned neither the right of those occupying or owning land abutting thereon or adjacent thereto, nor the right of the public to use such highway or part of highway, shall be affected by the filing of such map until condemnation proceedings looking to the ascertainment of the damages resulting from such proposed abandonment shall have been authorized and actually begun; nor shall the obligation of the municipal authorities to keep the same in repair be affected until they are rendered useless by the opening and improvement of new highways, to be evidenced by public notice by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 9-926 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-926
§ 9-926. Inconsistent laws inapplicable.
Status: in_force

All other general or special laws inconsistent with any provision of this chapter are declared to be inapplicable to the provision of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-203.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-203.08
§ 9-203.08. Submission of highway plan.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 1 year of May 10, 1988, the Mayor shall submit a report to the Council on the highway plan for the District of Columbia.
(b) The report shall include:
  (1) An updated list of each street that has been acquired but has not been improved and does not function as a public right-of-way for vehicles, including the location of the street, the date and method of approval of the street on the highway plan if applicable, and the date and method of acquisition of the street by the District;
  (2) An updated list of each street on the highway plan that has not been acquired by the District, including the location of the street and the date and method of approval of the street on the highway plan; and
  (3) A list of each unimproved acquired street and of each unacquired street on the highway plan determined by the Mayor to be no longer necessary for present or future street purposes, accompanied by proposed legislation and supporting documents to close these unimproved acquired streets and to remove these unacquired streets from the highway plan.
D.C. Code § 9-301 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-301
§ 9-301. Control of bridges; exception.
Status: in_force

The control of bridges, except the Aqueduct Bridge across Rock Creek, in the District of Columbia, is hereby conferred on the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the Council of the District of Columbia is hereby required to make such proper regulations as it may deem necessary for the safety of the public using said bridges, and for the lighting and the police control of the same.
D.C. Code § 9-915 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-915
§ 9-915. Credit of the District not pledged.
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not constitute a debt of the District nor a pledge of the faith and credit of the District. The bonds shall be payable solely from funds provided for the bonds from revenues. The issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the District to any form of taxation whatever. All revenue bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to this effect.
D.C. Code § 9-919 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-919
§ 9-919. Annual audit.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall prepare financial statements at the end of each of its fiscal years in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statement [sic] shall be examined annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Copies of each audit report shall be furnished to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the Mayor of the District not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Authority and shall be open to public inspection.
D.C. Code § 9-1203.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1203.02
§ 9-1203.02. Sale or lease of track connection with Navy Yard authorized.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to sell and transfer or to lease to The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company, its successors and/or assigns, upon such terms and for such amount as he may deem to be both just and reasonable, the existing railroad track connection with the United States Navy Yard as constructed and established under authority conferred by an Act of Congress approved August 29, 1916, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes”; provided, that the title to any right of way or property provided by the United States for the purposes of such construction and occupied by said track connection on June 18, 1932, shall remain in the United States; and provided further, that said track connection, insofar as the requirements of the United States Navy Yard may be affected, at all times shall be maintained and operated by said railroad company, its successors or assigns, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy.
D.C. Code § 9-113.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-113.02
§ 9-113.02. Boundaries of public highways to be permanently marked.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-326 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / § 9-326
§ 9-326. Washington Channel Bridge.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to provide for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge, with visitor facilities, over the Washington Channel, from the vicinity of 10th Street Southwest to East Potomac Park in Washington, District of Columbia. The structure may be so designed and constructed as to provide facilities for the accommodation of visitors to the Nation’s Capital area, and to provide convenient and adequate access to East Potomac Park.
(b) The Secretary may obtain and use such lands or interests therein owned, controlled, or administered by the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, the Corps of Engineers, or any other Government agency, with the prior consent of such agency or agencies, as he shall consider necessary for the construction and operation of said bridge, without cost or reimbursement. Before construction is commenced, the location and plans for the bridge shall be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army subject to such conditions as they may prescribe, in accordance with § 525(b) of Title 33, United States Code.
(c) The Secretary is authorized to enter into appropriate arrangements for the construction and operation of the bridge in accordance with the authority contained in § 3 [repealed] of Title 16, United States Code, as amended, except that any such arrangements need not be limited to a maximum term of 30 years. The bridge, at all times, shall be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be administered, operated, maintained, and policed as a part of the park system of the National Capital.
(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall cooperate with other federal and local agencies with respect to the construction and operation of the bridge by him and the construction and operation of associated facilities by such other federal and local agencies including the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency which shall enter into appropriate arrangements by negotiation or public bid to: (1) lease all or part of the land bounded by Maine Avenue, Ninth Street and the Southwest Freeway, Southwest, to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of a structured automobile parking facility designed to accommodate visitors to East Potomac Park; and (2) provide for the construction of: (A) a public park or overlook, which park is to be maintained and operated by the National Park Service; and (B) roads providing access to the 10th Street Mall from the Southwest Freeway and to and from 9th Street, Southwest, which roads shall be maintained and operated by the District of Columbia. Any lease of the aforementioned area, executed by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, shall provide appropriate easements for the construction, maintenance and operation of the aforesaid public park and roadways. Local agencies may enter into arrangements with the person, persons, corporation or corporations, as the Secretary may select pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for the construction and operation of necessary associated facilities otherwise authorized.
(e) (1) There is hereby established an Advisory Committee, which shall be composed of the Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission; the Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts; the Commissioner of the District of Columbia; the Chief of Engineers, United States Army; the Chairman, District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency; and 3 members to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior from among the residents of the Metropolitan Washington area. The ex-officio members of the Committee may be represented by their designees.
  (2) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but the Secretary is authorized to pay any expenses reasonably incurred by the Committee in carrying out its responsibilities under this section.
  (3) The Secretary shall designate 1 member of the Committee to be Chairman. The Committee shall act and advise by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
  (4) The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with and obtain the advice of the Committee with respect to matters relating to the design, construction, and operation of the bridge and any associated facilities.
(f) The construction and operation of the bridge shall be at no expense to the federal government, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for maintenance of the bridge and to carry out the other purposes of this section.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.07 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.07
§ 9-1201.07. Removal of obstructions from streets.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Director of the National Park Service to cause obstructions of every kind to be removed from such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the City of Washington as have been, or may be, improved in whole or in part by the United States, and to keep the same, at all times, free from obstructions. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the Director of the National Park Service shall have power to institute suits in any court having competent jurisdiction, and it shall be the duty of the United States Attorney for the District to prosecute the same.
D.C. Code § 9-107.01 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / § 9-107.01
§ 9-107.01. Authority to provide payments and services.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enabling the District of Columbia to have its federal-aid highway projects approved under § 106 or 117 of Title 23, United States Code, the Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in connection with the acquisition of real property in the District of Columbia for any federal-aid highway project, provide the payments and services described in §§ 505, 506, 507, and 508 of Title 23, United States Code.
D.C. Code § 9-1111.16 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1111.16
§ 9-1111.16. Annual report of Account.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall, by November 1 of each year, submit a report to the Council of the District of Columbia delineating the revenues deposited in the Metrorail/Metrobus Account and the amounts, purposes, and expenditures from the Metrorail/Metrobus Account.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.13 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.13
§ 9-1201.13. Railroads may use Union Station and terminals.
Status: in_force

Any railroad company lawfully existing and authorized to extend a line of railroad into the District of Columbia, or having secured the right to operate over the lines of any other then existing railroad, to a point of connection with the tracks of the Washington Terminal Company, shall have the right to the joint use of said station and terminals authorized in the Act approved February 28, 1903 (32 Stat. 909), upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for the use of the same; and if the parties be unable to agree upon such terms, then the same shall be prescribed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, upon petition of either party in interest, under such rules of procedure as the said Court shall prescribe.
D.C. Code § 9-924 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-924
§ 9-924. Act liberally construed.
Status: in_force

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the District and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
D.C. Code § 9-1107.12 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / § 9-1107.12
§ 9-1107.12. Reservation of right to alter, amend or repeal subchapter; submission of reports; scope of Presidential and Congressional inquiry; audits.
Status: in_force

(a) The right to alter, amend or repeal this subchapter is hereby expressly reserved.
(b) The Authority shall submit to Congress and the President copies of all annual and special reports made to the Governors, the Mayor of the District of Columbia and/or the legislatures of the compacting States.
(c) The President and the Congress or any committee thereof shall have the right to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information by the Authority as they may deem appropriate. Further, the President and Congress or any of its committees shall have access to all books, records and papers of the Authority as well as the right of inspection of any facility used, owned, leased, regulated or under the control of said Authority.
(d) In carrying out the audits provided for in § 70(b) of the Compact, the representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Board and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, agents, and custodians.
D.C. Code § 9-923 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-923
§ 9-923. Procurement exemption.
Status: in_force

In light of the multi-jurisdictional nature of the Authority, an exemption is provided to the Authority from all laws and regulations of the District governing public procurement.
D.C. Code § 9-1205.05 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1205.05
§ 9-1205.05. Right to amend, alter or repeal this subchapter reserved.
Status: in_force

Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 9-204.22 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.22
§ 9-204.22. Designation of official names for other public spaces.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate an official name for a public space other than an alley or street, or portion thereof, the initiator of the proposal to designate the official name of the public space shall submit a copy of the legislation for review and comment to each Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the public space is located.
(b) Before the date of a Council hearing to consider legislation to designate an official name for a public space other than an alley or street, or portion thereof, the Mayor shall provide the Council with comments on the proposed designation submitted by any District agency with jurisdiction over the public space to be designated.
(c) Before consideration by the Council, including a vote of a committee of the Council, of a bill to designate an official name for a public space other than an alley or street, or portion thereof, the Mayor shall provide the Council with a surveyor's plat showing:
  (1) The public space to be designated; and
  (2) The square or squares in which the public space is located and any adjacent squares.
  (3) Repealed.
(d) The Mayor may establish, by rulemaking, fees to be paid by the initiator of a proposal to designate an official name of a public space to recoup costs associated with satisfying the requirements of this section, including obtaining consideration of the proposal by the Council and implementation of the proposal by the Mayor; provided, that fees shall not be assessed pursuant to this subsection on an initiator that is a governmental entity, including an Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
(e) 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; provided, that no fee shall be assessed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
D.C. Code § 9-206.02 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-206.02
§ 9-206.02. Authority to issue rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
D.C. Code § 9-204.08 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / § 9-204.08
§ 9-204.08. Proposal to name or rename to be submitted to affected property owners.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 9-1201.10 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / § 9-1201.10
§ 9-1201.10. Railroad sidings south of Virginia and Maryland Avenues authorized.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Council of the District of Columbia, and it is hereby authorized and empowered, whenever it considers it a public benefit, to grant the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company permission to lay, maintain, and use sidetracks and sidings from the main line or lines of said railroad into any real estate in the said city abutting on the streets or avenues on which such line of such company is or may be situated, east of Four-and-a-half Street and south of Virginia and Maryland Avenues, which may be used or occupied for manufacturing, commercial, or other business purposes by parties desiring the use of such facilities. Such sidetracks or sidings shall be laid and maintained under the direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and in such manner as shall least obstruct the use of the public streets for ordinary purposes: Provided, that the right to revoke the use of said sidetracks or sidings is reserved to Congress.
D.C. Code § 9-502 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / § 9-502
§ 9-502. Electric lamps on overhead wires prohibited.
Status: in_force

No public electric lamp shall be maintained by means of overhead wires within either the city limits of Washington or the existing fire limits of the District of Columbia as existing March 2, 1911.
D.C. Code § 9-913 — DC Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / § 9-913
§ 9-913. Marketability of bonds.
Status: in_force

The Authority may exercise all or any party or combination of the powers granted by this chapter, including the power: To make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants expressly authorized, of like, or different character; to make covenants and to do all acts as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of the Authority, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants or acts may not be enumerated in this chapter.