Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-06
BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS.
Regulations for Extending Streets and
Subdividing Land.


Subdividing Land.
An IMPORTANT olDKl Issued 1T TIE oonnls-
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ihe District Commissioners to-day issued the
Following order in compliance with the act Of
Congress Of August "a, 1883, regulating the
plating and subdividing Of land beyond the
limits Of Washington and Georgetown, and the
extension and naming Of streets. The regula-
lions were prepared by Capt symons 10 whom
the matter was referred, and were to-day
adopted BY the Commissioners.
All subdivisions Of land must be approved by
the Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia
before being recorded in the Office of the sur
veyor.
Applications for the approval Of subdivisions
by the Commissioners must be accompanied bv
certincates OF the proper officials that all taxes.
special assessments, &c, have been paid No
SUBDIVISION VIII be approved unless all taxes,
speciai assessments, &C., on the property in
cluded are paid
No public alley in the cities of Washington
and Georgetown shall be less than 10 feet in
width. In case an alley has but one outlet its
inner end must be made large enough TO per-
init carriages and carts to turn around.
No land shall be subdivided into lots less
than II feet IN width. No subdivision of land
outside the cities Of Washington and George
town will be approved unless the streets and
avenues therein conform in width and general
direction to the same streets and avenues In
the city Of Washington.
sTREErs AND AvENuEs
Wherever practicable streets and avenues
will be in exact alignment with the streets and
avenues of the city of Washington and of equal
width. Streets not in alignment with the
streets Of Washington shall be not less than 30
feet in width and shall be distant from each
other not less than 800 nor more than
GOO feet No minor street in square
shall be less than GO feet in width
The existing avenues of the city OF Washington
shall be extended AZ nearly as practicable in
continuation OF their direction within the city,
and of equal width, and all subdivisions must
provide therefor. Existing avenues may be
detected beyond the city limits whenever the
Commissioners may deem advisable. Besides
existing avenues and their extensions. other
avenues will be provided for i'm all subdivisions
whenever the Commissioners NAV deem
necessary to make the subdivisions con-
form to the several plans of the city.
No new avenue will be less than 100 feet in
width. If deemed necessary or desirable a
greater width. up to l60 feet, may be required
by the Commissioners.
CIRCLES AND PUBLIC SPACES
will be required to be laid out and dedicated
to the public wherever the Commissioners may
deem the same necessary to make a sub
division conform to the general plan of the
city of Washington.
Subdivisions laid out in conformity with
these rules and regulations and approved by
basis for the subdivision Of adjoining and
neighboring lands
SPECIAL SUBDIVISIONS
In the regions directly along Rock creek and
elsewhere where the topography is such as to
render the adoption of the rectangular system
of streets impracticable special subdivisions
will be permitted, the streets of which must,
however, conform as far as practicable and
Join onto the rectangular streets and diagonal
avenues of the general plan Of the city of
Washington extended into the country.
ALLEYS.
In the squares of all subdivisions without
the cities of Washington and Georgetown the
Commissioners reserve the right to require
public alleys to be provided so that as far as
practicable every lot shall abut thereon; when
such alleys are required their entrances shall
be not less than IL feet, which II feet in width
shall be not more than IS feet in length: be-
yond this length in the interior of squares
alleys must be not less than 20 feet in width
All blind alleys must have an enlargement at
their inner ends to permit carriages and carts
to turn around
NAMING srREErs
The names of all avenues, streets, circles
and public spaces will be subject to the ap-
proval Of the Commissioners The following
scheme for naming these will be adhered TO.
The broad diagonal highways will be desig-
mated as avenues and will be named after the
sovereign states of the Union. Streets run
ming north and south will be remembered each
way from the meridian Of the capitol outside
the cities Of Washington and Georgetown;
no subdivision of land with lots fronting
II the streets are not direct combinations OF
city streets their names will correspond with
the city streets most nearly due north or south
of them. Streets running east and west will be-
named from the letters Of the alphabet until
these letters are exhausted. Beyond this they
will be named after the principal cities Of
America, the names Of which commence with
the letters OF the alphabet in their proper
order OF rotation, as Albany street, b. timore
street, Chicago street, Detroit. &C., DC.
When the alphabet is thus exhausted the sue
ceeding streets will be named for the principal
rivers, lakes, sounds. &C., of America, the
names of which commence with the letters of
tho alphabet IN proper rotation, as Albemarle
street, BraZos street, Champlain street. Des
Moines street, &c. Streets not in exact align
ment with those to the east and west of them
will take the name of those streets most nearly
in the line OF their direct continuation.
SMALL STREETS
which do not form an essential part of the rec
tangular system Of streets will be designated
as Places, and will receive such names as may
be approved by the Commissioners. No two
streets, avenues, or places in the District Of
Columbia shall have the same name. Circles
reservations &c, will be named after distin-
guished Americans who have been promine mt
in the service of their country
TO COME AT HALF FARE,
Reduced Rates to the Inauguration
Granted by the Railroad Companies.