Evening star., 1899-03-15

| ative on and after April Is, 1899, repeating
| all other orders regulations contrary
| thereto previously made under authority
of said act They are as follows, starting
| with plats of subdivisions
| Sec. l. Plats of subdivisions will be
drawn in the office of the surveyor of the
District of Columbia and certified to by
| him, unless otherwise directed by the Com
| missioners.
Applications to Subdivfde.
| Sec. 2. Applications for the approval of
! subdivisions must be made to the Commits
| sicners of the District of Columbia and
| must be accompanied by
| '(a) Plats, in duplicate, showing the pro-
| posed subdivision, which plats must be
| Signed by the owners of the land SUBJ
| divided and their sigma lures witnessed by
| two witnesses;
| 'tb) Affidavit by persons executing sub
! divisions that they are the owners in fee
simple of the property subdivided; that 10
| ether person has any interest or claim
| therein; that they are in peaceful occupa-
| ton thereof and that there are no suits or
actions pending affecting the title to said
| property;
! "(c) Certificates of the proper officials
| that all taxes, special assessments and
| other public charges upon the property
| have been paid
Approval of Subdivisions.
! Sec. 3. Subdivisions must receive the ap-
| proval of the Commissioners of the District
| of Columbia, or majority of them, before
| being admitted to record. When subdivis-
ion plats are so approved they shall be-
=, come the property of the District of Co
| lumbia. and one copy shall be filed and re-
| corded in the office of the surveyor and one
| copy in the Office of the assessor of the
| District of Columbia.
| Subdivision of Tracts Into Blocks.
| See. 4. When a tract of land is laid out
| into block or blocks, streets avenues and
| other public spaces must be provided in con-
| formity with the general plan of the city
| of Washington, as determined by the plans
| prepared and adopted under the provisions
of the act OF Congress entitled An act to
| provide permanent system of highways
IN IN that part of the District of Columbia
! lying outside the cities. approved March
,, 1893, and subsequent amendments there
| SubdfvisiOn of Blocks Into Lots
| Sec. .. In laying out block. or any por-
| ton thereof, into original lots, the lots must
| be at least 1G feet wide and 90 feet deep
| and shall abut upon alley: Provided
| That If after laying off a tract into 16-foot
| lots surplus is left not less than twelve
| feet wide, such surplus may be numbered
as lot, or the tract may be divided INTO
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| the number of 16-foot lots plus one but
| triangular lots shall have an area cf at
| least I20 square feet; and alleys must be
| provided as prescribed in section 3 of these
! regulations.
Resubdivision of Lots.
| Sec. 6. Lots may be resubdivided as fol-
| lows:
| "(a) Into lots not less than 16 feet wide
and 80 feet deep: Provided however, that
| the following exceptions to this rule will be
| permitted, triangular lots subdivided under
| paragraphs a, and of this section to
| have an area of at least 600 square feet:
| "(b) Within the fire limits, where the as
| sessed value of the land is 50 cents, or less
per square foot, minimum width of l.
| feet will be approved
! "(ct Where two more substantial
| houses are on the same lot the lot may be
divided so as to give each house separate
| lot.
! "td) Where the owner of a portion of
! lot does not own any contiguous ground
| available for subdivision, the portion so
| held may be given lot number.
| "(e) Where. the owner of parcel of
ground does not own any contiguous land
| available for subdivision, and the said par
| eel is of such width that there shall be left
| a surplus of not less than feet after lay
| ing off l6-foot lots, the whole of such par
| Gel may be divided into lots of equal width
| equal in number to the number of 16-foot
| lots plus one.
| 90 In the resubdivision of lots allevs
| must be provided as prescribed in section
| of these regulations.
Minor Streets.
! Sec I. minor street not less than 80
| feet wide may be opened in any block pro-
| vided that the distance between streets is
| sufficient to allow for two tiers of lots at
least 60 feet deep and alley facilities as re-
! CURED by these regulations.
The Alleys.
Sec. 8. Alleys must sbe provided as fol-
| lows, SO that as far as possible each lot
shall abut thereon:
"(a) Within the city limits alleys of a
minimum width of 10 feet.
| "b) Outside of the city limits alleys of a
minimum width of 10 feet
"(c) When a block is divided into original
| lots, alleys must be provided so that each
| lot will abut thereon, said alleys to be con-
tinuous throughout the square.
I'D When lots are resubdivided, alleys or
rear outlets must be provided wherever
practicable, in accordance with plan ep-
proved by the Commissioners.
| '(e) Alleys may be accepted of one-half
| the widths named in paragraphs "a and b.
section s. where it appears equitable to the
| Commissioners that the other half should
| be acquired from contiguous lots.
| Survey and Location of Subdivisions,
| Sec. 8. No subdivision of land will be re-
| ceived for record unless the plat conforms
] to the following requirements and the sub
| division is marked on the ground as here
/ matter described:
| @(a) The original tract to be subdiyided
| shall be plainly indicated as to location and
| boundaries and its total acreage given
"tb) The true bearings of the boundary
| lines shall be given in degrees and minutes
| and their lengths in feet and decimal parts
| of foot
"tc) The true bearings of streets and al