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DC Code § 9-101.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.05. Use of property by owner until condemnation

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.  (June 28, 1898, 30 Stat. 520, ch. 519, § 5.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-114. 1973 Ed., § 7-114. References in Text “ Section 9-103.05”, referred to in the first sentence, was repealed by § 711 of D.C. Law 4-201, effective March 10, 1983. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.07. Beatty and Hawkins’s Addition to Georgetown

All the powers given to the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia and others under §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 shall apply to and be capable of being exercised upon and through Beatty and Hawkins’s Addition to Georgetown, where it may be necessary to connect streets in parts of the District lying outside of cities, or to connect any street in the city with streets in the District of Columbia.  (Apr. 12, 1904, 33 Stat. 587, Joint Res. No. 21.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-116. 1973 Ed., § 7-116. References in Text “ Section 9-103.05” has been repealed by § 711 of D.C. Law 4-201, effective March 10, 1983. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402(154, 156) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.08. Reversion of title upon abandonment of streets

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.  (Feb. 16, 1904, 33 Stat. 14, ch. 159, § 2.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-118. 1973 Ed., § 7-118. Cross References Street and alley closing and acquisition procedures, see § 9-201.01 et seq. References in Text “ Section 9-103.05” has been repealed by § 711 of D.C. Law 4-201, effective March 10, 1983.
DC Code § 9-101.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.09. Resubdivision of property affected by highway plan pending condemnation proceedings

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.  (Feb. 26, 1904, 33 Stat. 51, ch. 164.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-119. 1973 Ed., § 7-119. Delegation of Authority Delegation of Authority-Office of the Surveyor, see Mayor’s Order 2005-180, November 28, 2005 ( 53 DCR 462). Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.10. Street, avenue, or public thoroughfare prohibited within 1,000 feet of Naval Observatory

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.  (Aug. 1, 1894, 28 Stat. 588, Joint Res. No. 40, § 1.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-120. 1973 Ed., § 7-120. Section References This section is referenced in § 9-101.11.
DC Code § 9-101.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.11. Massachusetts Avenue through grounds of United States Naval Observatory

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.  (Aug. 1, 1894, 28 Stat. 588, Joint Res. No. 40, § 2.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-121. 1973 Ed., § 7-121.
DC Code § 9-101.12 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.12. New highway plans authorized

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interests require it, to prepare a new highway plan for any portion of the District of Columbia, and submit the same for approval, after public hearing, to the National Capital Planning Commission; such highway plans shall be prepared under §§ 9-101.04 to 9-101.06 and 9-103.01 to 9-103.05, and upon approval and recording of any such new highway plan it shall take the place of and stand for any previous plan for the portion of the District of Columbia affected.  (Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 949, ch. 150.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-122. 1973 Ed., § 7-122. Transfer of Functions The functions, powers, and duties of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission were transferred to the National Capital Planning Commission by the Act of June 6, 1924, ch. 270, § 9, as added by the Act of July 19, 1952, 66 Stat. 790, ch. 949, § 1. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.13 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.13. Subdivision to conform to plan of Washington

No subdivision of land in the District of Columbia without the limits of the City of Washington shall be recorded in the Office of the Surveyor or in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds unless the same shall have been first approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and be in conformity with the recorded plans for a permanent system of highways.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1428, ch. 854, § 1604.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-125. 1973 Ed., § 7-125. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.14 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.14. District authorized to use certain land owned by United States for street purposes

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to use for street purposes 1,651 square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 17/93, 708 square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 18/52, and 380 square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 18/23, all for the widening of Reservoir Road, and to use for street purposes 23,779.63 square feet of a tract of land known as parcel 28/12 for the widening of Reservoir Road and Forty-fourth Street; and to use for street purposes a strip of land 60 feet wide containing 258,750 square feet, more or less, lying immediately northeasterly of the southwesterly boundary of a tract of land known as parcel 173/23 for the widening of South Dakota Avenue; and to use for street purposes 9,000 square feet, more or less, of a tract of land known as parcel 243/15 for the extension of Trenton Street and for the widening of 4th Street Southeast; and to use for street purposes 1,521.28 square feet of lot 802, square 1932, and 3,669.88 square feet of lot 837, square 1300, for the widening of Wisconsin Avenue, all as shown on maps designated as Street Extension Maps 1150 and 1154, and Surveyor’s Office Maps 1314 and 1373, on file in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, all the above-described property herein authorized to be used for street purposes being owned by the United States of America.  (Feb. 27, 1929, 45 Stat. 1341, ch. 353.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-126. 1973 Ed., § 7-126. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.15 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.15. Right-of-way over Michigan Avenue to Washington Railway and Electric Company

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.  (Mar. 4, 1929, 45 Stat. 1545, ch. 682, § 7.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-131. 1973 Ed., § 7-131. Section References This section is referenced in § 9-105.04. Editor's Notes Consolidation of transit companies: The Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Capital Traction Company were consolidated under the name of Capital Transit Company by the Act of January 14, 1933, 47 Stat. 752, ch. 10, § 1. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia. respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.16 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.16. Highway construction program authorized

A program of construction projects to meet immediate capital needs for highways in the District is hereby authorized.  (May 18, 1954, 68 Stat. 110, ch. 218, title IV, § 401.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-132. 1973 Ed., § 7-132.
DC Code § 9-101.17 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.17. Use of land in squares 354 and 355 for Southwest Freeway and for redevelopment of Southwest area of District

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to use the land in squares 354 and 355 in the District of Columbia, and the water frontage on the Washington Channel of the Potomac River lying south of Maine Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, including the buildings and wharves thereon, for the proposed Southwest Freeway and Washington Channel approaches thereto, and for the redevelopment of the Southwest area of the District of Columbia pursuant to authority contained in subchapter I of Chapter 3 of Title 6.  (Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 983, Pub. L. 85-821.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-133. 1973 Ed., § 7-134. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-101.18 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-101.18. Authority to acquire and transfer to Secretary of the Interior real property in exchange for real property transferred to the District; payments in lieu of transfer of property

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation or otherwise, real property for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior in exchange or as replacement for park, parkway, and playground lands transferred to the District of Columbia for a public purpose pursuant to § 10-111 and the Mayor is further authorized to transfer to the United States title to property so acquired. (b) Payments are authorized to be made by the Mayor, and received by the Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of property transferred pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The amount of such payment shall represent the cost to the Secretary of the Interior of acquiring real property suitable for replacement of the property so transferred as agreed upon between the Mayor and the head of said agency and shall be available for the acquiring of the replacement property.  (Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 828, Pub. L. 90-495, § 23(e), (f).)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-138. 1973 Ed., § 7-136. Cross References Housing redevelopment, relocation assistance, see § 6-333.01. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to the District of Columbia Council and to a Commissioner of the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 9-103.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 1 - Highway Plans|Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan|§ 9-103.01. Width of highways

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.  (Mar. 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 532, ch. 197, § 1.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-107. 1973 Ed., § 7-108. Section References This section is referenced in § 2-1007, § 9-101.05, § 9-101.07, § 9-101.08, § 9-103.02, § 9-103.06, and § 9-201.01. Cross References City of Georgetown, abolition, see § 1-107. Highway Commission, powers transferred to the National Capital Planning Commission, see § 2-1007. Street and alley closing and acquisition procedures, “highway plan” defined, see § 9-201.01. Streets and highways, repair and construction, width of pavement, see §§ 9-401.11 and 9-401.12. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402(153) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.