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DC Code § 9-203.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures|Subchapter III - New Streets or Alleys|§ 9-203.07. Improvement of streets — Rules

(a) Within 6 months of May 10, 1988, the Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to govern the procedures and standards for acquiring and improving streets and alleys in the District of Columbia. These rules shall include the establishment of: (1) Procedures by which notification and opportunity to comment shall be provided to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission within whose area the street or alley is located; (2) Procedures by which notification and opportunity to comment shall be provided to each owner of property within the squares adjacent to the street to be acquired or improved and within the square in which an alley is to be acquired or improved; and (3) Standards for making a determination that the acquisition or improvement of a street or alley would be in the public interest, for evaluating the comments received from the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission and property owners within whose area the street or alley is located, and for assessing the criteria set forth in § 9-203.06(c)(2). (b) This section shall not apply to a proposal that consists of: (1) Rehabilitation, repair, or reconstruction of a street or alley that is already being used as a public right-of-way for vehicles at the time of the proposal; or (2) Widening, realignment, or extension by 10 feet or less of the pavement of a street or alley that is already being used as a public right-of-way for vehicles at the time of the proposal.  (Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 307; as added May 10, 1988, D.C. Law 7-106, § 2(a), 35 DCR 2170.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-447. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to D.C. Law 7-106, “New Street or Alley Amendment Act of 1988”, see Mayor’s Order 88-162, July 11, 1988.
DC Code § 9-203.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures|Subchapter III - New Streets or Alleys|§ 9-203.08. Submission of highway plan

(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.  (Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 308; as added May 10, 1988, D.C. Law 7-106, § 2(a), 35 DCR 2170.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-448. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to D.C. Law 7-106, “New Street or Alley Amendment Act of 1988”, see Mayor’s Order 88-162, July 11, 1988.
DC Code § 9-203.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures|Subchapter III - New Streets or Alleys|§ 9-203.09. Official street map; periodic publication; contents; availability

(a) Within 2 years of May 10, 1988, and every 5 years thereafter, the Mayor shall publish an official street map that delineates each street and property square in the District of Columbia. (b) This map shall distinguish between: (1) Streets that have been improved, constructed, or paved; (2) Streets that have been acquired but have not been improved, constructed, or paved; and (3) Streets that are on the highway plan but have not been acquired and have not been improved, constructed, or paved. (c) This map shall be available for review in every public library in the District and be available for sale by the District of Columbia Office of Documents.  (Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 309; as added May 10, 1988, D.C. Law 7-106, § 2(a), 35 DCR 2170.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-449. Cross References Council of the District of Columbia, power to name and rename highways, buildings, public places, and property, see § 1-301.01. Streets, make a difference foundation, authorization to install granite markers in sidewalks, see § 9-1215.07. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to D.C. Law 7-106, “New Street or Alley Amendment Act of 1988”, see Mayor’s Order 88-162, July 11, 1988.
DC Code § 9-206.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures|Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 9-206.01. Validity of condemnations or closings pursuant to repealed law not affected

The validity of any condemnation proceeding or any street or alley closing pursuant to any section of law repealed by this act shall not be affected by its repeal.  (Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 601, 30 DCR 148.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-471. References in Text “This act,” referred to in this section, is D.C. Law 4-201.
DC Code § 9-206.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures|Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 9-206.02. Authority to issue rules

The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.  (Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 602, 30 DCR 148.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-472.
DC Code § 9-401.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.02. Removal of street railway tracks

On and after July 1, 1941, when any Capital Transit Company street railway operation shall have been ordered abandoned by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia and the Council of the District of Columbia shall have ordered the removal of abandoned tracks, the Capital Transit Company shall pay the entire cost of removing such abandoned tracks and regrading the track area, and, if the street or bridge in which the said tracks have been ordered abandoned is not being paved, the Capital Transit Company shall pay the entire cost of paving the abandoned track areas, which cost, however, shall not exceed the cost of repaving such abandoned track areas with the type, character, and thickness of the paving of the adjacent roadway left in place, and, if the roadway of the street or bridge is being paved at the time of removal of said abandoned tracks, the Capital Transit Company shall pay one-half of the actual cost of paving the abandoned track areas, irrespective of whether the paving is of the type, character, and thickness as that existing at the time of said removal. The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to settle in conformity with the principles herein set forth, any claims it now has, or in the future may have, for the paving of abandoned track areas, upon such terms and conditions as to time of payment or payments as the Council may determine.  (July 1, 1941, 55 Stat. 533, ch. 271; Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 88-503, § 21.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-605. 1973 Ed., § 7-604a. References in Text The Capital Transit Company, referred to throughout this section, has been succeeded by the D.C. Transit System, Inc. 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(170) 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 § 9-401.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.03. Water and gas mains, service pipes, and sewer connections

It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to see that all water and gas mains, service pipes, and sewer connections are laid upon any street or avenue proposed to be paved or otherwise improved before any such pavement or other permanent works are put down; and the Washington Gas Light Company, under the direction of said Mayor, shall at its own expense take up, lay, and replace all gas mains on any street or avenue to be paved, at such time and place as said Mayor shall direct, except as provided in §§ 6-301.04(c) [repealed], 6-301.06(h) [repealed], and 9-107.02.  (June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 107, ch. 180, § 5; Oct. 14, 1972, 86 Stat. 813, Pub. L. 92-495, § 5.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-606. 1973 Ed., § 7-605. Cross References Sewer, water, and gas mains, excavation fees, see § 2-136. Water and sewer systems, flood hazard prevention, see § 6-503. Water mains and service sewers, see §§ 34-2401.01 and 34-2405.01.
DC Code § 9-401.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.04. Assessments for sidewalks and curbing

When new sidewalks, alleys, or curbing are required to be laid on streets being improved, no cost shall be assessed against abutting property.  (Aug. 7, 1894, 28 Stat. 250, ch. 232; May 21, 2002, D.C. Law 14-136, § 2, 49 DCR 3441.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-607. 1973 Ed., § 7-606. Section References This section is referenced in § 9-411.03 and § 9-421.11. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 14-136 rewrote the section which had read as follows: “When new sidewalks or curbing are required to be laid on streets being improved, one-half the total cost shall be assessed against abutting property, in like manner and under the law governing in the case of assessment and permit work; provided, that abutting property shall not be liable to such assessment when sidewalk and curbing have been laid by the District authorities in front of the same under the assessment and permit system within 2 years prior to such assessment.”
DC Code § 9-401.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.05. Mayor to submit schedules of streets to be improved

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in submitting the schedules of streets and avenues to be improved, shall each year arrange said streets and avenues in the order of their importance, as determined by him after personal examination of said streets and avenues.  (Mar. 3, 1903, 32 Stat. 962, ch. 992.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-608. 1973 Ed., § 7-607. 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 § 9-401.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.07. Repayments from Permit Fund

Repayments from the Permit Fund to the appropriation for assessment and permit work shall be credited to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the repayment is made.  (Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1127, ch. 2510.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-610. 1973 Ed., § 7-609.
DC Code § 9-401.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.08. Service connections with water mains and sewer

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized whenever the roadway of a street is about to be paved or macadamized to make service connections in such street for all abutting lots and premises with the water mains and sewer provided for the service of said lots and premises. The entire cost of the said connections shall be paid from the current appropriations respectively for the extension of the sewer and water-supply systems and shall be assessed against the abutting property and collected in like manner as assessments which are levied under the compulsory permit system; the sums so collected shall be credited to the respective appropriations for the extension of the sewer and water-supply systems for the fiscal year during which said collections are made.  (Mar. 14, 1894, 28 Stat. 44, ch. 40.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-611. 1973 Ed., § 7-610. Cross References Taxation and fiscal affairs, special assessments for public improvements, see § 47-1201 et seq. Water mains and service sewers, see §§ 34-2401.01 and 34-2405.01. 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 § 9-401.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.09. Paving or resurfacing roadway of streets, avenues, and roads

(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.  (July 21, 1914, 38 Stat. 524, ch. 191; July 29, 1914, 38 Stat. 565, ch. 215; Jan. 14, 1933, 47 Stat. 759, ch. 10, § 3.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-612. 1973 Ed., § 7-611. Section References This section is referenced in § 9-411.03. Cross References Taxation and fiscal affairs, special assessments for public improvements, see § 47-1201 et seq.
DC Code § 9-401.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.11. Width of pavement of streets

No street or avenue in the District of Columbia shall be paved less in width than the width provided by law except by express authority of Congress upon estimates to be submitted to Congress by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.  (Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1127, ch. 2510.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-618. 1973 Ed., § 7-613. 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 § 9-401.12 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.12. Minor changes in roadway width

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to change any roadway width by an amount not in excess of 1 foot whenever hereafter he considers the same necessary and advisable in connection with the resurfacing or other improvement of the street.  (May 18, 1910, 36 Stat. 387, ch. 248, § 1.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-619. 1973 Ed., § 7-613a. Cross References Highway plans, width restrictions, see § 9-103.01. 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 § 9-401.13 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.13. Use of bituminous macadam authorized

The use of bituminous macadam is authorized on streets, avenues, and roads to be improved or paved.  (June 26, 1912, 37 Stat. 150, ch. 182.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-622. 1973 Ed., § 7-617.
DC Code § 9-401.14 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 4 - Street Repair and Construction|Subchapter I - General|§ 9-401.14. Use of portable asphalt plant

The portable asphalt plant purchased under the appropriation for repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys for the fiscal year 1913, may be operated under the immediate direction of the Mayor of the District of Columbia in doing such work of resurfacing and repairs to asphalt pavements, in the repair of macadam streets by constructing on such macadam streets and asphalt macadam wearing surface and in the construction of asphaltic macadam surfaces on concrete base, as in his judgment may be economically performed by the use of said plant; provided, that at no time shall more work of resurfacing and repairs be done with the portable asphalt plant than can be accomplished with the single portable plant owned on March 4, 1913, by the District of Columbia.  (Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 948, ch. 150.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-623. 1973 Ed., § 7-618. 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.