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2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter III - Fishing › Part A - Authorizing Fishing Licensure by Private Entities › § 8–2231.05. Administrative appeals

§ 8–2231.05. Administrative appeals.
A covered establishment aggrieved by an action of the Mayor taken pursuant to this part, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this part, may appeal the action to the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to § 2-1831.03(a).
(May 19, 2017, D.C. Law 21-282, § 305, 64 DCR 2055.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter III - Fishing › Part A - Authorizing Fishing Licensure by Private Entities › § 8–2231.06. Rules; enforcement

§ 8–2231.06. Rules; enforcement.
(a) The Mayor, pursuant Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this part.
(b) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia may commence appropriate civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or any other court of competent jurisdiction for damages, reasonable attorney and expert witness fees, and injunctive or other appropriate relief to enforce compliance with this part or regulations promulgated pursuant to this part.
(May 19, 2017, D.C. Law 21-282, § 306, 64 DCR 2055.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter III - Fishing › Part B - Establishing and Clarifying Fishing Authorities › § 8–2231.11. Allowable fishing gear types

§ 8–2231.11. Allowable fishing gear types.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Mayor may authorize and license the possession, transport, and use of bows, arrows, spears, and other implements for the capture or killing of any fish.
(b) No person shall possess, transport, or use an implement authorized under this section, unless a license issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is in the licensee's physical possession when the licensee is possessing, transporting, or using the implement.
(c) The Mayor may impose civil infraction penalties, fines, and fees for a violation of this section or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section, pursuant to the procedures of Chapter 18 of Title 2.
(d) The Department of Energy and Environment may enter into an agreement with any federal or District agency to work cooperatively on enforcement of this section or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this section.
(e) The Mayor, pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this part.
(May 19, 2017, D.C. Law 21-282, § 311, 64 DCR 2055.)
Construction of Law
Section 601 of D.C. Law 21-282 provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to affect an action or proceeding commenced before May 19, 2017.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter III - Fishing › Part B - Establishing and Clarifying Fishing Authorities › § 8–2231.12. Fish consumption advisory

§ 8–2231.12. Fish consumption advisory.
The Mayor may publish, based on scientific analysis of the composition of fish tissue and other scientific indicators, an advisory recommending the safest means of consuming fish captured in the District's waterways and any recommended consumption limits.
(May 19, 2017, D.C. Law 21-282, § 312, 64 DCR 2055.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter IV - Migratory Local Wildlife Protection. [Not Funded] › § 8–2241.01. Definitions. [Not Funded]

§ 8–2241.01. Definitions. [Not Funded]
Not Funded.
(Mar. 22, 2023, D.C. Law 24-337, § 2, 70 DCR 1569.)
Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-337: § 6 of D.C. Law 24-337 provided that the creation of this section by § 2 of D.C. Law 24-337 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter IV - Migratory Local Wildlife Protection. [Not Funded] › § 8–2241.02. Bird friendly construction. [Not Funded]

§ 8–2241.02. Bird friendly construction. [Not Funded]
Not Funded.
(Mar. 22, 2023, D.C. Law 24-337, § 3, 70 DCR 1569.)
Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-337: § 6 of D.C. Law 24-337 provided that the creation of this section by § 3 of D.C. Law 24-337 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection › Chapter 22 - Wildlife Protection › Subchapter IV - Migratory Local Wildlife Protection. [Not Funded] › § 8–2241.03. Rules. [Not Funded]

§ 8–2241.03. Rules. [Not Funded]
Not Funded.
(Mar. 22, 2023, D.C. Law 24-337, § 5, 70 DCR 1569.)
Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 24-337: § 6 of D.C. Law 24-337 provided that the creation of this section by § 5 of D.C. Law 24-337 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.01. Control and repair of streets

§ 9–101.01. Control and repair of streets.
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.
(R.S., D.C., § 77; June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 116, ch. 337, § 2; June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 103, ch. 180, § 2.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-101.
1973 Ed., § 7-101.
Cross References
Regulations necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet, see § 1-303.03.
Removal of snow and ice, see § 9-601 et seq.
Street cleaning and sewer maintenance, see § 1-305.01.
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 402(150) 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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.02. Jurisdiction over public roads and bridges

§ 9–101.02. Jurisdiction over public roads and bridges.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have the care and charge of, and the exclusive jurisdiction over, all the public roads and bridges, except such as belong to and are under the care of the United States, and except such as may be otherwise specially provided for by Congress.
(R.S., D.C., § 247; June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 116, ch. 337, § 2; June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 103, ch. 180, § 2.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-102.
1973 Ed., § 7-102.
Cross References
Barbed-wire fences, see § 9-1213.01 et seq.
Bridges, see § 9-301 et seq.
“Business streets,” designation and regulation, see § 9-1201.05.
Construction of public buildings, municipal center site acquisition, condemnation of public streets and alleys, see § 10-601.
Criminal trespass, obstruction of public roads and highways, see §§ 22-3320 and 22-3321.
Electrical wiring and conduit systems, see §§ 9-1207.03, 34-1401 et seq., and 34-2501 et seq.
Jurisdiction over public roads, miscellaneous provisions, see § 9-1201.01 et seq.
MacArthur Boulevard, transfer of jurisdiction to the Council of the District of Columbia, see § 9-1201.01.
Naming of public spaces, see § 9-204.01 et seq.
National Park Service, public streets, duties, see §§ 9-1201.04 and 9-1201.07, and 9-1201.08.
Public parks and playgrounds, see § 10-101 et seq.
Rights-of-way through cemeteries, see § 1-1315.
Roadway widening and sidewalk establishment, lands under jurisdiction of the National Park Service, authorization, see § 10-123.
Secretary of the Interior, prevention of improper appropriation or occupation of public streets, see § 9-1201.09.
Street lighting, regulation of gas mains, see § 9-506.
Street parking, see § 10-106.
Traffic regulations, see § 50-2201.01 et seq.
United States Navy Yard, railroad connection, see §§ 9-1203.02 to 9-1203.05.
Water mains and service sewers, see §§ 34-2401.01 and 34-240
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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.03. Certain public roads declared public highways

§ 9–101.03. Certain public roads declared public highways.
All public roads within said District, outside the limits of Washington and Georgetown, which were duly laid out or declared and recorded as such on June 22, 1874, are public highways.
(R.S., D.C., § 246.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-104.
1973 Ed., § 7-104.
Cross References
City of Georgetown, abolition, see § 1-107.
Public ways, streets and alleys on recorded plats, see § 1-1314.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.04. Abandonment or readjustment of streets to provide ground for educational, religious, or similar institutions. [Repealed]

§ 9–101.04. Abandonment or readjustment of streets to provide ground for educational, religious, or similar institutions. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 712, 30 DCR 148.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-113.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.12. New highway plans authorized

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter I - General › § 9–101.16. Highway construction program authorized

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 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

§ 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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan › § 9–103.01. Width of highways

§ 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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan › § 9–103.03. Adoption of subdivision by reference

§ 9–103.03. Adoption of subdivision by reference.
When any such map shall have been recorded as aforesaid in the Office of the Surveyor of the District it shall be lawful for the owner of any land included within such map to adopt the subdivision thereby made by a reference thereto and to this section in any deed or will which he shall thereafter make, and when any deed or will containing any such reference shall have been made and recorded in the proper office it shall have the same effect as though the grantor or grantors in such deed or the maker of such will had made such subdivision and recorded the same in compliance with law.
(Mar. 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 533, ch. 197, § 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-109.
1973 Ed., § 7-110.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan › § 9–103.04. Entry upon property for survey authorized

§ 9–103.04. Entry upon property for survey authorized.
For the purpose of making surveys for such plans and maps the Mayor of the District of Columbia and his agents and employees necessarily engaged in making such surveys are authorized to enter upon any lands through or on which any projected highway or reservation may run or lie.
(Mar. 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 534, ch. 197, § 4.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-110.
1973 Ed., § 7-111.
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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan › § 9–103.05. Council authorized to name streets. [Repealed]

§ 9–103.05. Council authorized to name streets. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 711, 30 DCR 148.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-111.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter II - Permanent Highway Plan › § 9–103.06. Inapplicability of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 to Interstate System

§ 9–103.06. Inapplicability of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05 to Interstate System.
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.
(Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 268, Pub. L. 93-87, title I, § 135.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-112.
1973 Ed., § 7-112a.
References in Text
“ Section 9-103.05”, referred to in the heading and text, was repealed by § 711 of D.C. Law 4-201, effective March 10, 1983.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter III - Relocation of Michigan Avenue › § 9–105.01. Relocation of Michigan Avenue authorized

§ 9–105.01. Relocation of Michigan Avenue authorized.
In order to relocate the line of Michigan Avenue from Franklin Street as laid down on the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia to Lincoln Road, bordering the southeast corner of the grounds of the United States Soldiers’ Home, and to straighten and shorten the route of said Avenue, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to close, vacate, and abandon the portion of Michigan Avenue known and designated as Parcel E on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429, containing 54,380 square feet, said part so closed, vacated, and abandoned to be transferred by said Mayor of the District of Columbia to the United States as part of the grounds of the United States Military Asylum, known as the United States Soldiers’ Home.
(Mar. 4, 1929, 45 Stat. 1543, ch. 682, § 1.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-127.
1973 Ed., § 7-127.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 9-101.15 and § 9-105.04.
Editor's Notes
Extension and widening of Michigan Avenue: See the Act of April 22, 1932, 47 Stat. 135, ch. 133, §§ 1 to 5.
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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter III - Relocation of Michigan Avenue › § 9–105.02. Use of part of Soldiers’ Home for street purposes

§ 9–105.02. Use of part of Soldiers’ Home for street purposes.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to use for street purposes all that part of the United States Soldiers’ Home grounds designated as Parcel A, containing 57,613 square feet, and Parcel B containing 11,870 square feet, as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as Map 1429; and the proper authorities having title, control, or jurisdiction are authorized to make the necessary transfer of said parcels of land to the District of Columbia for street purposes.
(Mar. 4, 1929, 45 Stat. 1543, ch. 682, § 2.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-128.
1973 Ed., § 7-128.
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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter III - Relocation of Michigan Avenue › § 9–105.04. Plats showing relocation of Michigan Avenue

§ 9–105.04. Plats showing relocation of Michigan Avenue.
The Surveyor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prepare the necessary plat or plats showing all parcels of land to be transferred in accordance with the provisions of §§ 9-101.15 and 9-105.01 to 9-105.04, with a certificate affixed thereon to be signed by the parties in interest making the necessary transfers; which plat and certificate, after being signed by the various interested parties and approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, shall be recorded upon order of said Mayor in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia; and said plat or plats, when duly recorded in said Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, shall constitute a legal transfer of title of the various parcels to the parties in interest according to the provisions contained in §§ 9-101.15 and 9-105.01 to 9-105.04.
(Mar. 4, 1929, 45 Stat. 1544, ch. 682, § 4.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-130.
1973 Ed., § 7-130.
Cross References
Recordkeeping, maps, charts, and surveys of streets and highways, see § 1-1306.
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.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 9 - Transportation Systems › Chapter 1 - Highway Plans › Subchapter IV - Federal-Aid Highway Projects › Part A - General › § 9–107.03. Contract authority

§ 9–107.03. Contract authority.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to enter into contracts in connection with projects undertaken as federal-aid highway projects under the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 in such amounts as shall be approved by the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation.
(Oct. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 507, Pub. L. 93-140, § 15.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-136.
1973 Ed., § 7-135b.
References in Text
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944, referred to near the middle of this section, was repealed by § 2(28) of the Act of August 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 919, Pub. L. 85-767.
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.