Title 10 — Parks, Public Buildings, Grounds, and Space.
23 chapters · 434 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 10-149 Potomac Park — Restriction on construction of lagoon, etc., or speedway
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No part of any money appropriated in any act shall be expended for or toward the construction of any lagoon, or other artificial body of water, or speedway, on any portion of said Park unless specifically authorized by Congress.
D.C. Code § 10-150 Potomac Park — Temporary occupancy by Department of Agriculture
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The Director of the National Park Service is authorized to grant permission to the Department of Agriculture for the temporary occupation of such area or areas of Potomac Park, not exceeding a total of 75 acres in extent, as may not be needed in any one season for the reclamation…
D.C. Code § 10-151 Potomac Park — Licenses for boathouses on banks of tidal reservoir
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Licenses may be granted for the erection of boathouses along the banks of the tidal reservoir on the Potomac River fronting Potomac Park, under regulations to be prescribed by the Director of the National Park Service, and all such licenses granted under this authority shall be r…
D.C. Code § 10-152 Parkway connecting Potomac Park with Zoological and Rock Creek Parks — Acquisition of land authorized; reimbursement of costs
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For the purpose of preventing the pollution and obstruction of Rock Creek and of connecting Potomac Park with the Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park, a commission, to be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Agriculture, is aut…
D.C. Code § 10-153 Parkway connecting Potomac Park with Zoological and Rock Creek Parks — Taking lines authorized to be extended
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The authority of the commission created by § 10-152 is extended to include the acquisition of such additional lands and premises lying adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the taking lines as shown on the map on file in the Office of the Executive and Disbursing Officer an…
D.C. Code § 10-154 Connecting parkway to be part of park system
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When the lands authorized to be purchased pursuant to §§ 10-141 and 10-152, for a connecting parkway between Potomac Park, the Zoological Park, and Rock Creek Park, shall have been acquired, said lands shall be a part of the park system of the District of Columbia subject to the …
D.C. Code § 10-155 Anacostia Park
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The entire area of the Anacostia River and Flats reclaimed and to be reclaimed from the mouth of the river to the District line is made and declared a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and designated Anacostia Park.
D.C. Code § 10-156 Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Acceptance of land authorized
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The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to accept the land lying along Foundry Branch between Massachusetts Avenue and Reservoir Street, dedicated by Charles C. Glover for park purposes, and containing approximately seventy-seven and one-half acres, as …
D.C. Code § 10-157 Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Part of park system
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The Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground and additions thereto, when acquired, shall become a part of the park system of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 10-158 Theodore Roosevelt Island — Maintenance, administration and development
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The island, known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, shall be maintained and administered by the Director of the National Park Service as a natural park for the recreation and enjoyment of the public; provided, that no general plan for the development of the island be adopted without …
D.C. Code § 10-159 Theodore Roosevelt Island — Means of access; appropriations
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The Director of the National Park Service is authorized to provide suitable means of access to and upon the said Theodore Roosevelt Island as appropriations are made available from time to time and subject to the approval of the National Capital Planning Commission; and the appro…
D.C. Code § 10-160 Theodore Roosevelt Island — Structures authorized; appropriations
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That the Secretary of the Interior shall erect on Theodore Roosevelt Island such monument or memorial to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt, and related structures, as may be approved by the living children of Theodore Roosevelt, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the Commission o…
D.C. Code § 10-161 Theodore Roosevelt Island — Designation
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In all public documents, records, and maps of the United States in which such island is designated or referred to it shall be designated as “Theodore Roosevelt Island.”
D.C. Code § 10-162 Public bathing beach authorized
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and permitted to construct a beach and dressing houses upon the east shore of the tidal reservoir against the Washington Monument Grounds, and to maintain the same for the purpose of free public bathing, under such regula…
D.C. Code § 10-163 Bathing pools and beaches — Construction authorized; appropriations
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The Director of the National Park Service is authorized and directed to locate and construct in the District of Columbia, subject to the approval of the National Capital Planning Commission, and after consultation with the Commission on the Arts and Humanities, as appropriations …
D.C. Code § 10-164 Bathing pools and beaches — Possession, control, and maintenance; fees
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The Director of the National Park Service may, in the interest of economy and good administration, with the consent of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, transfer for such period as he shall determine, to said Mayor the possession, control, and maintenance of any of said bath…
D.C. Code § 10-165 Bathing pools and beaches — Operation; disposition of moneys received
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The Director of the National Park Service in his discretion, is authorized to operate, through the Public Building Service of the General Services Administration, bathing pools under his jurisdiction, and thereupon there may be deposited in the treasury under the special fund to …
D.C. Code § 10-166 Transfers and jurisdiction
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(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), jurisdiction over all public space park areas, maintained by the Department of Public Works before July 1, 1989, shall be transferred to and become the responsibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation. For purposes of this section, the phras…
D.C. Code § 10-166.01 Park Policy and Programs Division
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(a) There is established the Park Policy and Programs Division (“Division”) within the Department of Parks and Recreation. The purpose of the Division is to improve the parks and park programs to broaden the use and enjoyment of the parks to enhance the quality-of-life of residen…
D.C. Code § 10-167 Crispus Attucks Park indemnification
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Not funded [Not funded].