Title 9 — Transportation Systems.

(a) For purposes of this chapter the term: (1) “Alley” means any public alley, as recorded in the records of the Office of the Surveyor, from its intersection with a street or another alley to its next intersection with a street or alley, or where it dead-ends. (2) “Council” mean…

The Mayor may close all or part of any street or alley which is determined by the Council to be unnecessary for street or alley purposes, upon approval of a proposed resolution submitted by the Mayor to the Council for its review.

Prior to consideration by a committee of the Council of an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the Mayor shall: (1) Provide the Council with a Surveyor’s plat showing: (A) The street or alley, or part thereof, to be closed; (B) The lots abutting the street or a…

Section 9-202.02(3) shall not apply to any application to close all or part of an alley in the circumstances enumerated in § 9-202.05(2), (4)(A), (5), or (6).

Except as provided in § 9-202.05, the Council shall hold a public hearing on all applications to close all or part of a street or alley.

Section 9-202.04 shall not apply to any application to close: (1) All or part of any alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the owners of all the property in the square; (2) All or part of any alley where the width of the alley is 10 feet or less, and …

(a) At least 15 days and no more than 60 days prior to the date of any public hearing to consider an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the applicant shall: (1) Give written notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing to all of the owners of a…

(a) At least 15 days prior to a public hearing to consider an application to close all or part of a street or alley, the Council shall publish notice of the public hearing in the D.C. Register and shall give written notice of the public hearing to the advisory neighborhood commis…

Where title to the street or alley, of which all or part is to be closed, can reasonably be determined to be held by the United States or the District, the Council may dispose of the property to the best advantage of the District and may assess the fair market value of the land a…

(a) The Council may make the approval of a closing of all or part of a street or alley contingent upon any or all of the following: (1) The dedication of any other land for street or alley purposes; (2) The granting to the District of specific easements for public purposes; or (3…

Except in the circumstances enumerated in § 9-202.05(1) through (6), following enactment of legislation ordering the closing of all or part of a street or alley, the Mayor shall give written notice to the owners of the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street to be cl…

When an objection is filed with the Mayor as provided for in § 9-202.10, the Mayor shall institute a proceeding in rem in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the closing of the street or alley, or part thereof, and for the ascertainment of damages and the assessmen…

Following the effective date of an act ordering the closing of a street or alley, and following the finding by the Surveyor of compliance with any conditions required in the street or alley closing act pursuant to § 9-202.09 and following the payment of any damages awarded pursua…

Upon the recordation of the plat, the Surveyor shall send a copy of the act and the plat to the applicant and to the Director of the Department of Finance and Revenue.

The Mayor shall establish a fee schedule to recover the costs associated with the consideration of an application to close all or part of a street or alley.

Within 6 months of April 29, 1998, the Mayor shall issue procedures to require that all administrative reviews by affected agencies and by the public utilities of all applications to close all or part of a street or public alley, including agency and utility procedures both prior…

The Mayor may open, extend, widen, or straighten: (1) Any street to conform with the highway plan; or (2) Any minor street or alley, upon the petition of the owners of more than 1/2 of the property fronting on the proposed street or alley, or when the Mayor finds that the public …

Any land used for the purpose of opening, extending, widening, or straightening any street, minor street, or alley pursuant to § 9-203.01 may be acquired by: (1) Purchase; (2) Condemnation pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 16; or (3) Acceptance by the Council of a dedication of lan…

(a) Where the highway plan shows: (1) a street as 90 feet wide, the Council may accept a dedication of land no less than 60 feet wide; (2) a street as 120 feet or more wide, the Council may accept a dedication of land no less than 90 feet wide; provided, that in both clauses (1) …

Except as provided in § 9-203.03(b) and (c), and any regulations issued pursuant to § 9-203.03(b) or (c), in any 1 block length, a minor street shall be 75 feet wide, though land may be acquired at a width of 55 feet with building restriction lines set 10 feet back on both sides …

Any area between the property line and the building restriction line shall be considered as private property set aside and treated as public space under the care and maintenance of the property owner. The use of this area shall be controlled by the District of Columbia police reg…

(a) Prior to the improvement or issuance of a permit to improve a street that has been acquired for street purposes by the District but has neither been improved nor used as a public right-of-way for vehicles within 10 years of its acquisition, the Mayor shall submit a proposed s…

(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: (…

(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 …

(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, …

(a) Any proposed designation or change of the name of any public space or commemorative work on public space in the District of Columbia shall require approval by the Mayor and the Council as follows: (1) The Mayor may submit a resolution to the Council proposing a designation, c…

In naming any street or circle the following system shall be adhered to: (1) The broad diagonal highways shall be designated as avenues, and shall be named after states and territories of the United States. (2) Streets running north and south shall be designated with numbers cons…

The Council shall not name any alley in the District of Columbia except when the alley provides the only access to a residential or commercial property, and except when the Council designates a symbolic name for the alley pursuant to § 9-204.03a.

The Council may designate a symbolic name for any public space, which shall be in addition to and subordinate to any name that is the mailing address for the public space, and which shall conform with the requirements of this chapter pertaining to the naming of public spaces. A s…

No public space in the District of Columbia shall be given the same name as that given another public space in the District.

Except as provided in § 9-204.10, no public space in the District shall be named in honor of any living person, or in honor of any person who has been deceased less than 2 years, unless the deceased person was a President or Vice President of the United States, a United States Se…

The Council shall use the person’s given name as well as the person’s surname in naming a public space in the District of Columbia in honor of a person. If the full name exceeds 21 characters a meaningful part of the name may be used on the street signs.

(a) The initiator of a proposal to name or rename a public space shall: (1) Submit a petition to the Council in support of the proposal which is signed by a majority of owners of property abutting the public space to be named or renamed, prior to Council adoption of a bill to des…

The person or persons who initiate a proposal to name or rename a street or alley in the District of Columbia shall submit in writing a copy of the proposal to each owner of property abutting the affected street or alley.

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the Board of Education, the Board of Library Trustees, or the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia from naming or renaming the public buildings or spaces under their respective jurisdictions.

(a) Notwithstanding § 9-204.01, the Mayor may name in honor of a person a Department of Parks and Recreation athletic field that is adopted or sponsored pursuant to § 10-304; provided, that: (1) The naming is detailed in an agreement between the Mayor and the entity adopting or s…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1)(A) “Commemorative work” means any statue, monument, sculpture, streetscape or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, or other structure, which is located on public space and which is designed to perpetuate i…

(a) There is established a District of Columbia Commemorative Works Committee (“Committee”) to advise and recommend to the Mayor and the Council a disposition of each application to place a commemorative work on public space in the District of Columbia. (b) The Committee shall be…

(a) The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and the Council to: (1) Develop criteria to be used to review, evaluate, approve, or deny applications for placement of commemorative works on public space in the District; (2) Review each application for placement …

Any sponsor may propose the placement of a commemorative work on public space in the District. Any proposal for a commemorative work on public space in the District shall be accompanied by a completed application to the Committee by a sponsor. The Mayor shall develop a procedure …

(a) Commemorative works on public space that are proposed for commemoration of local individuals, groups, events, or other significant elements of District of Columbia culture or history generally should be given priority over other commemorative works. (b) Subjects to be memoria…

Following approval of a commemorative work by the Mayor and the Council pursuant to § 9-204.01, the Mayor shall provide an easement to the sponsor of the commemorative work for the use of District public space for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the approved commemora…

Prior to issuing a permit for the construction of a commemorative work on public space in the District, the Mayor shall determine that: (1) The sponsor, site, subject matter, and design of the proposed commemorative work have been approved by the Mayor and Council pursuant to § 9…

(a) In addition to the criteria set forth in § 9-204.17, no construction permit shall be issued unless the sponsor authorized to construct the commemorative work has donated either an amount that is equal to 10% of the total estimated cost of the construction or another amount de…

Approval of a commemorative work pursuant to § 9-204.01, and any easement granted pursuant to the approval, shall expire at the end of a 7-year period beginning on the effective date of the approval unless: (1) The Mayor issues a construction permit for the commemorative work dur…

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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.

The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.

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