Title 10 — Parks, Public Buildings, Grounds, and Space.

The authority of the National Capital Planning Commission, established by the Act approved April 30, 1926, is hereby enlarged as follows; said Commission is hereby authorized to acquire, for and in behalf of the United States of America, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation…

For the purpose of establishing and making clear the title of the United States in and to any part or parcel of land or water in, under, and adjacent to the Potomac River, the Anacostia River, or Eastern Branch, and Rock Creek, including the shores and submerged or partly submerg…

The Administrator of General Services is authorized, subject to the approval of the National Capital Planning Commission, to lease, for a term not exceeding 5 years, and to renew such lease, subject to such approval, for an additional term not exceeding 5 years, pending need for …

(a) The park system of the District of Columbia is placed under the exclusive charge and control of the Director of the National Park Service, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the United States. (b) The said park system shall be held to comprise; (1…

The Director of the National Park Service is authorized and empowered to make and enforce all regulations for the control of vehicles and traffic, and limiting the speed thereof on roads, highways, and bridges within the public grounds in the District of Columbia, under his contr…

The jurisdiction and control of the street parking in the streets and avenues of the District of Columbia is transferred to and vested in the Council of the District of Columbia.

Public parks acquired by the condemnation of small park areas at the intersections of streets outside the limits of the original City of Washington, shown on the map on file showing areas surrounded by streets, in the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, shall become …

Meridian Hill Park is a part of the park system of the District of Columbia, under the control of the Director of the National Park Service.

Montrose Park is a part of the park system of the District of Columbia, under the control of the Director of the National Park Service.

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to close upper Water Street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets, Northwest, lying north of Potomac Park and south of square 62; provided, that the consent in writing of the owners of three-fourths of all private prop…

Federal and District authorities administering properties within the District of Columbia owned by the United States or by the said District are authorized to transfer jurisdiction over parts or all of such properties among or between themselves for purposes of administration and…

Nothing in § 10-111 shall be construed to repeal the provisions of any existing law or laws authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction of certain lands between and among federal and District authorities, but all such laws shall remain in full force and effect.

In order to readjust the boundaries of Whitehaven Parkway at Huidekoper Place and preserve the trees and other natural park values, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to close, vacate, and abandon for highway and alley purposes the area contained in parcel design…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to use for street and alley purposes the area comprised within the parcels designated “B,” as shown on map filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and numbered as map 1817; and the Director of the Nationa…

Upon the dedication by the lawful owner or owners of the land contained in the parcel designated “C” and the transfer by plat as provided herein and/or the conveyance by deed of the land contained in the parcel designated “D,” in accordance with map showing said parcels filed in …

The Surveyor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prepare the necessary plat or plats showing the parcels of land to be transferred and dedicated in accordance with the provisions of §§ 10-113 to 10-116, with certificates affixed thereon to be signed by the parties…

In order to extend Beach Parkway northward to Western Avenue as provided for by the plans of the National Capital Planning Commission for the park system of the District of Columbia and to preserve the flow of water in Rock Creek Park and to extend West Beach Drive to connect Bea…

The dedication and transfers provided for in § 10-117 hereof are designated approximately upon plat file numbered 3.9-97 in the files of the National Capital Planning Commission. The dedication and conveyances shall be by proper deed and other instruments containing full legal de…

Nothing in §§ 10-117 to 10-119 shall be construed as curtailing the power of the Secretary of the Interior to sell the remainder of parcel 4 as provided for in Public Law No. 299, 72nd Congress, and should the exchange and dedication as provided for in § 10-117 fail to become eff…

Squares 612 and 613, so called, shall become a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and be under the control of the Director of the National Park Service.

The public parks on the sites of Fort Davis and Fort Dupont shall become a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and be under the control of the Director of the National Park Service.

Control and jurisdiction over reservation 185 is vested in the Mayor of the District of Columbia, said reservation to be used by said District as a property yard; provided, that when in the judgment of the Director of the National Park Service the use of said reservation for park…

When, in the judgment of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the public necessity or convenience requires them to enter upon any of the spaces or reservations under the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service for the purpose of widening the roadway of any str…

The Director of the National Park Service may authorize the temporary use of the Monument Grounds or ground south of the Executive Mansion or other reservations in the District of Columbia for playgrounds for children and adults, under regulations to be prescribed by him.

The Director of the National Park Service is authorized to grant licenses, revocable by him, without compensation, to erect temporary structures upon reservations used as children’s playgrounds, under such regulations as he may impose.

The Chief of Engineers is authorized to transfer for playground purposes the possession, use, and control of all that portion of the land of the Washington Aqueduct adjacent to the Champlain Avenue pumping station and lying outside of the fence around said pumping station existin…

Authority is granted the Mayor of the District of Columbia to make rules and regulations governing the conduct of the municipal playgrounds and recreation centers coming under his control.

On and after August 24, 1912, there shall not be erected on any reservation, park, or public grounds, of the United States within the District of Columbia, any building or structure without express authority of Congress.

When in accordance with law or mutual legal agreement, spaces or portions of public land are transferred from the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service, as established by §§ 6-404, 10-104, 10-106, 10-123, 10-129 and 10-137, to that of the Mayor of the District…

The jurisdiction and control of public reservation numbered 32, bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Fourteenth Street, E Street, and Thirteen-and-a-half Street Northwest, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, is hereby transferred from the Chief of Engineers of the United …

The action of the Mayor of the District of Columbia in locating a pound and stable for the Department of Human Services on reservation numbered 290, located along James Creek Canal at the intersection of South Capitol and I Streets Southeast, under the authorization contained in …

The jurisdiction and control of such portion of public reservation numbered 8 as may be required for the location and operation of a public convenience station and approaches thereto is hereby transferred from the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army to the Mayor of the D…

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered to construct and establish, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, 2 public convenience stations, each of the same to afford accommodations for 20 males and 10 females. (b) The said public convenience…

Upon the construction and establishment of the public convenience stations referred to in § 10-133 the Council of the District of Columbia is further authorized and empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the management of the same, as well as to fix the charge,…

All of that portion of reservation 13 lying 600 feet east of the east curb line of Nineteenth Street east and south of the south line of B Street south is transferred to the control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia for the purpose of the burial of the indigent dead of the…

The site of the former Georgetown Reservoir (Wisconsin Avenue, between R Street and Brown Place, Northwest) is transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

The Director of the National Park Service and the said Mayor of the District of Columbia are authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the government and proper care of all the public grounds placed by §§ 6-404, 10-104, 10-106, 10-123, 10-129 and 10-137, under thei…

(a) The Council finds that, in order to protect the public health and safety, environmental and scenic values, natural or cultural resources, equitable allocations and use of District park facilities, and to alleviate conflict among park visitors, it is necessary to implement man…

The Department of Recreation and Parks, established by Organization Order No. 10, approved June 27, 1968, shall be renamed the Department of Parks and Recreation.

The application of the rules and regulations prescribed prior to March 4, 1909, or that may be thereafter prescribed by the Director of the National Park Service, under the authority granted by §§ 6-404, 10-104, 10-106, 10-123, 10-129 and 10-137, for the government and proper car…

All public spaces resulting from the filling of canals in the original City of Washington, except such portions as are included in the navy yard or in actual use as roadways and sidewalks, and except the portions assigned by law to the District of Columbia for use as a property y…

The tract of land lying on both sides of Rock Creek, beginning at Klingle Ford Bridge, and running northwardly, following the course of said creek, acquired under the Act of September 27, 1890, Chapter 1001, shall be perpetually dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasur…

The total area of lands finally to be acquired for said parkway shall not exceed the area and parcels described and delineated on map numbered 2, contained in House Document Numbered 1114 of the 64th Congress, First Session.

The public park authorized and established by § 10-140 shall be a part of the park system of the District of Columbia, defined by § 10-104 and shall be under the control of the Director of the National Park Service, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to lay out and p…

The Director of the National Park Service is authorized to rent or lease, for periods not exceeding 1 year at any one time, the buildings and arable ground in Rock Creek Park, for such rental as shall seem proper to the Director, and deposit the proceeds of such rents or leases w…

The Director of the National Park Service is authorized to accept dedications of land for the purpose of adding to Rock Creek Park, without expense to the United States or the District of Columbia, and such land, when accepted, shall become a part of said park and be under the ju…

In order to protect Rock Creek and its tributaries, none of the moneys appropriated on or before June 7, 1924, for the opening, widening, or extending of any street, avenue, or highway in the District of Columbia shall be expended for the opening, widening, or extension of any st…

The Piney Branch Parkway is made a part of the park system of the District of Columbia defined by § 10-104.

The entire reclaimed area formerly known as the Potomac Flats, together with the tidal reservoirs, are made and declared a public park, under the name of the Potomac Park, and to be forever held and used as a park for the recreation and pleasure of the people.

The Potomac Park is made a part of the park system of the District of Columbia under the exclusive charge and control of the Director of the National Park Service and subject to the provisions of § 10-137.