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 symbolic designation shall not duplicate any name which includes the following words within its name: “Avenue”, “Street”, “Road”, “Drive”, “Place”, “Circle”, or “Alley”.
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(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 403a, as added Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-236, § 2(b), 44 DCR 917.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-453.1.
Temporary Amendments of Section
For temporary (225 day) designation of street, see § 2 of Kivie Kaplan Way Designation Temporary Act of 2003 (D.C. Law 15-13, June 21, 2003, law notification 50 DCR 5457).
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Kivie Kaplan Way Designation Emergency Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-54, April 4, 2003, 50 DCR 2967).
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-236, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 9-204.03.
Miscellaneous Notes
Section 3 of D.C. Law 13-106 provides:
“Pursuant to section 403a the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Code § 7-453.1) (‘Act’), and notwithstanding the requirement set forth in section 405 of the Act (D.C. Code § 7-455), that no public space shall be named in honor of any person who has been deceased less than 2 years, the alley running east to west between the 100 block of 10th Street, N.E., and the 100 block of 11th Street, N.E., shall be designated as ‘Al Arrighi Way’, in honor of Mr. Al Arrighi's contributions to the quality of life of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in the District of Columbia.”
Section 3 of D.C. Law 14-46 provides:
“Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 403a of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Official Code 9-204.03a), the Council of the District of Columbia symbolically designates the northwest corner of Barry Place, N.W., at Georgia Avenue N.W., as ‘Ed Murphy Way, N.W.,’ by placing a street sign on the northwest corner of Barry Place, N.W., at Georgia Avenue, N.W., which reads ‘Ed Murphy Way, N.W.’.”
Section 2 of D.C. Law 15-70 provides:
“Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 403a of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Official Code § 9-204.03a), the Council symbolically designates 21st Street, N.W., between Massachusetts Avenue and Q Street, N.W., as ‘Kivie Kaplan Way.”'