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Division I - GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICTTitle 9 - TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSSubtitle I - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, STREETS, AND ALLEYSChapter 2 - STREET AND ALLEY CLOSING AND ACQUISITION PROCEDURESUnit A - STREET AND ALLEY CLOSINGSSubchapter IV - PUBLIC SPACE NAMES AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS
Part A - NAMING OF PUBLIC SPACE
Section 9-204.03a - Symbolic names

D.C. Code § 9-204.03a

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Section 9-204.03a - Symbolic names
(a) The Council may designate a symbolic name for any an alley or street, or portion thereof, or other public space.
(b) A symbolic name shall not include any of the following terms: "Avenue", "Street", "Road", "Drive", "Place", "Circle", "Alley", or "Court".
(c) A symbolic name of an alley or street, or portion thereof, shall conclude with the term "Way" or "Plaza".
(d) For the purposes of this section, the naming of an alley shall apply to the passageway within a square, unless the Council specifically provides otherwise in legislation.

D.C. Code § 9-204.03a

Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 403a; as added Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-236, § 2(b), 44 DCR 917; Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-161, § 2(d), 63 DCR 10912.

Section 3 of D.C. Law 13-106 provided: "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 provided: "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 provided: "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 § 9-204.03 a), the Council symbolically designates 21st Street, N.W., between Massachusetts Avenue and Q Street, N.W., as 'Kivie Kaplan Way."'

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