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District Of Columbia Council Bill B25-1011

District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1313 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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1818 To amend, on a temporary basis, the Retail Incentive Act of 2004 to designate certain 15
1919 neighborhoods as Retail Priority Areas, including neighborhoods within the Mount 16
2020 Vernon Triangle, Eastern Market, Barracks Row, and Georgia Avenue areas. 17
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2222 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 19
2323 act may be cited as the “ Great Streets Program Expansion Neighborhood Retail Priority 20
2424 Temporary Amendment Act of 2024” . 21
2525 Sec. 2. Section 4 of the Retail Incentive Act of 2004, effective September 8, 2004 (D.C. 22
2626 Law 15-185; D.C. Official Code § 2 -1217.73), is amended as follows: 23
2727 (a) Subsection (o) is amended as follows: 24
2828 (1) Strike the phrase “beginning at the intersection of Euclid Street, N.W., and 25
2929 Georgia Avenue, N.W.; continuing north along Georgia Avenue, N.W., to Kenyon Street, N.W.; 26
3030 thence continuing west along Kenyon Street, N.W., to Sherman Avenue, N.W.; continuing north 27
3131 along Sherman Avenue, N.W., to New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.;” and insert the phrase 28
3232 “beginning at the intersection of Howard Place, N.W., and 4th Street, N.W., thence continuing 29
3333 west along Howard Place, N.W., to Georgia Avenue, N.W., thence continuing south along 30
3434 Georgia Avenue, N.W., to Barry Place, N.W., thence continuing west along Barry Place, N.W., 31 2
3535 to Sherman Avenue, N.W., thence continuing north along Sherman Avenue, N.W., to New 32
3636 Hampshire Avenue, N.W.,” in its place. 33
3737 (2) Strike the phrase “until the point where 7th Street, N.W., becomes Warder 34
3838 Street, N.W.; thence continuing further south along Warder Street, N.W., to Kenyon Avenue, 35
3939 N.W.; thence continuing west along Kenyon Avenue, N.W., to Georgia Avenue, N.W.; and 36
4040 thence south on Georgia Avenue, N.W., to the beginning point.” and insert the phrase “, thence 37
4141 continuing south along 7th Street, N.W., to Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., thence continuing 38
4242 east along Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., to Park Place, N.W., thence continuing south along 39
4343 Park Place, N.W. until the point where Park Place, N.W. becomes Hobart Place, N.W., thence 40
4444 continuing west on Hobart Place, N.W. until the point where Hobart Place, N.W. becomes 5th 41
4545 Street, N.W., thence continuing south on 5th Street, N.W. to the point where 5th Street, N.W. 42
4646 becomes 4th Street, N.W., continuing south on 4th Street, N.W. to Howard Place, N.W., and 43
4747 thence west on Howard Place, N.W., to the beginning point.” in its place. 44
4848 (b) Subsection (r) is amended by adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows: 45
4949 “(4) The area bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the center lines of 46
5050 2nd Street, S.E., and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.; continuing southeast along the center line of 47
5151 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., to K Street , S.E.; continuing north and circumferentially along the 48
5252 center line of Barney Circle, S.E.;”. 49
5353 (c) Subsection (s) is amended by striking the phrase “continuing southwest along the 50
5454 center line of New York Avenue, N.W.” and inserting the phrase “continuing northeast along the 51
5555 center line of New York Avenue, N.W., to the center line of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.; 52
5656 continuing southeast along the center line of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., to the center line of 53
5757 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.; continuing northwest along the center line of Massachusetts 54 3
5858 Avenue, N.W. to the center line of 7th Street N.W.; continuing north along the center line of 7th 55
5959 Street N.W.,” in its place. 56
6060 (d) New subsections (t) and (u) are added to read as follows: 57
6161 “(t) There is established the Eastern Market Retail Priority Area, which shall consist of 58
6262 the parcels, squares, and lots within or abutting the boundary of the following area: Beginning at 59
6363 the intersection of North Carolina Avenue, S.E., and 6th Street, S.E.; continuing northeast along 60
6464 the center line of North Carolina Avenue, S.E., to the center line of 8th Street, S.E.; continuing 61
6565 south along the center line of 8th Street S.E., to the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.; 62
6666 continuing northwest along the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., to the center line of 6th 63
6767 Street, S.E., continuing north along the center line of 6th Street, S.E., to the beginning point . 64
6868 “(u) There is established the Barracks Row Retail Priority Area, which shall consist of 65
6969 the parcels, squares, and lots within or abutting the boundary of the following area: Beginning at 66
7070 the intersection of D Street, S.E., 7th Street, S.E., and South Carolina Avenue, S.E.; continuing 67
7171 east along the center line of D Street, S.E., to the center line of 8th Street, S.E.; continuing south 68
7272 along the center line of 8th Street, S.E., to the center line of M Street, S.E.”. 69
7373 Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 70
7474 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 71
7575 statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 72
7676 October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 73
7777 Sec. 4. Effective date. 74
7878 (a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by 75
7979 the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional 76 4
8080 review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 77
8181 December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)). 78
8282 (b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 79