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Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie
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A BILL 5
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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To amend, on an emergency basis, due to congressional review, the Retail Incentive Act of 2004 15
to designate certain neighborhoods as Retail Priority Areas, including neighborhoods 16
within the Mount Vernon Triangle , Eastern Market, Barracks Row, and Georgia Avenue 17
areas. 18
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 20
act may be cited as the “ Great Streets Program Expansion Neighborhood Retail Priority 21
Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025” . 22
Sec. 2. Section 4 of the Retail Incentive Act of 2004, effective September 8, 2004 (D.C. 23
Law 15-185; D.C. Official Code § 2- 1217.73), is amended as follows: 24
(a) Subsection (o) is amended as follows: 25
(1) Strike the phrase “beginning at the intersection of Euclid Street, N.W., and 26
Georgia Avenue, N.W.; continuing north along Georgia Avenue, N.W., to Kenyon Street, N.W.; 27
thence continuing west along Kenyon Street, N.W., to Sherman Avenue, N.W.; continuing north 28
along Sherman Avenue, N.W., to New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.;” and insert the phrase 29
“beginning at the intersection of Howard Place, N.W., and 4th Street, N.W., thence continuing 30
west along Howard Place, N.W., to Georgia Avenue, N.W., thence continuing south along 31
Georgia Avenue, N.W., to Barry Place, N.W., thence continuing west along Barry Place, N.W., 32 2
to Sherman Avenue, N.W., thence continuing north along Sherman Avenue, N.W., to New 33
Hampshire Avenue, N.W.,” in its place. 34
(2) Strike the phrase “until the point where 7th Street, N.W., becomes Warder 35
Street, N.W.; thence continuing further south along Warder Street, N.W., to Kenyon Avenue, 36
N.W.; thence continuing west along Kenyon Avenue, N.W., to Georgia Avenue, N.W.; and 37
thence south on Georgia Avenue, N.W., to the beginning point.” and insert the phrase “, thence 38
continuing south along 7th Street, N.W., to Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., thence continuing 39
east along Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., to Park Place, N.W., thence continuing south along 40
Park Place, N.W. until the point where Park Place, N.W. becomes Hobart Place, N.W., thence 41
continuing west on Hobart Place, N.W. until the point where Hobart Place, N.W. becomes 5th 42
Street, N.W., thence continuing south on 5th Street, N.W. to the point where 5th Street, N.W. 43
becomes 4th Street, N.W., continuing south on 4th Street, N.W. to Howard Place, N.W., and 44
thence west on Howard Place, N.W., to the beginning point.” in its place. 45
(b) Subsection (r) is amended by adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows: 46
“(4) The area bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the center lines of 47
2nd Street, S.E., and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.; continuing southeast along the center line of 48
Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., to K Street , S.E.; continuing north and circumferentially along the 49
center line of Barney Circle, S.E.;”. 50
(c) Subsection (s) is amended by striking the phrase “continuing southwest along the 51
center line of New York Avenue, N.W.” and inserting the phrase “continuing northeast along the 52
center line of New York Avenue, N.W., to the center line of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.; 53
continuing southeast along the center line of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., to the center line of 54
Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.; continuing northwest along the center line of Massachusetts 55 3
Avenue, N.W. to the center line of 7th Street N.W.; continuing north along the center line of 7th 56
Street N.W.,” in its place. 57
(d) New subsections (t) and (u) are added to read as follows: 58
“(t) There is established the Eastern Market Retail Priority Area, which shall consist of 59
the parcels, squares, and lots within or abutting the boundary of the following area: Beginning at 60
the intersection of North Carolina Avenue, S.E., and 6th Street, S.E.; continuing northeast along 61
the center line of North Carolina Avenue, S.E., to the center line of 8th Street, S.E.; continuing 62
south along the center line of 8th Street S.E., to the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.; 63
continuing northwest along the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., to the center line of 6th 64
Street, S.E., continuing north along the center line of 6th Street, S.E., to the beginning point . 65
“(u) There is established the Barracks Row Retail Priority Area, which shall consist of 66
the parcels, squares, and lots within or abutting the boundary of the following area: Beginning at 67
the intersection of D Street, S.E., 7th Street, S.E., and South Carolina Avenue, S.E.; continuing 68
east along the center line of D Street, S.E., to the center line of 8th Street, S.E.; continuing south 69
along the center line of 8th Street, S.E., to the center line of M Street, S.E.”. 70
Sec. 3. Applicability. 71
This act shall apply as of February 4, 2025. 72
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 73
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 74
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 75
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 76
Sec. 5. Effective date. 77 4
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 78
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 79
90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 80
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 81
89 D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.12(a)). 82