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                                             AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To order, on an emergency basis due to congressional review, the closing of a 10-foot-wide

       unimproved public alley in Square 3701 abutting Lots 85 and 88 in Ward 5.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the “Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220, Congressional

Review Emergency Act of 2024”.

        Sec. 2. (a) Pursuant to section 404 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved

December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 787; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.04), and consistent with the Street

and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law

4-201; D.C. Official Code § 9-201.01 et seq.), the Council finds that a portion of the public alley

system in Square 3701, as shown on the Surveyor’s plat filed under S.O. 23-06220, is

unnecessary for alley purposes and orders it closed with title to the land to vest as shown on the

Surveyor’s plat.

        (b) The ordering of this alley closing is contingent upon the property owner receiving the

requisite public space approvals for parking and loading access prior to the recordation of the

plat by the Surveyor.

       Sec. 3. Applicability date.

       This act shall apply as of October 24, 2024.

       Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.

       The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report for the Closing of

a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220, Act of 2024, enacted on October 28, 2024 (D.C.

Act 25-607; 71 DCR ____), as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General

Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official

Code § 1-301.47a).

      Sec. 5. Effective date.

      This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of a veto by

the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer

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than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in

section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87

Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).

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              Chairman

              Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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