District Of Columbia § 9-204.03a - Symbolic names.
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§ 9-204.03a. Symbolic names.
9-204.03aThe 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”.
Annotations
Section 2 of 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. Official Code ), the Council symbolically designates 21st Street, N.W., between Massachusetts Avenue and Q Street, N.W., as ‘Kivie Kaplan Way.”’
Section 3 of 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. 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 3 of provided: “Pursuant to section 403a the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective April 9, 1997 (; D.C. Code ) (‘Act’), and notwithstanding the requirement set forth in section 405 of the Act ( D.C. Code ), 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.”
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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