District Of Columbia § 9-202.05 - Inapplicability of § 9-202.04.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 9-202.05 — Inapplicability of § 9-202.04., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-202.05. Inapplicability of § 9-202.04.
9-202.05Section 9-202.04 shall not apply to any application to close:
All or part of any alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the owners of all the property in the square;
All or part of any alley where the width of the alley is 10 feet or less, and the application has been supported in writing by all of the owners of all the property abutting the entire alley;
All or part of any dead-end or unimproved street or alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the record owners of all the property on both sides of the block(s) of the street which abuts the block(s) of that street to be closed or which abuts the entire alley;
All or any part of any alley when the application has been supported in writing by all of the record owners of all the property abutting the entire alley, and when land in the same square is concurrently provided for alley purposes either by:
Dedication; or
Easement;
All or part of any alley when:
The closing is supported in writing by all of the owners of the property in 2/3 of the square;
The alley, all or part of which is to be closed, is located entirely within 2/3 of the square owned by the persons supporting the closing; and
The owners propose to develop the entire area of the square which they own; and
All or part of any alley when the District or the United States holds title to all the property abutting the alley, all or part of which is to be closed.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-202.05 ("Inapplicability of § 9-202.04.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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