District Of Columbia § 9-421.01 - Amount assessed; levied pro rata.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 9-421.01 — Amount assessed; levied pro rata., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-421.01. Amount assessed; levied pro rata.
9-421.01Whenever under the appropriations made by Congress, the roadway of any street, avenue, or road in the District of Columbia is paved or repaved with sheet asphalt, asphalt block, asphaltic or bituminous concrete (except penetration macadam), cement concrete, granite block, vitrified brick, or other form of permanent pavement, one-half of the total cost thereof shall be charged against and become a lien upon the abutting property, and assessments therefor shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property on the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, upon the roadway of which said new pavement or repaving is laid; provided, however, that when such new pavement or repaving is laid solely on 1 side of the centerline of such roadway, the one-half cost thereof shall be assessed, as herein provided, against the property abutting the side of the street, avenue, or road, or portion thereof, so improved.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-421.01 ("Amount assessed; levied pro rata.") 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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