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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
FEBURARY 20, 2025
‘Toamend,onanemergencybasis,duetocongressionalreview,theRetailIncentiveActof2004todesignatecertainneighborhoodsasRetailPriorityAreas,includingneighborhoodswithintheMount Vernon Triangle,EasternMarket, BarracksRow, and Georgia Avenue
areas.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“GreatStreetsProgramExpansionNeighborhoodRetailPriority
CongressionalReviewEmergencyAmendmentActof2025”.
Sec.2.Section4oftheRetailIncentiveActof2004,effectiveSeptember8,2004(D.C.Law15-185;D.C.OfficialCode§2-1217.73),isamendedasfollows:(a)Subsection(0)isamendedasfollows:(1)Strikethephrase“beginningattheintersectionofEuclidStreet,N.W.,andGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.;continuingnorthalongGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.,toKenyonStreet,N.W.5thencecontinuingwestalongKenyonStreet,N.W.,toShermanAvenue,N.W.;continuingnorthalongShermanAvenue,N.W.,toNewHampshireAvenue,N.W.;”andinsertthephrase“beginningattheintersectionofHowardPlace,N.W.,and4thStreet,N.W.,thencecontinuingwestalongHowardPlace,N.W.,toGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.,thencecontinuingsouthalongGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.,toBarryPlace,N.W.,thencecontinuingwestalongBarryPlace,N.W.,toShermanAvenue,N.W.,thencecontinuingnorthalongShermanAvenue,N.W.,toNewHampshireAvenue,N.W.;”initsplace.
(2)Strikethephrase“untilthepointwhere7thStreet,N.W.,becomesWarder
Street,N.W.; thence continuingfurthersouthalong Warder Street,N.W., to Kenyon Avenue,
N.W,thencecontinuingwestalongKenyonAvenue,N.W.,toGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.;andthencesouthonGeorgiaAvenue,N.W.,tothebeginningpoint.”andinsertthephrase“,thencecontinuingsouthalong7thStreet,N.W.,toRockCreekChurchRoad,N.W.,thencecontinuingeastalongRockCreekChurchRoad,N.W.,toParkPlace,N.W.,thencecontinuingsouthalongParkPlace,N.W.untilthepointwhereParkPlace,N.W.becomesHobartPlace,N.W.,thencecontinuingwestonHobartPlace,N.W.untilthepointwhereHobartPlace,N.W.becomesSth
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Street,N.W.,thencecontinuingsouthonSthStreet,N.W.tothepointwhereSthStreet,N.W.becomes4thStreet,N.W.,continuingsouthon4thStreet,N.W.toHowardPlace,N.W.,andthencewestonHowardPlace,N.W.,tothebeginningpoint.”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(1)isamendedasfollows:
(1)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“;and”andinsertinga
semicoloninitsplace.
(2)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingtheperiodandinsertingthephrase“;
and”initsplace,
(3)A newparagraph(4)isaddedtoreadasfollows:
“(4)Theareaboundedbyalinebeginningattheintersectionofthecenterlinesof
2ndStreet,S.E.,andPennsylvaniaAvenue,S.E.;continuingsoutheastalongthecenterlineof
PennsylvaniaAvenue, S.E.,toK Street,S.E.;continuingnorthand circumferentiallyalongthe
centerlineofBameyCircle,S.B.”.
(c)Subsection(s)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“continuingsouthwestalongthe
centerlineofNew YorkAvenue,N.W.,”andinsertingthephrase“continuingnortheastalong
thecenterlineof New York Avenue, N.W., tothecenterlineof New JerseyAvenue, N.W.;
continuingsoutheastalongthecenterlineof New JerseyAvenue, N.W., tothecenterlineof
MassachusettsAvenue,N.W.;continuingnorthwestalongthecenterlineofMassachusetts
Avenue, N.W. tothecenterlineof 7thStreetN.W.; continuingnorthalongthecenterlineof 7th
StreetN.W.,” in itsplace.
(d)New subsections(t)and(u)areaddedtoreadasfollows:
“(t)ThereisestablishedtheEasternMarketRetailPriorityArea,whichshallconsistof
theparcels,squares,andlotswithinorabuttingtheboundaryofthefollowingarea:Beginningat
theintersectionofNorth CarolinaAvenue, S.E.,and 6th Street,S.E.;continuingnortheastalong
thecenterlineof North CarolinaAvenue, S.E.,tothecenterlineof 8th Street,S.E.;continuing
southalongthecenterlineof8thStreetS.E.,tothecenterlineofPennsylvaniaAvenue,S.E.;
continuingnorthwestalongthecenterlineof PennsylvaniaAvenue, S.E.,to thecenterlineof 6th
Street,S.E.,continuingnorthalongthecenterlineof6thStreet,S.E.,tothebeginningpoint.
“(a)There isestablishedtheBarracksRow RetailPriorityArea,which shallconsistof
theparcels,squares,and lotswithinor abuttingtheboundaryof the followingarea:Beginningat
theintersectionof D Street,S.E.,7thStreet,S.E.,and South CarolinaAvenue, S.E.;continuing
eastalongthecenterlineof D Street,S.E.,tothecenterlineof 8th Street,S.E.;continuingsouth
alongthecenterlineof 8th Street,S.E.,tothecenterlineof M Street,S.1
See.3,Applicability.
ThisactshallapplyasofFebruary4,2025.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
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The Counciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementof theBudget Directoras thefiscalimpact
statementrequiredby section4aof theGeneralLegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,approved
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;89D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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APPROVED
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
COUNCILOF THEDISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON,DC,20004
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