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B26-0312 • 2025

Parkside Canopy Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Parkside Canopy Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Felder
Last action
2025-08-08
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that trees can be removed without following usual rules; it only exempts them from removal requirements under certain conditions.

Parkside Canopy Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This act temporarily exempts certain trees in the Parkside mixed-use development project from removal requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends a law to exempt Heritage Trees located in Lots 865, 866, 867, 868, and 869 of Square 5056 from Heritage Tree removal requirements if the Zoning Commission approved them before July 1, 2016.
  • Requires a fee for removing any Heritage Tree from these lots based on special tree rates set by law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Heritage Trees located in Lots 865 through 869 in Square 5056 of the Parkside mixed-use development project.
  • The Zoning Commission and developers involved with these lots.

Terms To Know

Heritage Tree
A tree that is protected by law because it has historical or cultural significance.
Zoning Commission
An agency responsible for approving development plans and issuing permits in the District of Columbia.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act only applies to trees in specific lots within the Parkside mixed-use project.
  • The act expires on October 30, 2025, unless extended by further legislation.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-08 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0123 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 008598, Expires on Oct 30, 2025

  2. 2025-08-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0123, Expires on Oct 30, 2025

  3. 2025-08-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  4. 2025-07-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Aug 11, 2025

  5. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  6. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  7. 2025-07-09 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0312 Introduced by Councilmember Felder at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Parkside Canopy Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT.

.C.ACT 26-123
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AUGUST 14,2025
‘Toamend,onanemergencybasis,theUrbanForestPreservationAmendmentActof2002toexemptHeritageTreeslocatedinLots865,866,867,868,and869inSquare5056oftheParksidemixed-useeconomicdevelopmentprojectfromHeritageTreeremoval
requirements.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“ParksideCanopyEmergencyAmendmentActof2025”.
Sec.2.Section104aoftheUrbanForestPreservationActof2002,effectiveJuly1,2016
(D.C.Law21-133;D.C,OfficialCode§8-651.04a),isamendedbyaddinganewsubsection(e)toreadasfollows:
“(e)ThissectionshallnotapplytoaHeritageTreelocatedinLots865,866,867,868,and869inSquare5056forwhichtheZoningCommissionhasapprovedaplannedunitdevelopmentpriortoJuly1,2016;provided,thatafeecalculatedattherateapplicablefor
specialtreespursuanttosection104shallbepaidforeachHeritageTreeremovedfromtheaforesaidlots.”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.4.Effectivedate,‘ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
412(a)of theDistrictof Columbia Home Rule Act,approvedDecember 24, 1973 (87 Stat.788;
D.C. OfficialCode§ 1-204.12(a)).
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COUNCILOF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
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FinalReading
July14,2025,
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