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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-264
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
MARCH 2, 2026
ToamendtheBusinessImprovementDistrictsActof1996toauthorizetheestablishmentand
administrationof theSoulof theCityBusinessImprovement District.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthis,
actmaybecitedasthe“SouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrictAmendmentActof
2026”.
Sec.2.TheBusinessImprovementDistrictsActof1996,effectiveMay29,1996(D.C.Law11-134;D.C.OfficialCode§2-1215.01efseq.),isamendedbyaddinganewsection213toreadas follows:
“Sec.213. Soulofthe CityBID.
(a)SubjecttoreviewandapprovalbytheMayorpursuanttosections6and7,theformationoftheSouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrict(“BID”),includingnonexemptrealpropertywithinthegeographicareasetforthinsubsection(b)ofthissection,isauthorizedand the BID taxesimposed insubsection(c)ofthis sectionshallbe imposed, and become
effectiveforthehalftaxyearbeginningonApril1,2026,throughtheearlieroftheexpirationofthisactor theterminationor dissolutionof the BID.
“(b)TheSouloftheCityBIDboundaryshallbethegeographicalareaapprovedbytheMayor,whichshallencompassthefollowinglotsasthoselotsexistasoftheeffectivedateofthe
SouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrictEmergencyAmendmentActof2026,effectiveJanuary22, 2026 (D.C. Act 26-246; 73 DCR ___),which lotdescriptionsshallremain fixedfor
thepurposesofthisactnotwithstandinganylatersubdivision,consolidation,reconfiguration,orrenumberingofthose lots:Square 5868S, Lots28, 35, 805, 810, 813, 820, 822,828, 829, 832,
838,839, 841, 842, 844, 845,846, 850, 856,85.8,859, 861, 862,864, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870,
871,872,873,874,875,876,877,878,879,880,881,882,883,884,885,886,887,888,889,890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895,896, 897, 898,899, 900,901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906,907, 908,
909,910,911,912,913,914,915,916,917,918,919,920,921,922,923,924,925,926,927,928, 929,930, 931, 932, 933, 934,935, 936, 937, 938,939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944,945, 946,
947, 948,959, 960, 961, 962, 963,964, 965, 966,967, 968; Square 5889, Lots 37, 38, 39, 51, 52,
53, 54, 55,56, 57, 58,62. 805, 815; Square 5890, Lots 142, 143,144, 145,146,147, 148,149,
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150,151,152,153, 154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167;Square
5902,Lots 3,4;Square 5903,Lots 2,3,4,5; Square5905,Lots 804,805,806;Square 5908,
Lots |,2,3,4,5,6,7;Square 5910,Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13;Square5911,Lots
1,2,3,4; Square 5912,Lots,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84, 108,801,802,817,818,820,
821,822,823,824,825,826,827,828,829,830,831;Square 5913,Lots46,49, 50,51,54,55,
56,57,827, 830,831,832, 833,834,835,836,837,838, 839,840,847,848,852,853,854,855,
856,857,858,859,860,861,862,863,864;Square 5914,Lots 1,9, 10,807,808; Square5919,
Lots2,3,4,801,802,803,804; Square5920,Lots 104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,
113,114,116,117,118,123,124, 125,126,127,128,129;Square 5921,Lots 11,12,13,17,18,
817,818,819,820,821,822,823,824,825,826,827,828,829,830, 833,907,908,909,910,
911,912,913,938; Square 5922,Lots 92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99, 100,101,102,103, 104,
105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,
127, 128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,
146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154;Square5923, Lots 12, 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,
21,22,23,24,25,26,56,57;Square 5924,Lots43,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,86,87, 113,124;
Square 5925,Lots,58,59,822,823; Square5926,Lots 1,2,3,4;Square 5928,Lots43,44,45,
46,47,48,49, 108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117;Square5931, Lot 3; Square
5934,Lots 803,804,805; Square5939, Lots 15,18,19,20,805;Square 5941,Lots 10,801;
Square5942, Lots31,33,36,816,817,818,819,820,821,822,824,825,826;Square 5943,
Lots 11,31,32,33,35,812,814,816,819,820,821,823,824,825,826, 827,828;Square 5944,
Lots 7,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,810,811,812,813; Square5945, Lots4,5,6,7, 25,26,27,
28,29,30,32,33, 804,806, 808,810,812,813; Square5946,Lots2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 16,17,
18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,
48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,
74,75,76,77,78,803,805, 826,827,832; Square5947, Lots5,6,18,19,802,803,805,806,
807,808,809,810,811;Square 5948,Lots1, 4,20,24,25,37,39,40,41,804,805,806,807,
808,809,810,811,812,813,814,815;Square 5949,Lots 4,5,6,7,8;Square 5950,Lots 1,10,
11,18,19,24,25,26,801,802,803,804,808,809,810;Square 5951,Lots 18,21,30,31,32,
36,37,40,41,804,805,806,807,809,810,811,812; Square5951N: Lot 801;Square 5952,
Lots2, 10,15,27, 30,31,39,40,41,42,44, 801,802,803,804,805, 806,807,809,810,811;
Square 5953,Lots 1,2,5,6,7,24,49,50,52,806,808,809,810,811,812,813,814,815,816,
817,818,819,820,821;Square 5954,Lots 18,23,25,26,34,35,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,800,
802,803,804,805,806,807,808,809,$10,811,812,813,814;Square 5954W, Lots 800,801;
Square 5955,Lots803,804; Square 5956,Lots24,25,27,28,801,803,805,814,815,816;
Square 5956W, Lots4,801; Square 5957:Lot 1;Square5958: Lot 31; Square5959,Lots 1,2,3,
4,36,37; Square5960,Lots 19,20,64,800;Square 5975: Lot806;Parcel228,Lot 11;Parcel
234,Lots 17,30;Parcel235,Lots45,51,53,62,66,67,69, 72,73,74,75,77,78; Parcel236,
Lots70,89, 114;Parcel242,Lot 69;Parcel243,Lots 18,31,32,54;Parcel244,Lots42,46;
Reservations314B0000, 6790000; Square 5976,Lots 8,9, 10,11,12,17,18,19,21,30,800,
803,804,805;Square 5977,Lots 8,9, 11,12,30,804, 805,806,808, 809,810;Square 5978,
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Lots5,21,860,861,862,863,864,865,866,867,868,869,884,944,948,949,950,951,952,953,954,955,956,957,958,959,960,961,1018,1019,1020,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029,1030,1031,1032,1033,1034,1035,1036,1037,1064,1065,1066,1067,1068,1069,1070;Square5982,Lots40,41,42,45,46,48,50,$02,814,815,823;Square5983,Lots51,812;Square5984,Lots40,806;Square5988,Lots80,82,92;Square5989,Lots
12,13,14,15,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,803;Square5990,Lots3,4.5,6,9,10,28,30,803;Square6004,Lots1,2,3.4,5,6,7,8,9,12,13,14,806,807;Square6004E,Lots,3,4,5,6,7,8,16,42,47,800,805,806;Square6005,Lots800,803,806,807:Square6070,Lots4.11,12,
13,47,48,50,51,52,811,812,813,816,818,819,820,822,823;Square6090,Lots3,13,14,15,16,17,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,43,44,45,46,802,803,804,809,811;Square6091,Lots19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,33;Square6094,Lots36,41,42,45,800,804;Square6095,Lots28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,39,40,804;Square6118,Lot37;Square6129,Lots60,61,71,76,78,79,80,83,84,86,88,800,802,811,814,815,816,817,818,821,822,823,825,826,827,828;Square6149,Lot802;Square6150,Lots7,8,808,816,817;andSquare6151,Lots42,808.
“(@)(1)TheBIDtaxesfornonexemptpropertiesintheSouloftheCityBIDshallbeasfollows:
“(A)Theamountof$0.18per$100oftheassessedvalueforClass2Properties,excludinghotels;
“(B)Theamountof$120perhotelormotelroomannually;and
*(©\G)Theamountof$120perunitannuallyofClassLApropertythatcontains5ormoreresidentialunitsavailableforrentalfornon-transientresidentialdwellingpurposesthatwereplacedinserviceaftertheeffectivedateoftheRentalHousingActof1985,
effectiveJuly17,1985(D.C.Law6-10;D.C.OfficialCode§42-3501.01efseg.).AllotherClass1Aor1BpropertyisexemptfromthisBIDtax.
“Gi)IfaresidentialunitisrestrictedtoresidentsbaseduponincomepursuanttoafederalorDistrictaffordablehousingprogram,anyresidentialunitwithahouseholdincomeof100%orlessoftheareamedianincome,whichtheBIDshallidentifyandcertifyassuch,shallbeexemptfromtheBIDtaxthatwouldotherwisebedueontheunit.
“(2)TotheextentthatabuildingthatissubjecttotheBIDtaxisconstructedpursuanttoagroundleaseonlandthatisexemptfromrealpropertytaxes,theassessedvalueoftherealpropertyforpurposesoftheBIDtaxshallincludethevalueofthebuildingandtheleaseholdinterest,possessoryinterest,beneficialinterest,orbeneficialuseoftheland,andthe
lesseeoruserofthelandshallbeassessedthecorrespondingBIDtax,whichshallbecollectedinthesamemanneraspossessoryinteresttaxesunderD.C.OfficialCode§47-1005.01,orasotherwiseprovidedinthisact.
“(3)Taxablepropertyforwhichtheownerhasexpendedmorethan$250,000duringtheprevioustaxyearonsafety-relatedactivitiesthateitherenhancepublicspaceabuttingtheowner’staxablepropertyorsupplementretailsecurityfortheowner'staxableproperty
withintheBID,whichtheBIDshallcertifysubjecttosatisfactoryproofprovidedbytheowner,
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shallbeexemptfromtheBIDtaxthatwouldotherwisebedueonthepropertyforthefollowingtaxableyear.
“(4)Subjecttotherequirementsofsection9(b),a3%annualincreaseintheBIDtaxesoverthecurrenttaxyearratesspecifiedinparagraph(1)ofthissubsectionisauthorized.”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementinthecommitteereportasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.4.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofa vetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02(c)(1)).
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APPROVED
MARCH 2, 2026
DocketNo,826-0421
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