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B26-0449 • 2025

Closing of a Cul-de-Sac in Square 4350, S.O. 22-05506, Emergency Act of 2025

Closing of a Cul-de-Sac in Square 4350, S.O. 22-05506, Emergency Act of 2025

Budget
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-12-05
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact date the law takes effect is not provided in the source, only that it happens after Mayor approval and lasts for no more than 90 days.

Closing a Cul-de-Sac in Square 4350

This emergency law closes an unnecessary cul-de-sac in Ward 5 and transfers ownership of the land as shown on an official map.

What This Bill Does

  • Orders the closing of a cul-de-sac in Square 4350 that is next to Lot 0006 and bounded by Douglas Street, NE, in Ward 5.
  • Transfers ownership of the closed street area as shown on an official map filed under S.O. 22-05506.
  • Requires that all conditions listed in file S.O. 22-05506 be met before the closing is recorded by the Surveyor.
  • Adopts a fiscal impact statement prepared by the Budget Director.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Property owners who will receive ownership of the land as shown on the official map.
  • The District of Columbia Surveyor, who must record the official map after conditions are met.

Terms To Know

Cul-de-sac
A small street with a rounded end that has no other exit or entrance except the one it connects to.
Square
A numbered area used by the District of Columbia Surveyor's Office to organize land and maps.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law is an emergency act that remains in effect for no longer than 90 days after it takes effect.
  • The closing only happens if all conditions in file S.O. 22-05506 are satisfied first.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0209 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 013512, Expires on Feb 22, 2026

  2. 2025-11-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-11-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0209, Expires on Feb 22, 2026

  4. 2025-11-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Dec 02, 2025

  5. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  6. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  7. 2025-10-31 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0449 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Closing of a Cul-de-Sac in Square 4350, S.O. 22-05506, Emergency Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-209
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
NOVEMBER 24, 2025
Toorder,onanemergencybasis,theclosingofacul-de-sacinSquare4350,abuttingLot0006,andboundedbyDouglasStreet,NE,inWard5.
BEITENACTEDBY THECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthis
actmaybecitedasthe“ClosingofaCul-de-SacinSquare4350,S.0.22-05506,EmergencyAct
of2025”,
Sec,2.Pursuantto section404of the DistrictofColumbia Home RuleAct,approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.787; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-204.04),and consistentwith theStreet
and Alley Closingand AcquisitionProceduresAct of 1982,effectiveMarch 10,1983 (D.C.Law
4-201;D.C. OfficialCode § 9-201.01etseq.),theCouncilfindsthatthecul-de-sacin Square
4350, as shown on theSurveyor’splatfiledunder $.O. 22-05506,isunnecessaryforalley
purposesand ordersitclosed,withtitletothelandto vestas shown on theSurveyor’splat.
Seo.3.Theclosingofthecul-de-sacdescribedinsection2iscontingentuponthesatisfactionofallconditionssetforthintheofficialfilefor$.O.22-05506priortothe
recordationoftheplatbytheSurveyor.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpact
statementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
October16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a)..
Sec.5.Effectivedate,ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofavetoby
theMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolonger

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
than90 days,asprovidedforemergency actsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbia in
section412(a)of theDistrictofColumbia Home Rule Act,approvedDecember 24,1973 (87
Stat.788;D.C. OfficialCode§ 1-204.12(a)). }
Vahairman
Councilof theDistrictof Columbia
Mayo
Districtof Columbia
APPROVED
NOVEMBER 24, 2025

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CERTIFICATIONRECORD
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COUNCILOF THEDISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON,DC,20004
FinalReading
November4,2025
Approved