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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
ACT 26-246
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JANUARY 22, 2026
“Toamend,onanemergencybasis,theBusinessImprovementDistrictsActof1996toauthorize
theestablishmentandadministrationoftheSouloftheCityBusinessImprovement
District.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthis
actmaybecitedasthe“SouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrictEmergencyAmendment
Actof2026”.
Sec.2,TheBusinessImprovementDistrictsActof1996,effectiveMay29,1996(D.C.
Law11-134;D.C.OfficialCode§2-1215.01etseq.),isamendedbyaddinganewsection213to
readasfollows:
“Sec,213,SouloftheCityBID.
(a)SubjecttoreviewandapprovalbytheMayorpursuanttosections6and7,the
formationoftheSouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrict(“BID”),includingnonexempt
realpropertywithinthegeographicareasetforthinsubsection(b)ofthissection,isauthorized
‘andtheBIDtaxesimposedinsubsection(c)ofthissectionshallbeimposed,andbecome
effectiveforthehalftaxyearbeginningonApril1,2026,throughtheearlieroftheexpirationof
thisactortheterminationordissolutionoftheBID.
«(o)TheSouloftheCityBIDboundaryshallbethegeographicalareaapprovedbythe
Mayor,whichshallencompassthefollowinglotsasthoselotsexistasoftheeffectivedateofthe
SouloftheCityBusinessImprovementDistrictEmergencyAmendmentActof2025,passedon
emergencybasisonJanuary6,2026(EnrolledversionofBill26-559),whichlotdescriptions
shallremainfixedforthepurposesofthisactnotwithstandinganylatersubdivision,
consolidation,reconfiguration,orrenumberingofthoselots:Square58688,Lots28,35,805,
$10,813,820,822,828,829,832,838,839,841,842,844,845,846,850,856,85.8,859,861,
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,
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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, 148,149,150,151,152, 153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,
162,163,164,165,166,167;Square 5902,Lots3,4; Square 5903,Lots2,3,4,5;Square 5905,
Lots 804,805,806; Square 5908,Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7;Square5910,Lots 1,2,3,4, 5,6,7,8,9,
10,11,12,13;Square 5911,Lots1,2, 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,$28,829,830,831; 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,$54,855,856,857,858,859,860,861,862,863,864;Square5914,
Lots 1,9, 10,807,808;Square$919,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,$27,
828,829,830,833,907,908,909,910,911,912,913,938;Square 5922,Lots92,93,94,95,96,
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;Square 5923,
Lots 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,56,57;Square5924,Lots 43,77,
78,79, 80,81,82,83,86,87, 113,124;Square5925,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;Square 5931,Lot 3;Square5934, Lots803,804,805;Square5939,Lots 15,18,19,
20,805;Square 5941,Lots 10,801; Square 5942,Lots 31,33,36,816,817,818,819,820,821,
822,$24,825,826; Square 5943,Lots 11,31,32,33,35,812,814,816,$19,820,821,823,824,
825,826,827, 828;Square 5944,Lots 7,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,810,811,812,813;
Square 5945,Lots4,5,6,7,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33, 804,806,808,810,812,813; Square
5946,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,$26,827,832:Square
5947,Lots 5,6,18,19,802,803,805,806,807,808,809, 810,811;Square$948,Lots 1,4,20,
24,25,37,39,40, 41,804,805,806,807, 808,809,810, 811,812,813,814,815; Square 5949,
Lots4,5,6,7,8;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;
Square 59SIN: 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,$10,811,812, 813,814,815,$16,817,818,819,820,821;Square5954,Lots 18,23,25,
26,34,35,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,800,802,803,804,805,806,807,808,809,810, 811,812,
813,814;Square 5954W, Lots800,801;Square 5955,Lots 803,804;Square 5956,Lots 24,25,
27,28,801,803,805, 814,815,816;Square 5956W, Lots4,801;Square5957: Lot 1;Square
5958:Lot 31; Square 5959,Lots 1,2,3,4,36,37;Square $960,Lots 19,20,64, 800; Square
5975:Lot 806; Parcel228,Lot 11;Parcel234,Lots 17,30;Parcel235, Lots45, 51,53,62,66,
67,69,72,73,74, 75,77,78;Parcel236,Lots 70, 89,114:Parcel242,Lot 69;Parcel243,Lots
18,31,32,54;Parcel244,Lots42,46; Reservations314B0000, 6790000; Square 5976,Lots8,
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,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,
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1035,1036, 1037, 1064, 1065,1066,1067,1068, 1069, 1070;Square5982,Lots 40,41,42,45,
46,48,50,802,814,815,823; Square5983,Lots 51,812;Square5984,Lots40,806; Square
5988,Lots80,82,92; Square5989,Lots 12,13,14,15,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,803;Square
5990,Lots 3,4,5,6,9,10,28,30,803; Square6004,Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 12,13,14,806,
807;Square6004E, Lots,3,4, 5,6,7,8,16.42, 47,800,805,806;Square6005,Lots 800,803,
806,807; Square6070,Lots4, 11,12,13,47,48,50,51,52,811,812,813,816,818,819,820,
822,$23;Square 6090,Lots 3,13,14,15,16,17,35,36,37,38,39,40, 41,43,44,45,46,802,
803,804,809, 811; Square6091,Lots 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,33;Square6094,Lots 36,
41,42,45, 800, 804;Square6095,Lots28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,39,40,804;Square
6118,Lot 37;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,Lot 802;Square6150,Lots
7,8,808,816, 817;and Square6151,Lots 42,808.
#(c)(1)TheBIDtaxesfornonexemptpropertiesintheSouloftheCityBIDshallbeas
follows:
“(A) The amountof $0.18per$100 oftheassessedvalueforClass2
Properties,excludinghotels;
“(B) The amountof $120 perhotelormotelroom annually;and
“(©))Theamountof$120perunitannuallyofClass1Apropertythat
contains5 ormore residentialunitsavailableforrentalfornon-transientresidentialdwelling
purposesthatwere placedinserviceafterJuly 17,1985.AllotherClass1A or 1B propertyis
exemptfromthisBIDtax.
“(ii)Ifa residentialunitisrestrictedtoresidentsbased upon
incomepursuanttoafederalorDistrictaffordablehousingprogram,anyresidentialunitwitha
householdincome of 100% orlessofthe areamedian income,which theBID shallidentifyand
certifyas such,shallbe exempt from theBID taxthatwould otherwisebe due on theunit.
“(2)To theextentthata buildingthatigsubjecttotheBID taxisconstructed
pursuanttoagroundleaseonlandthatisexemptfromrealpropertytaxes,theassessedvalueof
therealpropertyforpurposesoftheBID taxshallincludethevalueofthe buildingand the
leaseholdinterest,possessoryinterest,beneficialinterest,or beneficialuse oftheland,and the
lesseeoruserofthelandshallbe assessedthecorrespondingBID tax,which shallbe collectedin
thesame manner as possessoryinteresttaxesunder D.C. OfficialCode § 47-1005.01,oras
otherwiseprovidedinthisact.
#@)Taxablepropertyforwhichtheownerhasexpendedmorethan$250,000
duringtheprevioustaxyearon safety-relatedactivitiesthateitherenhancepublicspaceabutting
theowner'staxablepropertyorsupplementretailsecurityfortheowner’staxableproperty
withintheBID,whichtheBIDshaltcertifysubjecttosatisfactoryproofprovidedbytheowner,
shallbeexemptfromtheBIDtaxthatwouldotherwisebedueonthepropertyforthefollowing
taxableyear.
“(4)Subjecttotherequirementsof section9(b),a 3% annualincreaseintheBID
taxesoverthecurrenttaxyearratesspecifiedinparagraph(1)ofthissubsectionisauthorized.”.
Sec.3.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpact
statementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
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October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038;D.C. OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.4,Effectivedate.
‘ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobythe
Mayor, actionby theCounciltooverridetheveto),and shallremain ineffectforno longerthan
90 days,as providedforemergency actsof theCounciloftheDistrictofColumbia insection.
412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbia Home Rule Act,approvedDecember 24, 1973 (87 Stat.788;
D.C. OfficialCode § 1-204.12(a)).
airman
Councilof theDistrictofColumbia
APPROVED
JANUARY 22, 2026
COUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON,DC,20004
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