District of Columbia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 10–166. Transfers and jurisdiction

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), jurisdiction over all public space park areas, maintained by the Department of Public Works before July 1, 1989, shall be transferred to and become the responsibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation. For purposes of this section, the phrase “all public space park areas” (“parks”) includes all parcels, lots, squares of land, green spaces, and monuments located within and owned or maintained by the District of Columbia government and not owned or maintained by the federal government.
(b) The Department of Public Works, Division of Roadside and Parks Maintenance, shall retain jurisdiction over, and responsibility for maintenance, landscaping, beautifying, promoting, and regulation of roadsides, interstate gateways, and cloverleafs.
(c) The Facility Maintenance Administration within the Department of Parks and Recreation shall have jurisdiction over, and be responsible for the maintenance, landscaping, beautifying, promotion, and regulation of the parks transferred pursuant to this section.
(d) Funds and existing continuing full-time employees and positions authorized for the Department of Public Works, Division of Roadside and Parks Maintenance (Responsibility Center 4044) within the Public Space Administration (Control Center 40) in the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget for the District of Columbia and allocated for the maintenance, landscaping, beautifying, promotion, and regulation of parks transferred pursuant to this section, shall be transferred to the Department of Recreation, Facility Maintenance Administration (Responsibility Center 2700) within Recreation Operations (Control Center 20).
(e) The Facility Maintenance Administration (Responsibility Center 2700) within Recreation Operations (Control Center 20) is renamed the Parks and Facility Maintenance Administration.
(f) The Department of Recreation and Parks is renamed the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-209, § 2, 36 DCR 476; May 2, 2015, D.C. Law 20-271, § 302, 62 DCR 1884.)
1981 Ed., § 8-166.
The 2015 amendment by D.C. Law 20-271 substituted “Department of Parks and Recreation” for “Department of Recreation” in (a) and (c); and substituted “Department of Parks and Recreation” for “Department of Recreation and Parks” in (f).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 302 of the New Columbia Statehood Initiative, Omnibus Boards and Commissions, and Election Transition Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-481, November 18, 2014, 61 DCR 12133, 20 STAT 4405).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 302 of the New Columbia Statehood Initiative, Omnibus Boards and Commissions, and Election Transition Reform Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-7, Feb. 26, 2015, 62 DCR 2646, 21 STAT 807).
Pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2000-20, the agency formerly known as the Department of Recreation and Parks shall be known as the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 10 - Parks, Public Buildings, Grounds, and Space

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 10–101. Authority to acquire fee title to land subject to limited rights reserved to grantor and to acquire limited permanent rights in land adjoining park property

§ 10–102. Establishing and making clear title of United States to lands or waters of Potomac River, Anacostia River, Eastern Branch, and Rock Creek

§ 10–103. Lease of lands acquired for park, parkway, or playground; term; renewal

§ 10–104. Control of park system; composition thereof

§ 10–105. Power to make and enforce vehicle and traffic regulations

§ 10–106. Jurisdiction and control of street parking

§ 10–107. Small parks at intersections of streets outside original city limits

§ 10–108. Meridian Hill Park

§ 10–109. Montrose Park

§ 10–110. Portion of Water Street authorized to be part of park system

§ 10–111. Transfer of jurisdiction over property between United States and District of Columbia — Authorization

§ 10–112. Transfer of jurisdiction over property between United States and District of Columbia — Existing laws unaffected

§ 10–113. Whitehaven Parkway — Adjustment of boundaries at Huidekoper Place

§ 10–114. Whitehaven Parkway — Exchange of federal property

§ 10–115. Whitehaven Parkway — Exchange authorized with property owners

§ 10–116. Whitehaven Parkway — Plats to be prepared

§ 10–117. Beach Parkway — Exchange of property to extend authorized

§ 10–118. Beach Parkway — Dedication and conveyances of exchanged land

§ 10–119. Beach Parkway — Power of Secretary of Interior to sell not curtailed

§ 10–120. Squares 612 and 613 made part of park system

§ 10–121. Fort Davis and Fort Dupont Parks

§ 10–122. Jurisdiction over reservation 185

§ 10–123. Use of spaces or reservations for widening roadways

§ 10–124. Use of public grounds for playgrounds

§ 10–125. Licenses for temporary structures on reservations used as playgrounds

§ 10–126. Part of Washington Aqueduct may be transferred for playground purposes

§ 10–127. Authority to make rules and regulations for playgrounds and recreation centers

§ 10–128. When authorization by Congress needed for building

§ 10–129. Letters of transfer and acceptance deemed authority for change in maps and for record

§ 10–130. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 32

§ 10–131. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 290

§ 10–132. Transfer of jurisdiction — Reservation 8

§ 10–133. Public convenience stations — Establishment; location; control

§ 10–134. Public convenience stations — Authority to make rules, regulations, and charges

§ 10–135. Part of reservation 13 transferred for use as indigent burial ground

§ 10–136. Site of former Georgetown Reservoir

§ 10–137. Authority to make rules and regulations for care of public grounds — Generally

§ 10–137.01. Authority of the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to regulate District parks

§ 10–137.02. Name change

§ 10–138. Authority to make rules and regulations for care of public grounds — Extension of sidewalks and carriageways

§ 10–139. Public spaces resulting from filling of canals part of park system; exceptions

§ 10–140. Rock Creek Park — Establishment

§ 10–141. Rock Creek Park — Area

§ 10–142. Rock Creek Park — Control; duties of Director; regulations

§ 10–143. Rock Creek Park — Leasing authorized; disposition of proceeds

§ 10–144. Rock Creek Park — Acceptance of dedicated property authorized

§ 10–145. Rock Creek Park — Protection of Rock Creek and its tributaries

§ 10–146. Piney Branch Parkway

§ 10–147. Potomac Park — Establishment

§ 10–148. Potomac Park — Control

§ 10–149. Potomac Park — Restriction on construction of lagoon, etc., or speedway

§ 10–150. Potomac Park — Temporary occupancy by Department of Agriculture

§ 10–151. Potomac Park — Licenses for boathouses on banks of tidal reservoir

§ 10–152. Parkway connecting Potomac Park with Zoological and Rock Creek Parks — Acquisition of land authorized; reimbursement of costs

§ 10–153. Parkway connecting Potomac Park with Zoological and Rock Creek Parks — Taking lines authorized to be extended

§ 10–154. Connecting parkway to be part of park system

§ 10–155. Anacostia Park

§ 10–156. Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Acceptance of land authorized

§ 10–157. Glover Parkway and Children’s Playground — Part of park system

§ 10–158. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Maintenance, administration and development

§ 10–159. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Means of access; appropriations

§ 10–160. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Structures authorized; appropriations

§ 10–161. Theodore Roosevelt Island — Designation

§ 10–162. Public bathing beach authorized

§ 10–163. Bathing pools and beaches — Construction authorized; appropriations

§ 10–164. Bathing pools and beaches — Possession, control, and maintenance; fees

§ 10–165. Bathing pools and beaches — Operation; disposition of moneys received

§ 10–166. Transfers and jurisdiction

§ 10–166.01. Park Policy and Programs Division

§ 10–167. Crispus Attucks Park indemnification. [Not funded]

§ 10–168. Moratorium on crumb rubber artificial turf