Upon the abandonment of any street, avenue, road, or highway, or part thereof, under the provisions of §§ 9-103.01 to 9-103.05, the title to the land contained in such abandoned portion shall revert to the owners of the land abutting thereon.
(Feb. 16, 1904, 33 Stat. 14, ch. 159, § 2.)
1981 Ed., § 7-118.
1973 Ed., § 7-118.
Street and alley closing and acquisition procedures, see § 9-201.01 et seq.
“ Section 9-103.05” has been repealed by § 711 of D.C. Law 4-201, effective March 10, 1983.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 9 - Transportation Systems
§ 9–101.01. Control and repair of streets
§ 9–101.02. Jurisdiction over public roads and bridges
§ 9–101.03. Certain public roads declared public highways
§ 9–101.05. Use of property by owner until condemnation
§ 9–101.06. Public notice of proposed plan
§ 9–101.07. Beatty and Hawkins’s Addition to Georgetown
§ 9–101.08. Reversion of title upon abandonment of streets
§ 9–101.09. Resubdivision of property affected by highway plan pending condemnation proceedings
§ 9–101.10. Street, avenue, or public thoroughfare prohibited within 1,000 feet of Naval Observatory
§ 9–101.11. Massachusetts Avenue through grounds of United States Naval Observatory
§ 9–101.12. New highway plans authorized
§ 9–101.13. Subdivision to conform to plan of Washington
§ 9–101.14. District authorized to use certain land owned by United States for street purposes
§ 9–101.15. Right-of-way over Michigan Avenue to Washington Railway and Electric Company