No public space in the District of Columbia shall be given the same name as that given another public space in the District.
(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 404, 30 DCR 148.)
1981 Ed., § 7-454.
Section 2 of D.C. Law 13-288 provided: “Pursuant to section 401 of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982 (‘the Act’), and notwithstanding section 404 of the Act, which requires no public space in the District of Columbia be given the same name as that given another public space in the District, the Council of the District of Columbia redesignated the Langley-McKinley Recreation Center as the ‘Harry L. Thomas, Sr., Recreation Center’.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 9 - Transportation Systems
Chapter 2 - Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures
Subchapter IV - Public Space Names and Commemorative Works
Part A - Naming of Public Space
§ 9–204.01. Scope of Council’s authority
§ 9–204.02. System of designations
§ 9–204.04. Duplicative names prohibited
§ 9–204.05. Use of living persons’ names prohibited; use of deceased persons’ names restricted
§ 9–204.06. Extent of name to be used; use on street signs. [Repealed]
§ 9–204.07. Submission of bill to involved advisory neighborhood commission. [Repealed]
§ 9–204.08. Proposal to name or rename to be submitted to affected property owners. [Repealed]