Section 10-B2715. HISTORIC SITES SUBDIVISION

 

2715.1Before any subdivision is admitted to record which contains any land in the District of Columbia which includes a district, area, place or site, or part thereof, listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.) and the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915; 16 U.S.C. 470a-470m), or on which is situated a building or structure located within a district or site listed on the National Register, or on which is situated a building or structure listed in the District of Columbia's inventory of historic sites contained in the comprehensive statewide historic perseveration survey and plan prepared pursuant to §101(a) of the Act of October 15, 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470a(a)), the Surveyor shall submit the application for that subdivision to the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his or her designated agent, who shall place notice of the application for the subdivision in the District of Columbia Register.

 

2715.2The Mayor, or his or her designated agent, acting with the advice of the District of Columbia Professional Review Committee for Nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, and within those geographical areas established pursuant to the Act of May 16, 1930 (46 Stat. 366; 40 U.S.C. 121) or the Act of September 22, 1950 (D.C. Code §5-801 et seq. (1981)), with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, shall within sixty (60) days determine whether the subdivision is contrary to the public interest and should be delayed for a designated period of up to one hundred eighty (180) days following the determination to permit the District of Columbia State Historic Preservation Officer and Professional Review Committee to negotiate with the owner or owners of the land which is the subject of the application for subdivision, and with civic groups, public agencies and interested citizens, to find a means of preserving the land.

 

2715.3Before issuing any order delaying the subdivision, the Mayor or his or her designated agent shall afford the applicant and any interested parties an opportunity to offer any evidence they may desire to present concerning the proposed order.

 

2715.4Any person or class of persons aggrieved by a decision of the Mayor, or his or her designated agent, or by any failure on the part of the Mayor, or his or her designated agent, to act, with respect to any action relating to historic subdivisions which is authorized by the amendment made by this section, may seek judicial review of the decision or failure to act by filing a petition for review in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals within thirty (30) days after the decision has been made or such act should have been taken.

 

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§§2 and 4 of the Historic Sites Subdivision Amendment of 1976, D.C. Law 1-80, 22 DCR 7240 (June 29, 1976).