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[CITE: 40USC71g]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 71g. Zoning regulations and maps, and subdivision of lands


(a) Amendments of zoning regulations and maps

    The Commission may make a report and recommendation to the Zoning 
Commission of the District of Columbia, as provided in section 5 of the 
Act of March 1, 1920 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-417), on proposed amendments of 
the zoning regulations and maps as to the relation, conformity, or 
consistency of such amendments with the comprehensive plan for the 
National Capital. The Commission may also submit to the said Zoning 
Commission proposed amendments or general revisions to the zoning 
regulations or the zoning map for said District.

(b) Further reports on proposed amendments

    When requested by a properly authorized representative of the 
Commission, the Zoning Commission may at its discretion recess for a 
reasonable period of time any public hearing held by it to consider a 
proposed amendment to the zoning regulations or map, in order that the 
Commission or its representative may have an opportunity to present to 
the Zoning Commission a further report on the proposed amendment.

(c) Performance of functions by Zoning Committee of National Capital 
        Planning Commission

    The functions vested in the Commission pursuant to this section may, 
to such extent as the Commission shall determine, and subject to 
confirmation by the Commission when requested by the Zoning Commission 
of the District of Columbia, be performed by a committee of the 
Commission which shall be known as the Zoning Committee of the National 
Capital Planning Commission and shall consist of not less than three 
members of the Commission designated by the Commission for the purpose. 
The number of members serving on the Zoning Committee may be varied from 
time to time.

(d) Recommendations as to platting and subdividing lands; procedure

    Any proposed change in or addition to the regulations or general 
orders regulating the platting and subdividing of lands and grounds in 
the District of Columbia shall first be submitted to the Commission by 
the Council of the District of Columbia for report and recommendation 
prior to adoption by such Council. Should the Council not concur in the 
recommendations of the Commission, it shall so advise the Commission 
with its reasons therefor and the Commission shall submit a final report 
within thirty days. After consideration of this final report, the 
Council may proceed to take action in accordance with its legal 
responsibilities and authority. It shall be the duty of the Commission 
to submit any proposed changes in or amendments to the general orders 
that the Commission considers appropriate and the Council shall treat 
the amendments proposed in the same manner as other proposed amendments.

(June 6, 1924, ch. 270, Sec. 8, as added July 19, 1952, ch. 949, Sec. 1, 
66 Stat. 790; amended 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 402(21), eff. Nov. 3, 
1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93-198, title II, 
Sec. 203(g), title IV, Sec. 401, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 783, 785.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 1-2006.


                            Prior Provisions

    Similar provisions relating to the preparation and maintenance of a 
comprehensive plan for the National Capital and its environs, including 
zoning regulations, plats, and subdivisions, and for cooperation between 
the former National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Federal and 
District Governments were contained in section 71 of this title prior to 
amendment by act July 19, 1952.


                               Amendments

    1973--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-198 provided for the making of a 
report and recommendations as provided in section 5 of the Act of March 
1, 1920 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-417), including consistency of proposed 
amendments of zoning regulations and maps with the comprehensive plan, 
substituting ``comprehensive plan for the National Capital'' for 
``comprehensive plan of the District of Columbia'' and deleted provision 
for Commission submission to the Zoning Commission of proposed 
amendments or general revisions to the zoning regulations or the zoning 
map for the District.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Council of the District of Columbia'' substituted in subsec. (d) 
for ``District of Columbia Council'' pursuant to section 401 of Pub. L. 
93-198. District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 
3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93-198, title 
VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, classified to section 1-211 
of the District of Columbia Code, and replaced by Council of District of 
Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93-198, classified to 
section 1-221 of the District of Columbia Code.
    Previously, reference to the Board of Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia had been changed to the District of Columbia Council to 
reflect D.C. Code Sec. 1-613 and section 402(21) of Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, which transferred the regulatory 
and other functions of the Board of Commissioners relating to the making 
and publishing of general orders regulating the platting and subdividing 
of lands and grounds to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the 
right of the Commissioner as provided by section 406 of the Plan. For 
provisions establishing the District of Columbia Council, see section 
201 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 71, 71a, 71i, 72, 72a, 136 
of this title.
