The Director shall refer, for appropriate comments, an application to close any street located on the L'Enfant Street Plan to the Historic Preservation Review Board established pursuant to § 4 of the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-144, D.C. Code, 1981).
Except as provided in §§ 1402.3, 1402.4 and 1402.5, the Director shall refer, for appropriate comments, all applications to close a street or alley to the National Capital Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as "NCPC").
The application shall not be referred to the NCPC when the application is to close an alley or any part thereof, is accompanied by a written statement, in a format approved by the Director, which is in support of the application and which contains the signature of every owner of property abutting the entire alley to be closed, and when any one of the following conditions is satisfied:
The application shall not be referred to the NCPC when the application is to close an alley or any part thereof and satisfies the following conditions:
The application shall not be referred to the NCPC when the District or the United States applies to close an alley or any part thereof where the District or the United States holds title to all of the property abutting the entire alley.
The Director shall refer all applications, that were filed with the Office of the Surveyor on or after May 10, 1988, to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in whose area the street or alley to be closed is located and provide the Council of the District of Columbia with a copy of any comments received from the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 24-1402