[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR910.1]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
         CHAPTER IX--PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
 
PART 910--GENERAL GUIDELINES AND UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT AREA--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 910.1  Policy.


    (a) The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972, 
Pub. L. 92-578, October 27, 1972, (the Act), (40 U.S.C. 871 et seq.) 
established the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (the 
Corporation) with jurisdiction over the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
Area (Development Area). The Development Area is generally described as 
an area in Washington DC, bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., on the 
south, East Executive Drive on the west, 3rd Street, NW., on the east, 
and E and F Streets, NW., on the north.
    (b) Prior to creation of the Corporation, the deterioration of the 
Development Area had an adverse impact upon the physical, economic, and 
social life of Washington, DC. The Corporation was created as the 
vehicle to develop, maintain, and use the Development Area in a manner 
suitable to its ceremonial, physical, and historic relationship to the 
legislative and executive branches of the Federal government, to the 
governmental buildings, monuments, memorials, and parks in and adjacent 
to that area, and to the downtown commercial core of Washington, DC. The 
Corporation was directed to prepare a development plan for the 
Development Area and to submit that plan to the United States Congress. 
Congress accepted that plan and directed its implementation by the 
Corporation. The Corporation through a broad range of statutory powers 
has begun this implementation process.
    (c) The Pennsylvania Avenue Plan--1974, as amended (the Plan) is a 
blueprint for social, economic, and architectural rejuvenation of the 
Development Area. Its goal is to make the Development Area once again a 
relevant and contributing element of Washington, DC. With the 
implementation of the Plan, the Development Area will become a showpiece 
of the Nation's Capital, proudly displaying the successful joint efforts 
of the Corporation, other Federal and District of Columbia government 
agencies, and private entrepreneurs.
    (d) The Plan, containing the goals and objectives for development, 
is supplemented by various adopted policies and programs of the 
Corporation. The Plan, in conjunction with these policies and programs, 
represents the basis upon which the development and rejuvenation of the 
Development Area will proceed, whether publicly or privately inspired 
and accomplished. These policies and programs amplify, elaborate, and 
refine the planning and urban design concepts expressed in the Plan.