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 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 76-FEB. 16, 1942 and endangers the health, safety, and welfare of the general public; that this parking nuisance can be reduced by providing sufficient off- street parking facilities conveniently located in the several residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental areas of the District; that adequate off-street parking facilities have not been provided by private enterprise; that it may be necessary to supplement private parking spaces by off-street parking facilities provided by public undertaking; and that the enactment of this Act, as well as the use of land for the purposes set forth in this Act, is hereby declared to be a public necessity. SEC. 2. That, when used in this Act, unless the context indicates Defini otherwise- The term "District" means the District of Columbia. !Distr The term "Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the District "Corm of Columbia. The term "agency" means the Motor Vehicle Parking Agency "Agen created in section 4 of this Act. The term "parking facilities" means one or more public off-street "Pr'k parking areas for motor vehicles, including necessary structures. SEC. 3 . The Commissioners, within the limits of appropriations by sioners Congress therefor, are authorized to exercise all powers necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this Act, the said purposes being hereby declared to be the acquisition, creation, and operation, in any manner hereinafter provided, under public regulation, of pub- lic off-street parking facilities in the District as a necessary incident to insuring in the public interest the free circulation of traffic in and through said District. Such powers shall include, but shall not be limited to, the powers hereinafter enumerated: (a) The power to acquire any property, real or personal, or any "Acquis interest therein, by purchase, lease, gift, bequest, devise, or grant, or by condemnation under the provisions of sections 483 to 491, inclusive, of chapter XV, as amended, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1265-1266) in any area tDc6 . of the District as to which the agency shall have made a determination that public parking facilities are necessary or expedient. Before acquiring any area for parking facilities the Commissioners shall request the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for its recommendations and it shall be the duty of said Commission to report thereon within thirty days of such request. (b) The power to undertake, by contract or otherwise, the clearance olrti and improvement of any such property as well as the construction, facilities. establishment, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, and operation thereon of parking facilities; to contract, by lease or other- wise, with competitive bidding, with any individual, firm, association, or corporation, private or public, for the operation of any parking facilities for such period, not exceeding five years, as the Commis- sioners shall determine, and to terminate, without prior notice, any contract in the event of any failure or omission of any party thereto to observe or enforce the rules or schedules of rates made under authority of paragraph (d) of this section. (c) The power to sell, exchange, transfer, or assign any property, ertyiPO real or personal, or any interest therein, acquired under authority of this Act, whether or not improved: Provided, That such action shall P' be in accordance with the general law covering the disposal of such property by the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the agency shall have first determined such property to be no longer necessary for the purposes of this Act. (d) The power to establish and from time to time to revise, with or without public hearings, uniform schedules of rates to be charged ict.", y." ng facilities. " s of Commis- ition of prop- 'ode § 16-601 motion and i of parking etc. al of prop- a. 56 STAT.] 91
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