D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10-A, § 1003
1003.1 The District's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) plans for historic properties in coordination with other agencies and the public. The SHPO maintains a comprehensive historic preservation plan, designed to engage residents, and inspire District communities, organizations, and individuals to action. The plan provides guidance for historic preservation policy and decisionmaking, and remains current through periodic updates that evaluate the status of historic resources and new preservation challenges.
1003.2 As part of the Office of Planning (OP), the SHPO contributes expertise to District-wide and neighborhood planning initiatives, and integrates preservation with the District's comprehensive planning efforts. Through the District's historic preservation plan, the SHPO seeks to ensure that the needs and concerns of residents and businesses, and Washington, DC's goals for a vibrant and inclusive District, are not superseded by federal interests or an overemphasis on federal monumentality.
1003.2a Text Box: State Historic Preservation Office
SHPO carries out preservation programs established by the National Historic Preservation Act so that historic properties are considered at all levels of planning and development. Working with government, private organizations, and the public, the SHPO conducts historic resource surveys and nominates eligible properties to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The SHPO also administers federal grants, provides technical information, sponsors education and training, and assists government agencies in carrying out their preservation duties.
1003.3 SHPO also assists federal agencies in carrying out their preservation planning duties. Each federal agency is responsible for preservation and appropriate management of historic properties under its ownership or control, consistent with an agency preservation program. The agency's historic preservation officer ensures that agency preservation activities are carried out in consultation with the SHPO, other government agencies, and the private sector. SHPO coordination on major initiatives with the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and other federal agencies is another mechanism for preserving the District's interest in historic federal properties.
1003.3a Text Box: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
The ACHP is an independent federal agency that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of historic resources. ACHP is charged with encouraging federal agencies to act as responsible stewards of historic property and to factor historic preservation into the requirements for federal projects. In its role as policy advisor to the President and Congress, ACHP advocates full
consideration of historic values in federal decision-making, recommends administrative and legislative improvements to protect the national heritage, and reviews agency programs and policies to promote effectiveness, coordination, and consistency with national preservation policies.
Maintain and periodically update the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Plan according to the standards required by the National Park Service (NPS) for approved state historic preservation plans. Ensure that the Historic Preservation Plan remain consistent and coordinated with the Comprehensive Plan as both are updated. Keep the plan readily available to the public.
Maintain and periodically update Ward Heritage Guides to complement the Historic Preservation Plan with information and analysis that supports preservation planning and awareness at the ward level.
Give full consideration to preservation concerns in neighborhood plans, Small Area Plans, major revitalization projects, and, where appropriate, applications for planned unit developments and special exceptions. Promote internal coordination among District agencies and the SHPO at the earliest possible stage of planning and continue coordination throughout. Involve Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) and community preservation groups in planning matters affecting preservation.
Support public agency facility plans and campus plans as an opportunity to evaluate potential historic resources, identify eligible properties, promote their designation, and develop management plans for their protection and use. Establish preservation goals in those plans for designated and eligible properties. Identify specific historic preservation concerns through consultation with the SHPO at an early planning stage.
Coordinate with federal agencies and citizen groups so that local planning initiatives and preservation goals are considered in federal project design and historic preservation planning.
Integrate historic preservation in the preparation and review of proposed facility master plans, Small Area Plans, campus master plans, relevant planned unit development and special exception applications, and other major development initiatives that may have an impact on historic resources. Identify specific historic
preservation concerns through consultation with the SHPO as an integral member of the planning team.
1003.10
Recognize that the District's historic federal properties define Washington, DC's center for residents and are important for local history. Locally significant characteristics or qualities should be maintained.
SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).