§ 1204. George Washington Memorial Parkway

(a) Location

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, projected to include the shores of the Potomac and adjacent lands from Mount Vernon to a point above Great Falls, except within the City of Alexandria, on the Virginia side; and, except within the District of Columbia, from Fort Washington to a corresponding point above Great Falls, on the Maryland side, including that portion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal below Point of Rocks, shall continue as a national parkway as projected, established or changed conformably to law.

(b) Natural scenery preserved

The natural scenery of the Gorge and the Great Falls shall be protected and preserved.

(c) Patowmack Canal preserved

The historic Patowmack Canal shall be preserved.

(d) Acquisition and administration of land; appropriations The acquisition of any land in the Potomac River Valley for park purposes shall not debar or limit, or abridge its use for such works as Congress may in the future authorize for the improvement and the extension of navigation, including the connecting of the upper Potomac River with the Ohio River, or for flood control or irrigation or drainage, or for the development of hydroelectric power. The title to the lands acquired shall vest in the United States and said lands, including the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, shall be maintained and administered by the Director of the National Park System. The director may incur such expenses as are necessary for the proper administration and maintenance of the lands acquired under this section within the limits of the appropriations from time to time granted therefor from the Treasury of the United States.

(e) Lands belonging to United States; inclusion in parkway

The National Capital Park and Planning Commission may occupy such lands belonging to the United States as are necessary for the development and protection of said parkway and may accept the donation to the United States of any lands by it deemed desirable for inclusion in said parkway.

(f) Adjacent lands not to be acquired at prohibitive cost

Should the commission find that the acquisition of any lands

in Maryland or Virginia along or adjacent to the shores of the Potomac within the proposed limits of the parkway would involve great expense and that they would not be essential to the proper carrying out of the project, the acquisition of said lands shall not be required.

(g) Matching of federal funds by States of Maryland and Virginia; advancement of funds to States

No money shall be expended by the United States for lands for any unit of the George Washington Parkway until the National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall have received definite commitments from the State of Maryland or Virginia, or political subdivisions thereof or from other responsible sources, for one-half the cost of acquiring the lands in its judgment necessary for such unit of said project deemed by said commission sufficiently complete, other than lands now belonging to the United States or donated to the United States. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission, upon agreement duly entered into by the State of Maryland or Virginia or any political subdivision thereof to reimburse the United States, may advance the full amount of the funds necessary for the acquisition of the lands in any such unit referred to in this paragraph, such agreement providing for reimbursement to the United States to the extent of one-half of the cost thereof without interest within not more than eight years from the date of any such expenditure. The appropriation of the amount necessary for such advance, in addition to the contribution by the United States, may be made from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

(h) Condemnation proceedings; approval of title acquired

Whenever necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, lands in the State of Virginia or Maryland may be acquired on behalf of the United States by condemnation proceedings. No payment shall be made for any such lands until the title thereto in the United States shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General of the United States.

(i) Highway on Maryland side; Great Falls bridge

Said parkway shall include a highway from Fort Washington to the Great Falls on the Maryland side of the Potomac and a free bridge across the Potomac at or near Great Falls and necessary approaches to said bridge.

(j) Bridge at Great Falls; acquisition

After the George Washington Memorial Parkway is established and the lands necessary for such parkway at and near Great Falls have been acquired by the United States, the United States may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in the bridge of the Great Falls Bridge Company over the Potomac River at or near Great Falls, its approaches and approach roads, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation, paying therefor not more than the cost of said bridge and its approaches and approach roads, as determined by the Secretary of War, plus 10 per centum.

§ 1205. Natchez Trace Parkway

(a) Location; continuance as parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway projected between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, and extending through parts of the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, shall continue under such designation as a national parkway comprising all lands and easements conveyed to the United States by the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee for the right-ofway for the said parkway between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, together with sites acquired for recreational areas in connection therewith, and a right-of-way for said parkway of a width sufficient to include the highway and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto, but not exceeding a maximum of two hundred feet through Government-owned lands (except that where small parcels of Government-owned lands would otherwise be isolated, or where topographic conditions or scenic requirements are such that bridges, ditches, cuts, fills, parking overlooks, and landscape development could not reasonably be confined to a width of two hundred feet, the said maximum may be increased to such width as may be necessary, with the written approval of the department or agency having jurisdiction over such lands) as designated on maps approved by the Secretary.

(b) Acceptance of title to lands authorized

The Secretary may approve and accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands and interests in land conveyed to the United States for the purposes of the Natchez Trace Parkway, or for recreational areas in connection therewith.

(c) Licenses or permits for right-of-way over parkway lands In the administration of the Natchez Trace Parkway, the Secretary may issue revocable licenses or permits for rights-ofway over, across, and upon parkway lands, or for the use of parkway lands by the owners or lessees of adjacent lands, for such purposes and under such nondiscriminatory terms, regulations, and conditions as he may determine to be not inconsistent with the use of such lands for parkway purposes. (d) Connection of other roads and trails authorized

The Secretary of Agriculture may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, connect with said parkway such roads and trails as may be necessary for the protection, administration, or utilization of adjacent and nearby national forests and the resources thereof.

(e) Coordination of recreational developments

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The Forest Service and the National Park Service shall, insofar as practicable, coordinate such recreational developments as each may plan, construct, or permit to be constructed, on lands within their respective jurisdictions, which, by mutual agreement, should be given special treatment for recreational purposes.

CHAPTER 73—NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS

1231. Administration and control.

1232. Areas included in National Capital Parks.

1233. Director member of National Capital Park and Planning Commission. 1234. Control of vehicles and traffic within parks.

1235. Small areas at street intersections outside original City of Washington. 1236. Public spaces resulting from filling in canals.

§ 1231. Administration and control

National Capital Parks shall continue under the exclusive charge and control of the Director of the National Park Service under such lawful regulations as may be promulgated by the Secretary and subject to applicable provisions of title 8 of the District of Columbia Code, 1940 edition, which are not in conflict herewith.

§ 1232. Areas included in National Capital Parks

National Capital Parks shall include but shall not necessarily be limited to the following:

(a) Within the District of Columbia all public spaces laid down as reservations on the map of 1894 accompanying the annual report for 1894 of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds.

(b) Within the District of Columbia all portions of the space in the streets and avenues of said district, after the same shall have been set aside by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for park purposes.

However, no areas of less than two hundred and fifty square feet between sidewalk lines shall be included within the said park system, and no improvements shall be made in unimproved public spaces in streets between building lines, or building lines prolonged until the outlines of such portions as are to be improved as parks shall have been laid out by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The Director is authorized temporarily to turn over the care of any of the parking spaces included in Classes (a) and (b) above to private owners of adjoining lands under such regulations as he may prescribe and with the condition that the said private owners shall pay special assessments for improvements contiguous to such parking, under the same regulations as are or may be prescribed for private lands. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to denominate portions of streets in the District of Columbia as business streets and to authorize the use, on such portions of streets, for business purposes by abutting property owners, under such general regulations as said Commissioners may prescribe, of so much of the sidewalk and parking spaces as may not be needed, in the judgment of said Commissioners, by the general public, under the following conditions, namely: First, where, in a portion of a street not already denominated a business street, a majority of a frontage not less than three blocks in length is occupied and used for business purposes; and, second, where a portion of a street has already been denominated a business street, and there exists adjoining such portion a block or more whose frontage is occupied and used for business purposes.

(c) Specific parks and areas, to wit:

(1) Anacostia Park;

(2) Arlington Memorial Bridge;

(3) Battleground National Cemetery;

(4) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the State of Maryland; (5) Fort Davis;

(6) Fort Dupont;

(7) Meridian Hill Park;