Symbolic names.

The Council may designate a symbolic name for any public space, which shall be in addition to and subordinate to any name that is the mailing address for the public space, and which shall conform with the requirements of this chapter pertaining to the naming of public spaces. A symbolic designation shall not duplicate any name which includes the following words within its name: “Avenue”, “Street”, “Road”, “Drive”, “Place”, “Circle”, or “Alley”. Section 2 of D.C. Law 15-70 provided: “Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 403a of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Official Code § 9-204.03a), the Council symbolically designates 21st Street, N.W., between Massachusetts Avenue and Q Street, N.W., as ‘Kivie Kaplan Way.”’ Section 3 of D.C. Law 14-46 provided: “Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 403a of the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Official Code 9-204.03a), the Council of the District of Columbia symbolically designates the northwest corner of Barry Place, N.W., at Georgia Avenue N.W., as ‘Ed Murphy Way, N.W.,’ by placing a street sign on the northwest corner of Barry Place, N.W., at Georgia Avenue, N.W., which reads ‘Ed Murphy Way, N.W.’.” Section 3 of D.C. Law 13-106 provided: “Pursuant to section 403a the Street and Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures Act of 1982, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-236; D.C. Code § 7-453.1) (‘Act’), and notwithstanding the requirement set forth in section 405 of the Act ( D.C. Code § 7-455), that no public space shall be named in honor of any person who has been deceased less than 2 years, the alley running east to west between the 100 block of 10th Street, N.E., and the 100 block of 11th Street, N.E., shall be designated as ‘Al Arrighi Way’, in honor of Mr. Al Arrighi’s contributions to the quality of life of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in the District of Columbia.”