---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 8725"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "8725"
heading: "Recommendations on platting and subdividing land"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/8725"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part D — Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia"
  - "Chapter 87 — Physical Development of National Capital Region"
  - "Subchapter III — Planning Process"
---

# §8725. Recommendations on platting and subdividing land

- (a) **By Council of the District of Columbia.—** The Council of the District of Columbia shall submit any proposed change in, or addition to, the regulations or general orders regulating the platting and subdividing of lands and grounds in the District of Columbia to the [National Capital](/usc/40/8702.md?p=2) Planning [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) for report and recommendation before the Council adopts the change or addition. The Council shall advise the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) when it does not agree with the recommendations of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) and shall give the reasons why it disagrees. The [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) then shall submit a final report within 30 days. After considering the final report, the Council may act in accordance with its legal responsibilities and authority.
- (b) **By Planning Commission.—** The [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall submit to the Council any proposed change in, or amendment to, the general orders that the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) considers appropriate. The Council shall treat the amendments proposed in the same manner as other proposed amendments.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1224.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8725 | 40:71g(d). | June 6, 1924, ch. 270, § 8(d), as added July 19, 1952, ch. 949, § 1, 66 Stat. 790. |

In subsection (b), the words “to the Council” are added for clarity.