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Parcel Lot Points [District of Columbia--Washington]

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Parcel Lot Points [District of Columbia--Washington]
Description
These are lands still within the District of Columbia that has never been subdivided into either Record or Tax Lots through the two offices that manage land records (OS & RPTA), this land is referred to as Parcels, expressed as fractions (Ex Parcel 117/36). In this example, the number "36" would be the 36th out conveyance from original Parcel 117. The tracking of parcels was started in 1905 when, by Act of Congress, all the District's unsubdivided properties which were mostly rural farms at the time were given parcel numbers. Their boundaries were also depicted (in many cases approximated), in large books in DCRA's Office of the Surveyor. Until the late 1960s, building permits were routinely issued by the city for new construction on Parcels, but today all Parcels, like Tax Lots, must be converted into subdivision Lots of Record before permits will be issued for exterior work. Parcels are only found in the old "County of Washington," north of Florida Ave and east of the Anacostia River. There are no Parcels found within the original city limits or Georgetown. Parcels are not in Squares. There are examples where parcel land may be physically located in the middle of a city Square, but Parcels are not considered part of a Square until they are duly subdivided by the D.C. Surveyor's Office.
Creator
Department of Buildings
Publisher
Open Data DC
Temporal Coverage
Last Modified: 2026-04-25
Date Issued
2015-02-27
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Access Rights
Public
Format
ArcGIS FeatureLayer
Language
English
Date Added
August 10, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Open Data DC ArcGIS Hub on 2026-04-25.

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  • Citation
    Department of Buildings (2015). Parcel Lot Points [District of Columbia--Washington]. Open Data DC. https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::parcel-lot-points (web service)
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