SHORT TITLE:
Use of RFK Site for Homes Not Stadiums Act of 2025
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
If enacted, this Initiative would mandate the creation of a Special Purpose Zone for the RFK Memorial Stadium for which the Zoning Commission could permit residential, commercial, recreational, educational and cultural uses, but not use for a stadium for professional athletic teams.
LEGISLATIVE TEXT:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the “RFK Stadium Permissible Uses Act of 2025.”
Sec. 2. Section 1 of the Act providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location, height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia and for other purposes, approved Jun 20, 1938, 52 Stat. 797, ch. 534, as amended by the Act to Amend the Act providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia and for other purposes, approved March 4, 1942, 56 Stat. 122, ch. 126 (D.C. Official Code §6-641.01), is hereby further amended by adding the following language at the end of such section 1:
“The Commission shall create a special purpose zone encompassing the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus, the boundaries of which are set forth in the survey conducted pursuant to section 2(d)1) of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act (Pub. L. No. 118-274), and shall provide by regulation for such uses of the Campus as are provided for in that Act and in the Declaration of Covenants executed pursuant to that Act; except that such regulation shall not permit the use of any part of the Campus for purposes of construction or operation of any stadium or arena (including accessory buildings or structures) that has as its primary purpose the hosting of professional athletic team events.”
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia Register.