District of Columbia Administrative Code

807 SALE TO MINOR VIOLATIONS 807.1 The Board may give warnings for first-time sale to minor offenses, excluding “egregious” sale to minor violations. Egregious shall be defined as “a sale to minor violation where the licensee: (1) sold or served an alcoholic beverage to a minor w…

808 VIOLATION HISTORY COMPUTATION 808.1 This section applies to all instances that require a computation of a person’s or licensee’s violation history, including, but not limited to, D.C. Official Code §§ 25-781, 25-783, and 25-830. 808.2 The review period for computing the numbe…

809 CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS 809.1 The Board, in its discretion, may issue a cease and desist order immediately suspending a licensee’s liquor license when one (1) of the following has occurred: The licensee has been issued a notice of summary suspension by the Department of Healt…

900 PRIMARY AMERICAN SOURCE OF SUPPLY 900.1 It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler to purchase any alcoholic beverage for resale unless the alcoholic beverages are purchased from the primary American source of supply for the brand of alcoholic beverages sought to be resold. 900.…

901 LABELING OF BEER CONTAINERS AND BEER TAPS 901.1 No licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or import for sale, delivery, or shipment within the District of Columbia any beer unless the original container is correctly marked, branded, and labeled in English. 901.2 The label shall…

902 UNSEALED CONTAINERS IN COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC VEHICLES 902.1 No driver of a commercial or public vehicle or common carrier in the District of Columbia shall have in his or her possession, while in or on the vehicle, any opened or unsealed package containing any alcoholic bevera…

903 GIFTS AND LOANS FROM MANUFACTURER PROHIBITED 903.1 The five hundred dollar ($500) limitation set forth in D.C. Official Code § 25-735 shall apply to each separate service or article of property for each individual transmittal being promoted by such service or article of prope…

904 GIFTS AND LOANS FROM WHOLESALER PROHIBITED 904.1 The five hundred dollar ($500) limitation set forth in D.C. Official Code § 25-736 shall apply to each separate service or article of property for each individual transmittal being promoted by such service or article of propert…

905 RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRANCE INTO LICENSED PREMISES 905.1 The admittance requirement of those persons displaying a valid identification as set forth in D.C. Official Code § 25-782(d) shall not preclude establishments from enforcing a dress code or an age restriction, provided tho…

100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 100.1 Occupation of public space beyond the extent permitted by existing law or regulation, or as those laws or regulations may be amended from time to time, is hereby forbidden. The Mayor, however, may authorize the issuance of a permit for a use of public…

101 STREETS AND ROADS 101.1 Without a permit from the District, no person shall make an excavation within or under any Public Space or Public Right-of-Way; and no person shall remove from or deposit on any Public Space or Public Right-of-Way any earth or other material. 101.2 Wit…

102 PUBLIC PARKING: UPKEEP AND PLANTINGS 102.1 The public parking on streets and avenues of the District of Columbia shall be under the immediate care and keeping of the owners or occupants of the premises abutting on the public parking. 102.2 No person shall use any parking for …

103 PUBLIC PARKING: WALLS, WICKETS, AND FENCES 103.1 After obtaining a permit from the District, the owners or occupants of land abutting public parking may enclose the parking with any of the following: Walls of an approved type not exceeding three feet six inches (3 ft. 6 in.) …

104 PUBLIC PARKING: PAVING, GRADING, AND COVERING 104.1 Without the written authority of the Mayor, no person shall change the grade of any parking; pave or cover any portion of a parking; or construct any walls, steps, coping, fences, or other structures on a parking. 104.2 Each…

105 TEMPORARY COVERED WALKWAYS 105.1 Temporary covered ways across sidewalks or parkings may be permitted by the Chief of Police for periods not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours. 105.2 Temporary covered ways shall afford a free passage of at least six feet (6 ft.) in width along …

106 PRIVATE LAMPPOSTS AND OTHER FIXTURES 106.1 No private lamppost or lap shall be erected or placed in public space or in any public street, avenue, alley, or road of the District of Columbia unless authorized by a special permit obtained prior to the erection of the lamppost or…

107 STREETLIGHTS, STREET SIGNS, TREES, AND FIXTURES 107.1 No person shall break, damage, mutilate, or carry away any lantern, glass, frame, street designation, fixture, or other part or appurtenance of any public lamp; or hitch, tie, or fasten any animal to any public lamppost or…

108 SIGNS, POSTERS, AND PLACARDS 108.1 No person shall affix a sign, advertisement, or poster to any public lamppost or appurtenances of a lamppost, except as provided in accordance with this section. 108.2 [REPEALED.] 108.3 No poster or placard shall be publicly displayed or exh…

109 BEAUTIFICATION OF TREE SPACES 109.1 The regulations contained in this section apply to the unpaved area of the sidewalk, which is reserved by the District government for planting trees and is referred to in this section as “tree space”. 109.2 The owner or occupant of property…

110 CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND DEMOLITION 110.1 The provisions of this section shall apply to all streets, avenues, alleys, highways, footways, sidewalks, public parkings, and other public space in the District of Columbia (also referred to simply as "public space"). 110.2 Persons…

111 TEMPORARY USE OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR MERCHANDISE, CONTAINERS, AND OTHER ARTICLES 111.1 No person shall leave any goods, wares, or merchandise either in or upon any street, avenue, alley, highway, footway, sidewalk, parking, or other public space in the District for a period long…

112 RETAIL BUSINESS USE OF ADJOINING PUBLIC SPACE 112.1 The owner or occupant of a store located in a residential-use district (as designated under the zoning regulations) may, during the time the store is open for business, use the space outside the front of the store to the ext…

113 BUSINESS STREETS 113.1 The streets within the following boundary areas shall be denominated "business streets" for the purposes of this chapter: (a) K Street N.W., between Fifth and Sixth Streets; (b) The west side of Seventh Street, N.W., between the northern limit of the ma…

114 APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS STREET DISPLAY PERMITS 114.1 Permits for the use of public space on business streets shall be issued annually to occupants of adjacent buildings who are engaged in the sale of merchandise within the buildings, upon application to the Department of Con…

115 SKATEBOARDS, ROLLERSKATES, AND ROLLERBLADES 115.1 Any person using skateboards, rollerskates, roller blades, or similar devices upon the parks and plazas located in the Pennsylvania Avenue Development area shall be subject to the rules under 18 DCMR §§1211.3 through 1211.10. …

116 INSTALLATION OF PERSONALIZED MARKERS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE BY THE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION 116.1 The Make a Difference Foundation may install personalized markers made of granite or other material approved by the Director according to specifications approved by the Director…

120 RAILROADS AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS 120.1 No unauthorized person shall loiter, walk, ride, drive, or otherwise trespass upon any of the following: (a) Railroad tracks; (b) The bridges or elevated or depressed structures carrying tracks; (c) Locomotives or cars operated on tracks…

121 TENTS, TRAILER CAMPS, AND OTHER TEMPORARY ABODES 121.1 No person or persons shall set up, maintain, or establish any camp or any temporary place of abode in any tent, wagon, van, automobile, truck, or house trailer, of any description, or in any combination, on public or priv…

122 PUBLIC TOILETS 122.1 No person shall blow, spread, or place any nasal or other bodily discharge; or spit, urinate, or defecate; on the floors, walls, partitions, furniture, fittings, or on any portion of any public convenience station, or in any place in a public convenience …

123 TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT WORK 123.1 The Department of Public Works (“DPW”) may temporarily close a section of public space in order to perform work if DPW requests approval from DDOT to close the section of public space at le…

199 DEFINITIONS 199.1 When used in this chapter, the following term shall have the meaning ascribed below: Downtown Streetscape Area - the Downtown Urban Renewal Area, as defined in the Zoning Regulations, Title 11 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, and the west s…

1000 PROHIBITED DEPOSITS: GENERAL PROVISIONS 1000.1 No person shall throw, cast, deposit, drip, scatter, or leave; or cause to be thrown, cast, laid, deposited, scattered, or left in or upon any street, avenue, alley, highway, footway, sidewalk, parking, or other public space in …

1001 EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION 1001.1 The provisions of this section shall apply to persons engaged in or having charge or control of, or who may be engaged in or have charge or control of conveying material to or from, any of the following activities: (a) Excavating; (b) Repai…

1002 VACANT LOTS AND OPEN SPACES 1002.1 No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, on any vacant lot or open space in the District any of the following: (a) Sawdust, shavings, vegetable matter, weeds; (b) Paper, rubbish, litter, garbage; (c) Offal, dead…

1003 COAL DELIVERIES 1003.1 Coal may be deposited on a lot or square for removal to abutting premises, in accordance with the provisions of this section. 1003.2 Removal of coal to abutting premises shall be made within one (1) hour of deposit in the case of bituminous or "soft" c…

1004 SALT AND SALT WATER 1004.1 No person shall dump, pour, or spill any salt or salt water or other deleterious matter upon any tree or tree space in any public place, street, avenue, roadway, or other highway. 1004.2 No person shall keep or maintain upon any sidewalk within ten…

1005 ICE AND SNOW 1005.1 No person shall throw, cast, or deposit in or upon any street, avenue, alley, highway, footway, or sidewalk any snow that may have fallen upon or ice that may have accumulated on the roof of any building or other structure. 1005.2 If necessary for public …

1006 GASOLINE, CHEMICALS, AND OILY SUBSTANCES 1006.1 No person shall pour, spill, or permit to drip upon the pavement of any street, alley, or public place in the District of Columbia any kerosene, gasoline, benzine, or other similar oil or oily substance or liquid. 1006.2 The pr…

1007 TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS 1007.1 No owner, driver, manager, or conductor of any cart or other vehicle shall carry or convey, or cause to be carried or conveyed, in that vehicle any coal, earth, sand, gravel, broken stone, dirt, ashes, paper, and other rubbish; or any loose…

1008 PAPER, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL 1008.1 No paper, handbills, dodgers, cards, circulars, or advertising matter of any kind, or samples of merchandise, shall be thrown, pushed, cast, deposited, dropped, scattered, distributed, or left in or upon any street…

1009 PUBLIC WASTE RECEPTACLES 1009.1 Public wastepaper boxes shall not be used for the disposal of refuse incidental to the conduct of a household, store, or other place of business or domicile, but shall be reserved for small quantities of waste or refuse by persons who pass by.…

1100 APPLICABILITY 1100.1 This chapter shall apply to any person engaged in redevelopment or substantial rehabilitation, including sidewalk rehabilitation, where more than fifty percent (50%) of the sidewalk area adjoining a project is planned for construction, within the Downtow…

1101 GENERAL RULES 1101.1 This chapter sets forth minimum standards for the treatment of the public space in the Downtown Streetscape Area. Applicants may request variations and modifications to these standards that raise the quality of the materials used or the design of the pub…

1102 APPLICATION PROCEDURE 1102.1 To obtain a Step 1 streetscape review of a streetscape plan, an applicant shall submit an application on a form provided by the Director and ten (10) copies of the streetscape plan as part of the public space permit application process. 1102.2 Th…

1103 REVIEW OF STREETSCAPE PLANS 1103.1 The Director shall review the submitted streetscape plans to ensure that the submitted streetscape plan and the application have all the required and necessary information. 1103.2 The Director shall notify the applicant within five (5) work…

1104 MODIFICATION OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STREETSCAPE PLAN 1104.1 The Director may approve a modification of a previously approved streetscape plan when the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) Repair of a streetscape element is necessary or when construction conditions alter…

1105 STANDARDS FOR SIDEWALK TREATMENT 1105.1 On those sidewalks and streets that are not listed in subsection 1105.4 or 1105.6, the sidewalk shall be paved with pressed concrete pavers that shall meet the following requirements: (a) The size shall be two feet (2') by three feet (…