Title 6 — Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.
16 chapters · 355 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 6-1451.01 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Addition” has the same meaning as in § 6-1410(a)(1). (2) “Applicant” means any individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, government agency, public or private corporation, or other entity that submits co…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.02 Publicly-owned, leased, and financed buildings and projects
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(a)(1) This subsection shall apply to all new construction and substantial improvement of: (A) Projects that are District-owned or District instrumentality-owned; and (B) Projects where at least 15% of the total cost is District-financed or District instrumentality-financed. (2) …
D.C. Code § 6-1451.03 Privately-owned buildings and projects
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(a) This section shall apply to all privately-owned buildings and projects with at least 50,000 square feet of gross floor area. (b)(1) All new construction and substantial improvement of nonresidential projects, including projects involving real property acquired by a real prope…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.04 Compliance review
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(a) The Mayor shall verify compliance with the requirements of this chapter as specified in §§ 6-1451.02 and 6-1451.03 through: (1) An agency of the District government; or (2) Third-party entities which meet criteria to be established by the Mayor by rulemaking within 180 days o…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.05 Financial security
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(a) Beginning January 1, 2012, an applicant governed by § 6-1451.03(a) shall provide a financial security, which shall be due prior to receipt of a certificate of occupancy. (b)(1) The financial security requirement of subsection (a) of this section may be fulfilled by: (A) Evide…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.06 Incentives
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 6-1451.07 Green Building Fund
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(a) There is established a fund designated as the Green Building Fund, which shall be separate from the General Fund of the District of Columbia. All additional monies obtained pursuant to §§ 6-1451.05 and 6-1451.08, and all interest earned on those funds, shall be deposited into…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.07a Benchmarking Enforcement Fund
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(a) There is established as a special fund the Benchmarking Enforcement Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Penalties collected pursuant to § 6-1451.03(c)(2)(D) shall be deposited in the Fund. (c) Money in…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.08 Green building fee
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(a) A green building fee is established to fund the implementation of this chapter and the Green Building Fund. (b) Upon March 8, 2007, the green building fee shall be established by increasing the building permit fees in effect at the time in accordance with the following schedu…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.09 Establishment of the Green Building Advisory Council
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(a) DDOE shall provide the central coordination and technical assistance to District agencies and instrumentalities in the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. (b) Within 90 days after March 8, 2007, the Mayor shall establish a Green Building Advisory Council to moni…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.10 Exemptions and extensions
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(a)(1) The Mayor may, in unusual circumstances and only upon a showing of good cause, grant an exemption from any of the requirements of this chapter based on: (A) Substantial evidence of a practical infeasibility or hardship of meeting a required green building standard; (B) A d…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.11 Rules
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(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. (b) The Mayor may issue proposed rules to adopt another rating system, in whole or in part. Proposed rules to adopt another rating syste…