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District of Columbia Statutes, Title 6

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Title 6, Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.

19 chapters · 290 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 6290 Ch 2, District of Columbia Housing Authority.41 Ch 10, Community Development.38 Ch 6, Zoning and Height of Buildings.32 Ch 11, Historic Landmark and Historic Distr…28 Ch 3, Housing Redevelopment.19 Ch 9, Insanitary Buildings.19 Ch 14, Construction Codes.19 Ch 7, Fire Safety.18 Ch 13, Regulation of Foreign Missions.17 Ch 1, National Capital Housing Authority.13 Ch 14A, Green Building Requirements.12 Ch 8, Unsafe Structures.7 Ch 12, Preservation of Historic Places and …7 Ch 4, Building Lines.6

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 6✕Ch 14A✕

D.C. Code § 6-1451.01 Definitions
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*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 28, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Past Permanent Version.* For the purposes of this chapter, the…
D.C. Code § 6-1451.02 Publicly-owned, leased, and financed buildings and projects
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*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 28, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Past Permanent Version.* (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to…
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 § 6-1451.03a Electric vehicle make-ready parking spaces in new multi-unit residential and commercial buildings

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(a) For building permits issued after January 1, 2022, all new construction or substantial improvement of commercial buildings and multi-unit buildings that have 3 or more automobile off-road parking spaces shall include electric vehicle make-ready infrastructure to accommodate t…

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 § 6-1451.07 Green Building Fund

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(a) There is established as a special fund the Green Building Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. The purpose of the Fund is to streamline administrative green building processes, improve sustainability perfor…

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) DOEE 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…