Title 8 — Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.
43 chapters · 625 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 8-2131.01 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Abate” means to eliminate a public health nuisance, or to reduce the degree or intensity of a public health nuisance. (2) “District” means the District of Columbia. (3) “Person” means any individual; partnership; corporation, inclu…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.02 Prohibited activities
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(a) No person shall: (1) Cause or allow the open dumping of any tire; (2) Cause or allow the open burning of any tire; (3) Cause or allow the storage of any tire unless the owner or operator of the property where the tire is stored takes measures to prevent the tire from accumula…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.03 Inspection
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(a) The Mayor, acting on the Mayor’s own information or observation, or on the information or observation of another person, may inspect occupied or vacant property to investigate an allegation of a public health nuisance. (b) Upon the presentation of appropriate credentials to t…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.04 Prima facie evidence of a public health nuisance
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The presence of vectors in their developmental stages on a property, or in a vessel, container, or other structure on a property, shall be prima facie evidence of a public health nuisance.
D.C. Code § 8-2131.05 Abatement of a public health nuisance
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(a) When the Mayor determines that a public health nuisance exists on a property, the Mayor shall issue a notice of violation to the person alleged to have created the public health nuisance or the owner or occupant of the property. The Mayor may serve the notice of violation on …
D.C. Code § 8-2131.06 Corrective actions by District to abate a public health nuisance
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(a) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Mayor may undertake actions to correct certain health hazards that have resulted from the development, attraction, or harborage of vectors, including cleanup, abatement, and preventive measures, if the following conditions ex…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.07 Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Control Fund
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(a) There is established the Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Control Fund (“Fund”) as a nonlapsing, revolving fund, to be administered by the Mayor as an agency fund as defined in § 47-373(2)(I), to be used exclusively for the purposes stated in subsection (b) of this section. (…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.08 Penalties
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A violation of this chapter or the rules issued under authority of this chapter shall be a civil infraction for the purposes of Chapter 18 of Title 2. Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules i…
D.C. Code § 8-2131.09 Rules
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The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 8-2141.01 Annual mosquito control and abatement plan
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Beginning March 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, the Department of Health shall develop and submit to the Council a mosquito-abatement plan, delineated by ward, for the following fiscal year to prevent and abate the infestation of mosquitoes, which shall, at a minimum, include …