Title 8 — Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide civil sanctions and to eliminate criminal liability for violating a variety of local laws and rules, to provide for civil enforcement of these violations, and to establish an expeditious administrative adjudicative system.

(a)(1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia (“Mayor”) shall enforce Chapter 10A of this title and Chapter 10B of this title, §§ 601, 603, 604, 605, 606(a), (c), and (h), 607(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (j), 608(a), 609(a), and 612 of Chapter 3 in Title 8 of the Di…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “nuisance” means a condition or circumstance violative of the provisions listed in § 8-802(a). (b) The Mayor may, consistent with constitutional safeguards, enter a nonresidential premises and inspect and investigate an allegation ab…

(a) In response to a notice of violation, a person issued a notice may do 1 of the following: (1) Admit the violation; (2) Admit the violation, but with an explanation; or (3) Deny the violation. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no response other than tho…

(a) A hearing for judging a violation actionable under this chapter shall be held before a hearing examiner referred to in § 8-808, and the hearing shall be conducted according to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2. (b)(1) After due consideration of the evidence and arguments m…

(a) The Mayor shall reinspect a premises for which a notice of violation has been issued and for which abatement has been required. (b) The reinspection shall occur within a reasonable time of the date of issuance of the notice of violation or within a reasonable time of a hearin…

(a) The Mayor may impose any or all sanctions stated in this section. (b)(1) The Mayor shall prepare and the Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) shall approve a schedule of fines for violating rules listed in § 8-802, and the fines, when adopted, shall be printed in t…

(a) A Solid Waste Nuisance Abatement Fund (“Fund”) is hereby established, separate from the General Fund of the District of Columbia, into which all fines, penalties, interest, charges and costs assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited. The deposit of these monies sha…

(a) The Mayor shall appoint a chief hearing examiner and other hearing examiners needed to implement this chapter, and the administration of the hearing provided for in this section and in § 8-805 shall be regulated by the chief hearing examiner. (b) The powers of hearing examine…

(a) The hearing examiner’s decision may be appealed within 15 days of the issuance of the decision to the Board of Appeals and Review. (b) The parties may appeal a decision of the Board of Appeals and Review within 15 days of the issuance of the decision to the District of Columb…

The Mayor shall issue rules to implement this chapter under the provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, and the rules shall, at the least, establish a program of community service which may be used, according to an agreement under §§ 8-805(c)(3) and 8-807(e), as an al…

(a) A person who is stopped by a police officer or other officials authorized by the Mayor to enforce the regulations listed in § 8-802(a)(1) after the person has committed a violation of these regulations shall be required to inform the officer or other authorized official of hi…

(a) The Mayor shall submit to the Council statistics on the number of notices of infractions and violations issued for violation of regulations listed in § 8-802(a)(1), and the number of notices subsequently dismissed. (b) The statistics shall identify, by Ward, the number of not…