Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) The Attorney General may issue grants for the purposes authorized pursuant to Chapter 1D of Title 32. (b) Personnel and non-personnel costs related to administering any grants issued pursuant to the authority provided in subsection (a) of this section may be paid from funds d…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the Attorney General determines that his or her duty to represent the public interest in a particular matter may prevent him or her from adequately representing the government, an agency, or an official, the Attorney Ge…

(a) The Attorney General shall submit a report to the Council of the District of Columbia of any action, suit, or proceeding brought in a court of law in which the Council of the District of Columbia is not a party, and the constitutionality or the validity under Chapter 2 of Tit…

(a) An independent agency shall notify the Attorney General of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which the independent agency is a named party when the judicial or administrative proceeding includes a challenge to: (1) The legality of a District or federal statute or r…

(a)(1) If the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is temporarily unable or unavailable to carry out the duties of the office, the Chief Deputy Attorney General shall serve as acting Attorney General as of the date that notice of such disability or unavailability is prov…

(a) To facilitate the Office of the Attorney General's ("OAG") ability to publish data about its prosecution practices, including data about how its prosecution decisions break down by race and other demographic factors, OAG shall be permitted to analyze and publish all arrest da…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make and modify, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce, usual and reasonable police regulations in and for said District as follows: (1) For causing ful…

The regulations provided for in § 1-303.01 and adopted prior to October 21, 1968, shall be printed in 1 or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia; and no penalty prescribed for the violation of said regulations shall be enforced until 30 days after suc…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce, all such reasonable and usual police regulations in addition to those already made under §§ 1-303.01 and 1-…

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to enforce such building regulations for the said District as the Council may deem advisable. (b) Such rules and regulations made as…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prescribe reasonable penalties of a fine not to exceed $300 or imprisonment not to exceed 10 days, in lieu of or in addition to any fine, or to prescribe civil fines or other civil sanctions for the violation of any …

(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue a comprehensive rulemaking to update the rules governing the hanging, placing, painting, projection, display, and maintenance of signs on public space, public buildings, or other property owned or contro…

(a) Enforcement and adjudication of infractions of these rules shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [§ 2-1801.01 et seq.] (“Civil Infractions Act”), Chapter 9A of Title 50 [§ 50-921.01 et seq.] (“DDOT Establishment Act”), and Chapter 1A of Title 12A of the Construction Code…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make and modify, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce, regulations in and for the District of Columbia to regulate the keeping and leashing of dogs and…

When required by the public exigencies to meet conditions caused by emergencies such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, flood, fire, storm, and similar disasters, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Council of the Distr…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce, all such usual and reasonable police regulations, in addition to those already made under §§ 1-303.01 to 1-…

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed to make and publish such orders as may be necessary to regulate the construction, repair, and operation of all elevators within the District of Columbia, and prescribe such means of security as may be f…

The sweeping, cleaning, and removing all refuse and filthy accumulations in the streets, alleys, and avenues of the City of Washington, and the repairs and cleaning of the sewers, are necessary municipal objects, which belong to the current expenses of the same, to be paid for in…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to sell sweepings from the streets, the amounts realized from such sales to be deposited in the treasury, to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have power to erect light, and maintain lamp posts, with lamps, outside of the city limits, when, in his judgment, it shall be deemed proper or necessary.

(a) It is hereby declared that: (1) The District of Columbia has prepared, through an exhaustive process of research, analysis, and review, including citizen involvement and consultation with affected federal, state and local governments, and planning agencies in the National Cap…

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall transmit to the Council of the District of Columbia, on or before the date of the 1st regularly scheduled legislative session in September 1984, a proposed District Land Use Element for inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan for the Na…

(a) Repealed. (b) Repealed. (c)(1) The Mayor shall prepare proposed small area action plans for selected geographical areas that require more specific land use analysis to incorporate the broadest range of planning techniques and solutions practical to achieve the District’s goal…

(a) Continuous community input into every phase of development of titles I through XII of section 3 (the “Comprehensive Plan”), from conception to adoption to implementation, is essential to assure that the Comprehensive Plan in all its elements is the valid expression of Distric…

(a) Within 90 days of March 8, 2007, the Mayor shall publish the Comprehensive Plan, as amended, in its entirety. (b) The Comprehensive Plan shall be consolidated by the District of Columbia Office of Documents into a single new or replacement title of the District of Columbia Mu…

(a) The Mayor shall, in the course of the interagency review of a development project that is subject to the Large Tract Review Procedures of the Office of Planning (10 DCMR § 2300 et seq.), consider whether the issuance of a building or construction permit is inconsistent with t…

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection, the government shall be subject to zoning. (2) Any governmental land uses that were either existent or substantially planned, documented, and invested in prior to May 23, 1990, shall not be subject…

The 20-year comprehensive plan submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia in 2027 shall include reforms to the general land use map, the future land use map, elements, and policies targeted at reducing the inequitable concentration of industrial land in District communi…

The housing linkage objective is to require applicants who obtain bonus commercial office space as a result of a discretionary and otherwise appropriate street or alley closing or zoning density increase to produce housing or contribute funds to the production of housing, particu…

In establishing the housing linkage objective, the District sets forth the following purposes: (1) To encourage the construction and rehabilitation of housing throughout the District of Columbia, particularly housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households; (2) …

The policies established in support of the housing linkage objective are as follows: (1) Except as provided in § 1-306.41, whenever the Council approves a discretionary and otherwise appropriate street or alley closing which results in the provision of additional commercial offic…

If the additional commercial office space is located on a development site that is improved with 1 or more housing units that are removed, either after the application or within 1 year prior to the application to facilitate the commercial development, the total square footage of …

If the applicant agrees to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing pursuant to § 1-306.33(1), the applicant may satisfy this agreement in any manner chosen by the applicant, including but not limited to a joint venture, partnership, contract, or arrangement with another part…

Except as provided in § 1-306.37, if the applicant agrees to contribute funds to a housing trust fund, the amount of funds to be contributed shall be no less than the total of 1/2 of the assessed value of the total square footage of additional commercial office space.

If the applicant agrees to contribute funds to a housing trust fund, and if the additional commercial office space is located on a development site that is improved with 1 or more housing units that are removed, either after the application or within 1 year prior to the applicati…

Nothing in this part shall require the Zoning Commission to grant or deny an application for a zoning density increase.

Nothing in this part shall supplant any requirement of the Zoning Regulations.

Nothing in this part shall obviate the requirement that zoning shall not be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. However, the Zoning Commission and the Mayor’s Office of Planning each shall consider an applicant’s compliance with the requirements of this part as supportive o…

The provisions of this part shall not apply to the following applicants: (1) An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase for a development that includes, on or adjacent to the site of the development, an amount of housing that is equal to the a…

An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase who is required to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing pursuant to this part shall not be issued a building permit for the applicant’s commercial development until the applicant certifies to …

An applicant who obtains a street or alley closing or a zoning density increase who is required to contribute funds to a housing trust fund pursuant to this part shall proceed in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Not less than 1/2 of the required total contribution shal…

Prior to the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy for the commercial development, whichever is applicable, the applicant shall certify to the District that the provisions of this part have been satisfied.

The Zoning Commission and all other agencies that have authority to adopt regulations to implement the housing linkage policies shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this part.

(a) The government of the District of Columbia is authorized: (1) To establish a student loan insurance program which meets the requirements of this part for a State loan insurance program in order to enter into agreements with the Commissioner for the purposes of this title; (2)…

(a)(1) The Mayor may submit, under title XIX of the Social Security Act (Title XIX) to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, a plan for medical assistance (and any modifications of the plan) to enable the District to receive federal financial…

For purposes of protecting the income of the community spouse of a Medicaid beneficiary who is institutionalized, the Mayor is directed to set the minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance at the maximum level permitted under section 1924 of the Social Security Act, approved Ju…