Section 1-303.01 - Police regulationsThe 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 full inspection to be made, at any reasonable times, of the places where the business of pawnbroking, junk-dealing, or second-hand clothing business may be carried on.(2) To regulate the storage of highly inflammable substances in the thickly populated portions of the District.(4) To establish and regulate the charges to be made by owners of hacks and hackney carriages of any kind whatsoever.(5) To prohibit conducting droves of animals upon such streets and avenues as it may deem needful to public safety and good order.(6) To regulate the keeping of dogs and fowls.(7) To prohibit the deposit upon the street or sidewalks of fruit, or any part thereof, or other substance or articles that might litter the same, or cause injury to or impede pedestrians.(8) To regulate or prohibit loud noises with horns, gongs, or other instruments, or loud cries, upon the streets or public places, and to prohibit the use of any fireworks or explosives within such portions of the District as it may think necessary to public safety.(9) To prescribe reasonable penalties, including civil penalties, for the infraction of the regulations mentioned in §§ 1-303.01 and 1-303.02. The penalties may be enforced in any court or administrative tribunal of the District of Columbia having jurisdiction of minor offenses or civil infractions, and in the same manner that minor offenses or civil infractions are by law prosecuted or adjudicated and punished.Jan. 26, 1887, 24 Stat. 368, ch. 49, § 1; Mar. 3, 1925, 43 Stat. 1125, ch. 443, §16; Sept. 13, 1961, 75 Stat. 498, Pub. L. 87-227, § 3; Oct. 5, 1985, D.C. Law 6-42, § 483, 32 DCR 4450; Mar. 8, 1991, D.C. Law 8-237, § 27, 38 DCR 314; Oct. 22, 2009, D.C. Law 18-71, § 12(a), 56 DCR 6619. Environmental planning commission, see § 3-1001 et seq. Mayor's authority, supervision of pawnbrokers and other businesses, see § 5-117.02 . Removal of snow and ice, public property, see § 9-602 . Special licensing provisions, sellers of gasoline, kerosene, oils, fireworks, and explosives, see § 47-2814 . Specific licensing provisions, Council's authority to regulate, modify, or eliminate licensing agreements, see § 47-2842 . Specific licensing provisions, secondhand dealers, see § 47-2837 . .