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Title 14 - HOUSING
Chapter 14-8 - HOUSING CODE: CLEANLINESS, SANITATION, AND SAFETY
Rule 14-899 - DEFINITIONS

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 14-899

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Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Rule 14-899 - DEFINITIONS
899.1

The provisions of § 199 of chapter 1 of this title and the definitions set forth in this section shall be applicable to this chapter. In addition, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed in sections 800.08 through 800.23 of this chapter:

Growing Season - the time period from May 1st through October 31st of the same calendar year.

Summary Abatement - the process by which DCRA may remove a nuisance from any premises, as described in this chapter, at the expense of the owner and before an administrative hearing challenging the notice.

Untended Premises - premises that exemplify a lack a care, maintenance, or management in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

Vegetative growth - vegetation of all types, including weeds, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, kudzu, plants with noxious odors, and grasses causing hay fever.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 14-899

The Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, 5G DCRR §§ 2602 and 2603, C.O. 55-1503 (August 11, 1955); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking at 49 DCR 4886 (May 24, 2002) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4938 (June 20, 2003); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3075 (April 8, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 6449 (July 29, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9817, 9823 (November 18, 2011)
Authority: The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, pursuant to authority set forth in Article III of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, effective March 31, 1983, and Mayor's Order 83-92, effective April 7, 1983; section 6(h) of An Act To provide for the abatement of nuisances in the District of Columbia by the Commissioners of said District, and for other purposes, approved April 14, 1906 (34 Stat. 114; D.C. Official Code § 42-3131.06(h) (2010 Repl.)); Mayor's Order 2002-33, effective February 11, 2002; and section 104 of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code § 2-1801.04 (2007 Repl.)).