D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 19-1300
A circus, rodeo, carnival, fair, performance, singing, playing of musical or other instruments, dancing or amusement of any kind, or preaching, exhorting, or lecturing may be conducted or operated in a tent or temporary structure of any kind, on vacant land, or in a yard or area appurtenant to any building, subject to the conditions set forth in this section and § 1301.
No amusement, carnival, fair, performance, signing, playing of musical or other instruments, or dancing shall be conducted for a total of more than ten (10) days at any single location, unless authorized by the Mayor.
No circus or rodeo shall operate for more than a total of ten (10) days in any calendar year, unless authorized by the Mayor.
No preaching, exhorting, or lecturing shall be conducted for a total of more than thirty (30) days at any single location.
The permissible total days any of the activities listed in §§ 1300.2 through 1300.4 may be conducted or operated need not necessarily be consecutive days.
None of the activities listed in § 1300.1 shall be conducted in a location that is within five hundred feet (500') of a college, university, or public, private or parochial school during the hours that any class is in session.
None of the activities listed in § 1300.1 shall be conducted on the secular days of the week after 11:30 p.m., nor on Sundays, except between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.; provided, that preaching, lecturing, or exhorting may be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Merry-go-rounds, flying horses, ferris wheels, or similar devices shall be permitted only in conjunction with a circus, rodeo, carnival or fair, except as provided in § 1310.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to persons holding lawn parties on private premises for which no admission fee is charged, and where the music is produced only by stringed instruments.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or § 1301, whether owner, operator, manager, or other person in control of the premises, or managers or persons participating in any of those activities, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($ 300).
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 19-1300