D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B106
No person owning or having possession or control of any land in the District shall allow water to stand on that land in any manner whatsoever that endangers the health of persons living in the vicinity of the land.
Any person who violates the provision of § 106.1 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
Upon receiving information or obtaining knowledge of the existence of any thing or things declared by this title to be nuisances, or any thing or things that may be declared nuisances by any ordinance or resolution enacted or adopted by the Mayor, the Director of Human Services (Director) shall notify the persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining the nuisance to remove it, or cause it to be removed, within twenty-four (24) hours, or within whatever reasonable time as may be determined by the Mayor, after the notice is given.
If the responsible person does not remove the nuisance within the time prescribed in the notice required by § 106.3, the Director shall remove the nuisance or cause it to be removed.
All costs and expenses of removal of a nuisance shall be paid by the persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining the nuisance.
If the person or persons committing, creating, keeping, or maintaining a nuisance fail to pay the accrued costs and expenses of removing it within ten (10) days after removal, the Director shall collect the costs by suit at law.
Upon the Mayor's request, all fines and penalties imposed by this title shall be collected by prosecution in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, by information filed in the court.
Whenever an alleged nuisance is shown to the satisfaction of the court to be continuing and existing, the person creating or maintaining the nuisance shall, upon conviction, in addition to the fine imposed, be ordered by the court to abate or remove the nuisance.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B106