Section 10-B2210. RELOCATION PAYMENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

2210.1The Relocation Office shall administer the relocation payments program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and shall be responsible for determining the eligibility of each displacee for a relocation payment and the amount of payment.

 

2210.2Appropriate records, with supporting documentation, shall be maintained by the Relocation Office with respect to each claim.

 

2210.3A person shall be eligible to receive payments incurred in moving if he or she is in occupancy of property on the date of acquisition, or if he or she meets any one (1) of the following occupancy criteria:

 

(a)The person is in occupancy at the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the real property in whole or in part;

 

(b)The person is in occupancy at the time he or she is furnished a written notice by the District that it intends to acquire the property by a given date, and moves the real property or moves his or her personal property from the real property and the real property is subsequently acquired; or

 

(c)The person is in occupancy at the time he or she is given a written notice to vacate by the District (except in the case of a person displaced by local code enforcement), and moves his or her personal property from the real property, whether or not that real property is subsequently acquired.

 

2210.4Payments may be made to an eligible claimant for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in moving himself or herself, his or her family, business, and personal property, including the cost of the following:

 

(a)Transportation not exceeding a distance of fifty (50) miles from the site of displacement, except when the Relocation Office determines that relocation beyond that distance is justified;

 

(b)Packing and unpacking, and crating and uncrating personal property;

 

(c)Obtaining bids or estimates for transportation, packing, and crating, including advertising for those bids;

 

(d)Storage of personal property for a period generally not exceeding twelve (12) months if the Relocation Office determines that storage is necessary in connection with relocation;

 

(e)Insuring personal property while in storage or transit;

 

(f)Disconnecting, dismantling, or removing and reassembling, reconnecting, and reinstalling machinery, equipment, or other personal property (including utilities and goods and inventory kept for sale) not acquired by the District; Provided, that the cost of any addition, improvement, alteration, or other physical change in or to any structure in connection with effecting the reassembly, reconnection, or reinstallation shall not be included as a moving expense unless the Relocation Office determines that the addition, improvement, alteration, or other physical change is required by law or regulation or is necessary to the reinstallation of the personal property;

 

(g)Replacing personal property lost, stolen, or damaged (not through the fault of negligence of the claimant, his or her agent, or employee) in the process of moving, where that loss, theft, or damage is not covered by insurance; and

 

(h)An item of personal property that is used in connection with a business or nonprofit organization which is not moved, but is replaced with a comparable item. Reimbursement shall not exceed the replacement cost, less proceeds received from the sale of the item or the estimated cost of moving, whichever is less.

 

2210.5When an owner retains ownership of his or her dwelling, the cost of moving the dwelling shall not be reimbursable as personal property. However, if he or she uses his or her dwelling as a means of moving personal property, the owner may be eligible for moving expenses on the basis of a fixed payment.

 

source

§501(d) of the Relocation Regulations, Regulation No. 73-4, 19 DCR 599, 611 (February 21, 1973).