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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 12. CONSTRUCTION CODES SUPPLEMENT OF 2013 |
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SubTilte 12-G. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SUPPLEMENT OF 2013 |
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Chapter 12-G2. DEFINITIONS |
Section 12-G202. GENERAL DEFINITIONS
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Insert the following new definitions in Section 202 of the Property Maintenance Code:
COMMON SPACE. All portions of the premises used in common by the occupants of a building or structure not under the exclusive control of a single tenant.
GROWING SEASON. The time period from May 1 through October 31 of the same calendar year.
HOUSING BUSINESS. A business licensed, or required to be licensed, under D.C. Official Code § 47-2828 (2012 Repl.), including any dwelling unit or rooming unit in a residential building that is offered for rent or lease. A housing business also includes the rental of a dwelling unit or rooming unit in a residential building that the housing business owner or operator also occupies. A housing business does not include any transient housing providers, such as a hotel, bed and breakfast, inn and motel, boarding house or rooming house.
MAIN ENTRANCE (for Section 304.3). The principal point of entry into a building or other structure from a public street, private street or officially named alley.
PRIVATE THOROUGHFARE (for Section 304.3). Streets, alleys and other thoroughfares where the underlying land is owned by private citizens or entities, or is part of existing tax or record lots adjoining a public thoroughfare.
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE (for Section 304.3). Streets, alleys and other thoroughfares that are under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, any other public government, including the Federal Government or its branches, or by any adjoining state government.
QUALIFIED PERSON. One who has received training in and has demonstrated skills and knowledge in the construction and operation of specific equipment and installations and the hazards involved.
STREET NUMBER (for Section 304.3). A number used to provide specific identification for a premises on a public or private thoroughfare in the District of Columbia. A street number may be (1) the address of the main entrance of a premises or (2) an address created when a building has an entrance from the exterior, other than the main entrance, that directly serves a tenant different than that served by the main entrance. It shall be stored as a numeric value.
SUMMARY ABATEMENT. The process by which the code official may remove a nuisance from any premises, at the expense of the owner in situations where the owner fails to comply with or to appeal a notice or order to abate, or where emergency measures are required.
UNTENDED. Conditions that evidence a lack of care, maintenance, or management or a premises, including buildings or structures.
VEGETATIVE GROWTH. Vegetation of all types, including weeds, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, kudzu, plants with noxious odors, and grasses.
Strike the definitions of ROOMING HOUSE and ROOMING UNIT in Section 202 of the International Property Maintenance Code and insert new definitions in Section 202 of the Property Maintenance Code in their place to read as follows:
ROOMING HOUSE (for the Property Maintenance Code). A building or part thereof that provides sleeping accommodations for three or more persons who are not members of the immediate family of the resident operator or manager, with or without the provision of meals, for compensation; sleeping units are not under the exclusive control of the occupants. The term rooming house shall not be interpreted to include an establishment known as, or defined in the Construction Codes as, a hotel, motel, inn, bed and breakfast, private club, tourist home, guest house, or other transient accommodation.
ROOMING UNIT. One or more habitable spaces forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living purposes; but not for the preparation or eating of meals.