Section 14-1204. DESIGNATION OF APARTMENTS

 

1204.1Each apartment entrance door shall be distinctively numbered or lettered and all other rooms in the apartment buildings shall be distinctively identified.

 

1204.2The provisions of this section shall not apply to rooms in individual apartments.

 

1204.3The owner of each apartment house shall maintain and provide the tenants of each apartment the use of a secure mail receptacle which has been approved by the United States Postal Service.

 

1204.4Each receptacle, other than those in an apartment house that has twenty-four (24) hour-a-day desk clerk service, is required to have a lock that will enable it to be secured and the owner shall provide each tenant with a key to the lock.

 

1204.5Installation, security specifications, and maintenance of mail receptacles shall be consistent with the requirements of postal service laws and regulations.

 

1204.6The owner shall be responsible for the proper installation of mail receptacles, and shall maintain the same in safe and good working condition.

 

1204.7In the event of disrepair, the owner shall have a reasonable time (not to exceed seven (7) working days) to repair mail receptacles.

 

source

The Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, 5G DCRR § 6106, Commissioners’ Order 55-1503 (August 11, 1955); as amended by: Commissioners’ Order 57-1023 (June 6, 1957); and section 2 of the Mandatory Mail Receptacle Act of 1984, D.C. Law 5-141, 32 DCR 1726 (March 29, 1995), incorporating by reference the text of D.C. Act 5-199, 31 DCR 5757 (November 16, 1984).