Section 14-500. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

500.1The owner of a building used for residential purposes shall provide that building with adequate facilities for heating, ventilating, and lighting.

 

500.2Each facility provided and maintained to comply with this section shall be properly and safely installed, and shall be maintained in a safe and good working condition.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is contained in paragraphs 28 and 46 of section 7 of An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes ("Act of 1902"), Public, No.218, 32 Stat. 590, approved July 1, 1902, as amended by: An Act approved July 1, 1932 to amend section 7 [of the Act of 1902], Public, No. 237, 47 Stat. 550; and An Act approved July 22, 1947, Public Law 215, 61 Stat. 402.

source

The Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, 5G DCRR §§ 1201 and 2401, Commissioners’ Order 55-1503 (August 11, 1955).