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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 14. HOUSING |
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Chapter 14-8. HOUSING CODE: CLEANLINESS, SANITATION, AND SAFETY |
Section 14-802. RESPONSIBILITIES OF TENANTS
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802.1In those portions of premises occupied for residential purposes under the exclusive control of a tenant, it shall be the responsibility of the tenant to observe the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated in this chapter.
802.2In addition to the tenant’s responsibilities under § 800, the tenant shall specifically be responsible for the following:
(a)Keeping the part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as clean and sanitary as the conditions of the premises permit;
(b)Disposing from the tenant’s dwelling unit all rubbish, garbage, and other organic or flammable waste, in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner;
(c)Keeping all plumbing fixtures as clean and sanitary as the condition of those fixtures permit;
(d)Properly using and operating all electrical, gas, plumbing, and heating fixtures and appliances.
802.3A tenant shall not do or permit any person on the premises with the tenant’s permission to do any of the following:
(a)Willfully or wantonly destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the structure or dwelling unit; or
(b)Willfully or wantonly destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the facilities, equipment, or appurtenances to the dwelling unit.
802.4The tenant of each dwelling unit in multiple dwellings shall provide as needed for the tenant’s own use sufficient, lawful and separate receptacles for the storage of ashes, garbage, and refuse in the tenant’s own unit.
802.5All garbage, refuse, and ashes of each unit shall be placed by the tenant in receptacles and transferred by the tenant to the designated place of common storage on the premises, unless the collection and transfer is provided by the operator.