Section 24-199. DEFINITIONS

 

199.1When used in this chapter, the following term shall have the meaning ascribed below:

 

Downtown Streetscape Area - the Downtown Urban Renewal Area, as defined in the Zoning Regulations, Title 11 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, and the west side of North Capitol and both sides of all other boundary streets of the Downtown Urban Renewal Area.

 

Invasive Plant Species – one of the following plants:

Grasses and Sedges

Bamboos (Bambusa vulgaris, Phyllostachys aurea and Pseudosasa japonica)

Bog Bulrush (Schoenoplectus mucronatus)

Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)

Wavyleaf Basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius)

 

Herbaceous Forbs

Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frustescens)

Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)

Common Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

European Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Fig Buttercup (Ficaria verna)

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

Nodding Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum nutans) and Sleepydick (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)

 

Shrubs and Subshrubs

Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)

Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica)

Linden Viburnum (Viburnum dilatatum)

Morrow’s Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Privets (Ligustrum obtusifolium, L. ovalifolium, L. sinense and L. vulgare)

Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)

Winged Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)

 

Vines

Black Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum louiseae)

Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata)

Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

English Ivy (Hedera helix)

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

Japanese Hop (Humulus japonicus)

Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)

Mile-a-Minute (Persicaria perfoliata)

Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)

Pale Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum rossicum)

Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)

Sweet Autumn Virginsbower (Clematis terniflora)

Winter Creeper (Euonymus fortunei)

 

Person - any individual, corporation, firm, agency, association, organization, utility company, and any government agency or instrumentality.

 

Personalized Marker - an engraved sidewalk treatment of granite or other suitable material approved by the Director that is inscribed with a profile likeness and other inscriptions in recognition of an individual selected by the Make a Difference Foundation pursuant to the Make A Difference Selection Committee Establishment Act of 1998, D.C. Code §§ 9-1215.01 (2001) (formerly codified at D.C. Code §§ 7-231 et seq. (1999 Supp.)).

 

Sidewalk – the portion of the surface space located between the curb line and the building line intended for the use of pedestrians.

 

Tree fence – a low enclosure of an open design that separates the sidewalk from the tree space and is designed and constructed in accordance with DDOT guidelines.  

 

Tree space – an unpaved portion of the sidewalk that is reserved by the District government for the planting of a tree.

 

Tree space beautification – a visual improvement made to a tree space using live plant materials other than trees, such as grass, tropical flowers, or other shallow rooted plants having decorative flowers or foliage.

 

 

authority

Section 103 of the Urban Forest Preservation Act of 2002, effective June 12, 2003 (D.C. Law 14-309; D.C. Official Code § 8-651.03 (2013 Repl.)), Sections 4(5)(A) (assigning authority to coordinate and manage public space permits and records to the Department Director), 5(a)(4)(A) (assigning duty to review and approve public space permit requests to the Department Director), 6(b) (transferring the public right-of-way maintenance function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works (DPW) under Section III (F) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983 to the Department), and 9j (rulemaking authority) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 (“DDOT Establishment Act”), effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.03(5)(A), 50-921.04(a)(4)(A), 50-921.05(b), and 50-921.18 (2014 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)), Section 604 of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-198; D.C. Official Code § 10-1141.04 (2013 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)) (authorizing rules concerning rental of public space), and Mayor’s Order 2016-5, dated January 12, 2016.

source

Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9918(December 15, 2000) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 3075 (April 6, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 4099 (May 3, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6566 (July 12, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 800 (January 27, 2017).