46383 The rulemaking allows the Mayor’s delegee to waive any provision of Chapter 35, except as noted, where the Mayor’s delegee makes a determination that there is good cause to waive such provision and where the waiver will further the purpose and ...

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

The Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, in accordance with the authority set forth in section 102(g) of the Workforce Housing Production Program Approval Act of 2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-278; D.C. Official Code § 6-1061.02(g)), and Mayor’s Order 2009-168, dated September 30, 2009, hereby gives notice of the following proposed amendment to Chapter 35 (Workforce Housing Land Trust Program) of Title 14 (Housing) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). 

The rulemaking allows the Mayor’s delegee to waive any provision of Chapter 35, except as noted, where the Mayor’s delegee makes a determination that there is good cause to waive such provision and where the waiver will further the purpose and objectives of the land trust program.  The rulemaking was adopted on an emergency basis on June 16, 2009, so as to allow the land trust program to close on private financing that was committed this summer. 

The Director also hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt this rule, in final, in not less than thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

Chapter 35 of Title 14 DCMR is amended as follows:

Section 3500 is amended by adding a new subsection 3500.3 to read as follows:

3500.3  The Mayor’s delegee, for good cause shown in writing, may waive any provision of this chapter, except the provisions of §§ 3502.2, 3502.3, 3506.9, 3512.4, and 3518, provided that such waiver is consistent with applicable law.  All waivers shall be justified by a determination by the Mayor’s delegee that application of the provision would adversely affect the purpose and objectives of the land trust program.

All persons interested in commenting on the subject matter in this proposed rulemaking may file comments in writing, not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Comments should be filed with Devin Johnson, Legislative Affairs Specialist, Department of Housing and Community Development, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E., 20020.  Copies of the proposed rulemaking may be obtained from the Department of Housing and Community Development at the same address.