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OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (ODAI), pursuant to section 3 of the District of Columbia Documents Act, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-153; D.C. Official Code § 2-612(2) (2012 Supp.)) hereby gives notices of the intent to adopt amendments to chapter 3 (Rules of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances) of title 1 (Mayor and Executive Agencies) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). The proposed rulemaking would recognize the creation of a new title 13 (Sign Regulations) of the DCMR by amending 1 DCMR § 313.3, which contains the structure for the DCMR. The Administrator gives notice of taking final rulemaking action in not less than thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 3, RULES OF THE OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES, of title 1, MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 313, D.C. MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS: STRUCTURE AND FORMAT, subsection 313.3 is amended to read as follows:
313.3 The structure of the D.C. Municipal Regulations is the following:
1 MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
3 ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
4 HUMAN RIGHTS
5 BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBTITLE A: Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) (formerly parts of Title 5)
SUBTITLE B: District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) (formerly parts of Title 5)
SUBTITLE C: Charter Schools
SUBTITLE D: School Maintenance
SUBTITLE E: Former Title 5
6 D.C. PERSONNEL REGULATIONS
SUBTITLE A: Police Personnel (formerly Title 6A)
SUBTITLE B: Personnel (formerly parts of Title 6)
7 EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
8 UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
SUBTITLE A: District of Columbia Law School (formerly Title 8A)
SUBTITLE B: University of the District of Columbia (formerly Title 8)
9 TAXATION AND ASSESSMENTS
10 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SUBTITLE A: Comprehensive Plan (formerly Part 1 of Title 10)
SUBTITLE B: Planning and Development (formerly Part 2 of Title 10)
SUBTITLE C: Historic Preservation (formerly 10A)
11 ZONING
12 CONSTRUCTION CODES
13 SIGN REGULATIONS
14 HOUSING
15 PUBLIC UTILITIES & CABLE TELEVISION
16 CONSUMERS, COMMERCIAL PRACTICES & CIVIL INFRACTIONS
17 BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONALS
18 VEHICLES & TRAFFIC
19 AMUSEMENTS, PARKS & RECREATION
20 ENVIRONMENT
21 WATER & SANITATION
22 PUBLIC HEALTH & MEDICINE
SUBTITLE A: Mental Health (formerly Title 22A)
SUBTITLE B: Health (formerly Title 22)
SUBTITLE C: Medical Marijuana
23 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
24 PUBLIC SPACE AND SAFETY
25 FOOD AND FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES
SUBTITLE A: Retail Food Code Regulations (formerly 25 DCMR)
SUBTITLE B: Food Processing Operations Code (formerly 25A DCMR)
SUBTITLE C: Swimming Pool and Spa Regulations (formerly Title 22 DCMR, Chapter 64)
SUBTITLE D: Massage Establishment and Health Spa Facility
SUBTITLE E: Barbering, Cosmetology, and Personal Grooming Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE F: Tanning Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE G: Tattoo, Body Art, and Body-Piercing Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE H: Bedding and Upholstered Furniture (formerly Title 22, chap.1, sec.115, 117)
SUBTITLE I: Health Nuisances, Rodent and Vector Control Regulations (formerly Title 22 DCMR, chapter 1, sections 100, 107)
SUBTITLE J: Animal Welfare and Facility Regulations (formerly Title 22, chap.1, sec. 103, 104, chap.7)
26 INSURANCE
SUBTITLE A: Insurance (formerly Title 26)
SUBTITLE B: Securities (formerly chapters 18,19, and 81 of Title 17)
SUBTITLE C: Banking (formerly Title 26A)
27 CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT
28 CORRECTIONS, COURTS & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
29 PUBLIC WELFARE
30 LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES
31 TAXICABS & PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action shall submit written comments, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, by mail to Victor L. Reid, Esq., Administrator, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, 441 4th St., N.W., 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, by email to dcdocuments@dc.gov, or electronically at www.dcregs.dc.gov. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the address listed above, or electronically at www.dcregs.dc.gov.
