| 1100.1 | The temporary use of streets by private persons and organizations for activities of a recreational, educational, civic, or charitable nature may be authorized by the Secretary of the District of Columbia, subject to the conditions set forth in this section and the application procedures set forth in §1101. |
| 1100.2 | Activities shall be sponsored (or co-sponsored, in the case of an organization) by either of the following: |
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- Three (3) adult residents of the District, twenty-one (21) years of age or older, residing in premises abutting the street for which temporary use is requested; or
- An organization that has headquarters, offices, or a meeting place in the District and has been in existence for more than sixty (60) days.
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| 1100.3 | The three (3) adult sponsors, or co-sponsors, as provided in §1100.2, must be present to supervise the activities. |
| 1100.4 | The sponsors or co-sponsors shall provide at least one (1) additional monitor for each twenty-five (25) persons in excess of seventy-five (75) persons attending the activities. |
| 1100.5 | The co-sponsors and monitors shall be identified by the use of armbands or other appropriate means, to be supplied by the Secretary to the District. |
| 1100.6 | The hours during which the activities are to be held shall be set forth on the application and, if approved, upon the letter of authority; but in no event shall the activities be conducted later than 10:00 p.m. |
| 1100.7 | The area must be left in the same condition as it was prior to the activity. |
| 1100.8 | Sponsors shall be responsible for the removal of all litter within a period of twelve (12) hours after the conclusion of the activities. |
| 1100.9 | Refuse containers shall be provided for sanitation purposes by the Department of Environmental Services. Refuse containers shall be picked up by that Department. |
| 1100.10 | Loud speakers or other means of amplification may be authorized when requested in the application. The instruments shall be adjusted to accommodate only those people in the area of the activities, and so as not to disturb persons outside the confines of the block. |
| 1100.11 | No fee, collection, or donations shall be solicited or accepted at activities. |
| 1100.12 | The selling of pamphlets, food, beverages, or other articles is prohibited, except in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to the solicitations or sales. |
| 1100.13 | The sponsors, co-sponsors, and monitors shall comply with any instructions from members of the Metropolitan Police Department or other District officials relating to the preservation of good order. |
| 1100.14 | The sponsors shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless, the District of Columbia, and its officers and employees in the event of injury to any person or damage to property arising out of the use of the street. |
| 1100.15 | The area to be used for the activities shall not exceed that part of a street located between two intersecting streets. |
| 1100.16 | If any one (1) of the following agencies objects to the use of the street, action on the application shall be decided by the Mayor: |
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- D.C. Department of Transportation;
- D.C. Fire Department;
- Metropolitan Police Department; or
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission.
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| 1100.17 | Activities shall not be permitted within two (2) blocks of any zone of quiet established under District noise control regulations. |
| 1100.18 | Upon approval of the application, the District Secretary shall prepare a letter of authorization which shall be obtained by the applicant at the appropriate police precinct. |
| 1100.19 | The letter of authorization provided in §1100.18 shall be kept available at the scene of the activities, and shall be exhibited upon request to any member of the Metropolitan Police Department or other District officials. |
| 1100.20 | Any person who knowingly and willfully falsifies the signatures required by §1101, furnishes false signatures, sponsors or conducts an activity on public space without authorization, or in any way violates any other provisions of this section or §1101, shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisoned for not more than ten (10) days. |
| 1101.1 | Application for temporary street closing shall be filed in the office of the District Secretary on forms provided by the Secretary. |
| 1101.2 | If activities are sponsored by three (3) adult residents, the signatures and addresses of all three (3) sponsors shall appear on the application form. |
| 1101.3 | In the case of an organization sponsoring activities, the application shall be signed by a duly authorized officer of the sponsoring organization, and by three (3) adult co-sponsors who satisfy the residence requirement of §1100.2. |
| 1101.4 | An application shall be filed sufficiently in advance of the proposed closing to allow a minimum of four (4) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, between the date of filing the application and the date of the scheduled event. |
| 1101.5 | Each application shall be accompanied by the signatures and addresses of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the adult householders (the head of a household or family) and proprietors of the business establishments occupying the premises abutting the street for which temporary use is requested. |
| 1101.6 | The signatures required by §1101.5 shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the Secretary. |
| 1101.7 | Application and signature forms shall be available in the office of the District Secretary, and at police and fire stations. |
| 1101.8 | If it is contemplated that food or beverages will be served at or during activities, the applicant shall describe on the application the kinds of food and beverages to be served, and the District Secretary shall forward that description to the Department of Human Services for review and any necessary approvals. |
| 1105.1 | Private persons and organizations may beautify public space areas located within highway rights-of-way in the District, exclusive of tree space and sidewalk areas, with small gardens and parks, at locations approved for this use by the Director of the Department of Transportation. |
| 1105.2 | The use of public space areas as provided under this section shall be in strict accordance with the provisions of a Cooperative Agreement to be entered into between the private person or organization and the Director of the Department of Transportation. |
| 1105.3 | The Cooperative Agreement shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the conditions set forth in this section. Those conditions shall be agreed to by the private person or organization desiring to occupy public space for the purposes described in this section. |
| 1105.4 | All plans for the beautification of public space areas authorized by this chapter shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Transportation. |
| 1105.5 | All beautification work undertaken in public space areas shall be performed in strict accordance with the plan approved by the Department of Transportation. |
| 1105.6 | Authorization to beautify public space areas shall require that the public space areas be maintained in accordance with acceptable standards. The areas shall not be permitted to become overgrown with weeds, littered with trash or other debris, or otherwise become unsightly and thereby creating a nuisance to the general public. |
| 1105.7 | All work involved in beautifying public space areas shall be performed in a manner that will not endanger the public health, safety, and comfort. |
| 1105.8 | The District reserves the right to remove immediately, without prejudice to the District, any dangerous condition resulting from a beautification project in public space, and to discontinue the use of that space for that purpose whenever the space is required for highway or other public purposes. |
| 1300.1 | A circus, rodeo, carnival, fair, performance, singing, playing of musical or other instruments, dancing or amusement of any kind, or preaching, exhorting, or lecturing may be conducted or operated in a tent or temporary structure of any kind, on vacant land, or in a yard or area appurtenant to any building, subject to the conditions set forth in this section and §1301. |
| 1300.2 | No amusement, carnival, fair, performance, singing, playing of musical or other instruments, or dancing, shall be conducted for a total of more than ten (10) days at any single location. |
| 1300.3 | No circus or rodeo shall operate for more than a total of ten (10) days in any calendar year. |
| 1300.4 | No preaching, exhorting, or lecturing shall be conducted for a total of more than thirty (30) days at any single location. |
| 1300.5 | The permissible total days any of the activities listed in §1300.2 through 1300.4 may be conducted or operated need not necessarily be consecutive days. |
| 1300.6 | None of the activities listed in §§1300.1 shall be conducted in a location that is within five hundred feet (500') of a college, university, or public, private, or parochial school during the hours that any class is in session. |
| 1300.7 | None of the activities listed in §1300.1 shall be conducted on the secular days of the week after 11:30 p.m., nor on Sundays, except between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.; Provided, that preaching, lecturing, or exhorting may be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sundays. |
| 1300.8 | Merry-go-rounds, flying horses, ferris wheels, or similar devices shall be permitted only in conjunction with a circus, rodeo, carnival or fair, except as provided in §1310. |
| 1300.9 | The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to persons holding lawn parties on private premises, for which no admission fee is charged and where the music is produced only by stringed instruments. |
| 1300.10 | Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or §1301, whether owner, operator, manager, or other person in control of the premises, or managers or persons participating in any of those activities, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300). |
| 1301.1 | The owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of any of the activities listed in §1300.1 shall either obtain a license from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (the "Director"), in accordance with the License Act and applicable regulations, or a permit from the Chief of Police for all of the activities that do not require a license. |
| 1301.2 | The license or permit shall not be issued for any of the activities until the Fire Chief of the Fire Department, the Chief of Police, the Director of Public Health, and the Director of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or their respective agents, certify that the applicable laws and regulations enforced by each of them have been observed. |
| 1301.3 | Not later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which an activity is scheduled to commence, the owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of the activity shall submit to the Director a plat secured from the D.C. Surveyor. On the plat shall be shown the location of the proposed activity, together with all of that area within a distance of five hundred feet (500') from the perimeter of lot(s), reservation(s), or parcel(s) of ground to be occupied by the activity, and the location of all properties wholly or in part within that area. |
| 1301.4 | Not later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which an activity is scheduled to commence, the owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of the activity shall obta4n the consent in writing of ninety percent (90%) of the resident housekeepers and occupants of business establishments within a distance of five hundred feet (500') from the perimeter of the lot(s), reservation(s), or parcel(s) of ground on which the activity is to be conducted. |
| 1301.5 | The written consents required under §1301.4 shall be in the form of a list containing, in numerical order by streets, the addresses and names of the resident housekeepers and occupants of business and other establishments domiciled or located on properties shown on the plat as being wholly or in part within the area, and the signature of those resident housekeepers and occupants of business and other establishments indicating they have no objection to the activity to be conducted within the area. |
| 1301.6 | Each page of the list described in §1301.5 shall contain, at the top of the list, in capital letters, an explanation of the proposed activity, including its nature, the dates during which it is to be conducted, and the hours it is to be conducted on each of those dates. |
| 1301.7 | The list described in §1301.5 shall be subject to investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department. Should the signature of any person be found not authentic, this shall be valid grounds to deny a license for the conduct of the activity. |
| 1301.8 | The requirements of this section shall not apply to any of the activities listed in §1300.1 when those activities are conducted on public land officially designated by the Mayor or the federal government as a specific site on which any of the activities may be conducted or operated, or in any duly licensed stadium. |
| 1302.1 | On Sundays, between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., no owner, proprietor, lessee, tenant, or other person shall, in any public place of amusement, theatre, or other building (or any part of those places), permit, allow, or take part in any manner in any public exhibition of any entertainment, opera, play, motion-picture show, circus, animals, gymnastics, game, dance or dances, or vaudeville performances of any kind to which an admission fee is directly or indirectly charged. |
| 1302.2 | Nothing in this section shall be held or construed to change, abrogate, or annul the regulations in force for the protection of good order, public peace, and public safety. |
| 1305.1 | A permit to conduct dances or entertainments of any kind in a hall or other place may be refused by the Mayor whenever that place, from the character of the applicant or the nature of the surroundings, is likely to become the scene of disorder of other violation of law. The license may be revoked at any time whenever a place becomes the scene of disorder or other violations of law. |
| 1305.2 | Any person protesting to action taken pursuant to §1305.1, or the applicant or permittee, shall be entitled to a public hearing before the Board of Appeals and Review. The Board of Appeals and Review shall ascertain and report the facts and the Board's advice regarding the appeal to the Mayor. |
| 1305.3 | The place for which a permit is sought or obtained shall be subject to inspection and supervision by the members of the police force at all times when open for business. |
| 1305.4 | No proprietor, manager, or employee of any place for which a permit is sought or obtained shall refuse admittance to any member of the police force who visits that place for the purpose of inspection or supervision, nor hinder or obstruct the officer in doing his or her duty. Each separate refusal or hindrance shall constitute a distinct offense. |
| 1305.5 | No person shall conduct or take part in any race, dance, or contest in which any individual shall participate for more than a total of twelve (12) hours in any consecutive twenty-four (24) hours. |
| 1305.6 | No female shall be permitted to be employed in any dance hall for the purpose of dancing with male patrons of the dance hall. |
| 1306.1 | The provisions of this section shall apply to establishments where billiards or pool are played when those premises are operated or conducted for public use, or are operated for profit or gain. |
| 1306.2 | The owners or managers of establishments where billiards or pool are played shall not tolerate or permit any minor under seventeen (17) years of age to frequent, visit, use the facilities of, loiter in or about, or patronize the establishment during business hours, or to use the facilities of the establishment at any time. |
| 1306.3 | No minor under seventeen (17) years of age shall misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of frequenting, visiting, using the facilities of, loitering in or about, or patronizing any establishment where billiards or pool are played, or to use the facilities of the establishment at any time. |
| 1307.1 | An applicant for a license as a medium, clairvoyant, soothsayer, fortune teller, or palmist shall satisfy the following requirements before a license shall be issued by the Chief of Police: |
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- The applicant shall have resided in the District for at least one (1) year preceding the date of application; and
- The applicant shall submit ten (10) written certificates of good character, satisfactory to the Chief of Police, from ten (10) credible District citizens.
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| 1307.2 | The requirements of this chapter are in addition to the requirements of §7 of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, as amended in D.C. Code, §47-2840. |
| 1307.3 | The fee for each license is set forth in D.C. Code, §47-2840. |
| 1307.4 | Each applicant for a license under this section shall have three (3) sets of his or her fingerprints taken at the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department. |
| 1307.5 | Fingerprints furnished under this section shall become a part of the application for a license. |
| 1307.6 | All of the partners in the case of a partnership, and the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of a corporation, shall be required to comply with the provisions of §1300.4. |
| 1307.7 | Any of the persons listed in §§1300.4 or 1300.6 who are not District residents shall have their fingerprints taken by the Metropolitan Police Department, or by the police department or comparable authority where they reside. |
| 1307.8 | When taken by other than the Metropolitan Police Department, fingerprints shall be attached to and be accompanied by an affidavit of the authority taking the fingerprints which verifies that the fingerprints are the fingerprints of the applicant. |
| 1307.9 | Fingerprints shall be submitted for comparison and record to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to any other authorities that the Chief of Police deems advisable. |
| 1310.1 | Mechanical amusement rides and devices, including but not limited to merry-go-rounds and ferris wheels, used by or in conjunction with, and on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Recreation (the "Department") shall meet the requirements of this section. |
| 1310.2 | The Department shall require that the owner, operator, or contracting party for the amusement rides or devices has in effect a liability insurance policy having a minimum coverage of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury to one (1) person, and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily injury arising out of any single occurrence. |
| 1310.3 | The Department shall secure from the Mayor or the Mayor's agent a certificate that the rides or devices have been inspected to ensure that each ride or device is equipped with the following: |
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- A safety clutch; and
- In the case of a ride or device having cars or receptacles which persons are permitted to occupy, hand rails of sufficient number and height, or other approved safeguards, to prevent persons from being thrown from the ride or device or coming into contact with parts of the ride or device.
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| 1310.4 | The Department shall obtain from the District Fire Marshal a certificate stating that the rides or devices, and related equipment, do not present a fire hazard. |
| 1310.5 | The inspections required under this section shall be conducted at least one (1) time each year, and periodically spot-checked at the discretion of the Department. Rides, devices, or equipment taken out of operation for more than thirty (30) days shall be inspected before being put back into operation. |
| 1310.6 | The Department of Recreation shall ensure that the Department of Human Services reviews the activities to prevent any unsanitary condition. CHAPTER 14 MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT MACHINES 14OO GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS |
| 1400.1 | Owners or operators of establishments in which mechanical amusement machines are offered for public use shall be required to obtain annual licenses to offer mechanical amusement machines for public use, and to pay the required license fee. |
| 1400.2 | Annual licenses issued under the provisions of this section shall date from November 1st of each year and expire on the following October 31st. |
| 1400.3 | Licenses issued at any time after the beginning of the license year shall date from the first day of the month in which the license was issued and end on the last day of the license year prescribed in §1400.2. Payment shall be made of the proportionate amount of the annual license fee; Provided, that no fee shall be prorated to an amount less than five dollars ($5). |
| 1400.4 | Licenses may be transferred as provided for in §5 of the License Law of July 1, 1942. |
| 1400.5 | For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the term "mechanical amusement machine" shall mean any machine, device, or appliance that may be operated or caused to operate by the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, or disk (except a music machine) which is offered for public use as a game, entertainment, or amusement whether or not registering a score, and irrespective of whether the element of skill in the operation of the device predominates over the element of chance or luck. |
| 1400.6 | Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize, license, or permit the display or use of any gambling device whatsoever, or any mechanism that has been or may be judicially determined to be a gambling device. |
| 1400.7 | Any person, firm, corporation, or association violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than three hundred ($300) dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days for each offense. |